A little history/geography quiz

[CGM]

Yea I should have asked you to stand down for current location. I imagine he gets/has gotten a fair bit of press there. Ironically he was falsely accused of a crime in Toronto and brought in for it...to be released shortly after they found out who he was.

Let's see who knows where he was born and raised, and incidentally charged for the multiple murders also.

Well, seeing as how you put it that way, I guess I do know the answer. It's a place in New Jersey where, if you're black, you better not show up on the street, lest you wanna draw the heat.

[Spicoli]

Off Africa....South Africa...close enough

Ruben Carter always struke me as a prick in interviews,Suppose I'd have a chip on my shoulders as well

[Andre]

Off Africa....South Africa...close enough

Ruben Carter always struke me as a prick in interviews,Suppose I'd have a chip on my shoulders as well

Angry man and probably a guilty one from what one of his mates told me.

[Scrap]

A Frenchman 35.000 years ago. set foot in the Americas and stead there and multiplied

[CGM]

A Frenchman 35.000 years ago. set foot in the Americas and stead there and multiplied

I shoulda seen this one coming.

OK, I'll bite. This Frenchman, was he a white guy?

[armin]

Hmmm olaf the great say 1020? newfoundland

[CGM]

Hmmm olaf the great say 1020? newfoundland

Hmm your date of 1020 is close enough, about 18 years too late, your location is correct, but the name is wrong.

My source says the person in question actually died in 1020.

I'm going to leave this question open a bit longer. Someone should get the name. Killersheep was actaually quite close, in some respects. Take another guess if you want

[Youngblood]

Well, seeing as how you put it that way, I guess I do know the answer. It's a place in New Jersey where, if you're black, you better not show up on the street, lest you wanna draw the heat.

Ya New Jersey is correct, but I was looking for specifically Paterson, New Jersey, as I figured enough people have read about Ruben Carter and likely someone would either know it by that, or live in close proximity.

I never really had an inclination one way or another to his guilt or innocence, as i didn't know much regarding it..only saw the movie. So I did some researching on it last night and I think it is fair to say that the movie was not a very good factual interpretation of the events and life of the Hurricane. It would seem Norman Jewison used more then a little creative licence to portray Ruben Carter as a man falsely persecuted.

I found this an interesting read.

The Hurricane Hoax by Lona Manning

[CGM]

Well, seeing as how you put it that way, I guess I do know the answer. It's a place in New Jersey where, if you're black, you better not show up on the street, lest you wanna draw the heat.

Ya New Jersey is correct, but I was looking for specifically Paterson, New Jersey, as I figured enough people have read about Ruben Carter and likely someone would either know it by that, or live in close proximity.

I never really had an inclination one way or another to his guilt or innocence, as i didn't know much regarding it..only saw the movie. So I did some researching on it last night and I think it is fair to say that the movie was not a very good factual interpretation of the events and life of the Hurricane. It would seem Norman Jewison used more then a little creative licence to portray Ruben Carter as a man falsely persecuted.

I found this an interesting read.

The Hurricane Hoax by Lona Manning

Yeah, I knew it was Paterson. I've listen to the song so many times, I pretty much have it memorized. btw, if you remember the bald black man with the beard that was my previous av, that was Carter.

Dylan's version of the story takes a few liberties with the facts also.

Anyways, here's the full verse...

Meanwhile far away in another part of town
Ruben Carter and a couple of friends are drivin round
The number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kind of shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Paterson, that's just the way things go
If your black, you better not show up on the street
Lest you wanna draw the heat.

And the complete lyrics...

Home Page | Bob Dylan

good question.

[CGM]

He was the first European to set foot in North America. (exclusing Greenland or IceLand)

Bonus points if you know the year, and the location.

[killersheep]

He was the first European to set foot in North America. (exclusing Greenland or IceLand)

Bonus points if you know the year, and the location.

Eric The Red, 1399, location your mom's house.

[CGM]

You're on the right track with Eric the Red. It's a decent guess. As a matter of fact it was my guess. But you're way off with the year. Guess again if you want.