Post a general trivia question & see if anyone can guess the answer without using Google.

[red dog 1]

Last edited Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:25 PM - Edit history (3)

(Here's my question - please feel free to post a question of your own)
What famous person's home was the very first to be illuminated solely by electric lights? (answered)

[LakeVermilion]

1. I'm thinking...

Alexander Graham Bell.

[LakeVermilion]

3. Nope!

I checked .

[Harker]

2. I'll go with Nikola Tesla.

[red dog 1]

10. Nope.

[lapucelle]

4. JP Morgan

[LNM]

5. Edison?

[red dog 1]

11. Good guess, but no.

[Earl_from_PA]

6. I don't know the answer to the OP's question

But my general trivia question is ...
Does carrot cake count as a serving of vegetables?...
Inquiring minds ..

[mwmisses4289]

7. Of course it does! It's made with carrots, right?

And many recipes also add in nuts (usually walnuts or pecans) and raisins. Add in the cream cheese frosting (that's dairy, yes?) and voila! A healthy dessert! 😄😋😂🥕🍰🥕

[Earl_from_PA]

8. My thinking exactly

A stand alone well balanced meal...

[quaint]

9. Ronald Reagan

[red dog 1]

12. Ha!

[quaint]

13. Am I wrong?

The General Electric Showcase House was at 1669 San Onofre Drive in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles in California. It was built as a residence for the American actor Ronald Reagan and his family. Reagan served as a spokesperson for the American conglomerate General Electric, who furnished the house with the latest consumer products. The house was featured in advertisements for General Electric. Reagan and his family lived at the house until his election as President of the United States in 1980. wikipedia

[red dog 1]

16. The 1st house with electric lighting was in New York in 1880

[quaint]

19. It was the "solely" that made me think of Ronnie.

[Niagara]

14. Benjamin Harrison?

[red dog 1]

17. No

[Nittersing]

15. Vanderbilts?

[red dog 1]

18. Good guess, but no.

[Niagara]

20. How about that Rockefeller fellow?

[Harker]

21. If it was Jimmy Schwartz, there's going to be a riot.

[Niagara]

22. Who's Jimmy Schwartz, Harker?

[Harker]

23. Beats me, but "famous" could be subjective.

[Niagara]

24. Absolutely, Harker

[Harker]

25. ...

[red dog 1]

33. Nope, good guess though.

[LisaM]

26. The Astors?

Seems like a Gilded Age thing.

[lapfog_1]

27. Teddy Roosevelt?

just a WAG

[red dog 1]

34. Nope, good guess.

[underpants]

28. Hearst

[red dog 1]

35. Another good guess, but no.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

29. Stanford White. NT

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. If my first guess doesn't pan out, Ulysses Grant. NT

[Harker]

32. Jimmy Schwartz?

[VGNonly]

36. JP Morgan?

[red dog 1]

37. Ding!

[VGNonly]

38. It seemed like a robber baron thing.

[Niagara]

39. post #4 did give this answer, red dog

[VGNonly]

40. Who said

"I only play the piano, but tonight god is in the house"?

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Fats Waller Talking About Art Tatum

I think most jazz piano players know that quote. I think I heard it the first time when I was 11 or 12 when first exposed to Tatum's recording by my jazz coach. He's probably the one who said it.
Fats wax a great stride piano player,but....Art could do what Fats did, but the reverse wasn't true. Hardly anybody could do what Art was capable of. The only one that immediately comes to mind is Oscar Peterson.

[VGNonly]

42. Tiger Rag

[ProfessorGAC]

43. A Piano Genius!

He's near the top of almost every great piano players GOAT list.
They all know!

[VGNonly]

44. A fun jam!

[bobalew]

45. Who played the pedal steel on CSNY's "Teach your children" studio version?

NC....

[VGNonly]

46. Jerry Garcia