Trivia

[oldno7]

Prior to 1921, what was the name of the Colorado river, from it's confluence with the Green to it's headwaters?
You guess it, your up.

Might be a fun category to persue(trivia)

[stefan]

Prior to 1921, what was the name of the Colorado river, from it's confluence with the Green to it's headwaters?
You guess it, your up.

Might be a fun category to persue(trivia)

grand river

in fact, i remember reading about this. a group of geologist said a river doesn't start at a confluence, it must have a beginning. they suggested to congress the green river be renamed 'the colorado' because it had a higher flow rate. however, official(s) of the state of colorado said ... NO WAY, if we're going to name the river the colorado it must originate in colorado (or something to that effect) and so it goes ...

(please correct me if i don't have that quite right)

[oldno7]

Sounds right to me, your up.

I believe it is also how Colorado ended up with Grand Lake and Grand Junction.

[stefan]

I believe it is also how Colorado ended up with Grand Lake and Grand Junction.

yep!

so to go along with your 'previously named' theme ...

mukuntuweap nat'l monument is now called what?

[blueeyes]

Zion National Park

[stefan]

your turn blueeyes

[blueeyes]

I loved visiting the Mammoth Caves when I lived out in TN so I am going to go with one about the caves that I found interesting.



In 1841, Dr. John Croghan brought 16 ailing patients with him into the Mammoth Caves, and set up living quarters there. He claimed the cave air would cure his patients of what illness?

[jdgibney]

H1N1? ;)

how 'bout tuburculosis?

[blueeyes]

yep! been talking it up on NPR lately

Your up jdgibney

[jdgibney]

Sweet! My mom, a nurse, was just talking about it the other night, I remember having tests when I was a kid...

how 'bout:
What is Sieur de Monts National Monument currently known as?

[oldno7]

Sweet! My mom, a nurse, was just talking about it the other night, I remember having tests when I was a kid...

how 'bout:
What is Sieur de Monts National Monument currently known as?

Acadia, although I'll have to say, I didn't know there were National Parks East of Utah.

So, on we go:

In the Grand Canyon, there are many points with Egyptian names, Who named these locations?

[jdgibney]

Acadia, although I'll have to say, I didn't know there were National Parks East of Utah.

Only one ;)

[accadacca]

Great topic!

[DiscGo]

mukuntuweap nat'l monument is now called what?

Very cool one! I didn't know that.

[blueeyes]

Kincaid, is that the answer?

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[canyoncaver]

Surveyor Clarence Dutton named many of the buttes and "temples" in Grand Canyon after deities from religions and mythology around the world. So not only are Egyptian gods and goddesses represented, but also figures from Norse and Hindu mythology, among others. His reasoning was that the Canyon was too grand and sublime to glorify only one religion.

[oldno7]

Canyon Caver has it, your up.

[oldno7]

I think if someone doesn't post their trivia within 12 hours, anyone can jump in.

So--anyone?

[Pelon1]

What is the largest organ of the human body?

[wes242]

The Skin, .......... my brother might think his is something else though.