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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 5:33 pm
Fact. Wasn't that what all the explorers were doing in those days, trying to find a shortcut to get those spices? Oh, and Bigdog is not going down easy on the espresso question.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 5:33 pm
Crap. He was looking for China, wasn't he? (Although, OK, fact, since he WAS looking for passage somewhere else!) Semantics. Me. LOL. (Salutarian Award! Whoo hoo! Sucks being a writer, you get so literal, y'know?)
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 5:57 pm
Fact
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:11 pm
Craporoni
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 8:07 pm
Fact. 'squeek'
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 10:20 pm
Fact
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 10:30 pm
fact
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 8:22 am
I am going to say Fact because Prisoner sounded so sure.
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 8:48 am
I think it's Fact, part of the search for a Northwest Passage.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 8:53 am
Crap. No idea why, other than I said fact to yesterdays.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 3:56 pm
ooh, the mention of China now makes me wonder if it's one of those half crap ones. I know he was an explorer for one of the East India companies (British or Dutch, don't know -- I have one effing weird memory), but that doesn't mean he was trying to find India.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 4:14 pm
Greetings and salutations to all FoCers on this fine Friday afternoon! I know you're all chomping at the bit to start the weekend, so let's get right to business. Yesterday's question: Was the Hudson River discovered by an Englishman looking for a shortcut to India? You pondered and you made wild guesses and this is how it came out:
Fact | 11 | Crap | 6 | One for each | 1 | (Costa couldn't seem to decide whether it was fact or crap -- or at least I couldn't tell which one was intended!) And the Calendar's answer is. . . FACT! "In 1609, the Dutch East India Company hired English sailor Henry Hudson to find a route to India that would bypass the Cape of Good Hope. After failing to find a corridor through Norway, Hudson decided to look for a "North-West Passage" that would allow a ship to cross North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, before sailing on to India. Hudson began sailing up what is now called the Hudson River until he reached a point where it was too shallow for his ship to continue north. This later became Albany, New York. Hudson returned to Europe claiming the entire Hudson River valley for his Dutch employers." Whew! That's a long one and I hope you know that you've just had your history lesson for this week! And, in the spirit of forging ahead blindly, let's move right on to our question for Friday, January 20, 2006. Any NBA fans out there???
A form of basketball was first played 3,500 years ago. FACT or CRAP? Discuss! Have a marvelous weekend and don't forget to check here or you'll miss two days' of fun! 
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 4:37 pm
fact
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 4:45 pm
fact, didn't we learn that on the last survivor in guatemala? didn't the maya's play something like bb? ahhh, but was it that far back in time? crap, i can't remember. but, i'm sticking with my first guess and say fact.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 5:04 pm
Fact. About that Hudson River thing... I could've sworn it was China. So I went and googled it. And found this: quote:Englishman Henry Hudson was looking for a quick passage to China as he sailed along America's north Atlantic coast in 1609. Hudson thought he found what he was looking for when he entered New York bay and what is now the river named for him. He and his crew of 18-20 men, sailing on a ship called the Half Moon, traveled about 150 miles up the river near what is now Albany before realizing it would not lead them to their destination of choice. Hudson had been hired for the journey by a Dutch trading company, the Dutch East India Co., and his explorations led to the area first being settled by the Dutch.
So... hehehe. I *was* right. It was "crap" cause it wasn't India, it was China! (Source: http://www.hudsonriver.com/history.htm) Upon further investigation, he was originally hired to find the Spice Islands, but that trip in 1607 only went as far as Greenland. The next year he also failed to reach American shores. Finally, in 1609 he was again hired to find a northeastern passage but instead he sailed directly across the Atlantic and ended up in the Hudson River. This last reference doesn't say anything about India or China. So... my vote is STILL split... <wink>
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 5:29 pm
LOL Costa! I figured there would be discrepancies in some of these calendar pages (much like the original Trivial Pursuit game controversy).
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 5:52 pm
Fact: It's been played for the past 4,000 years at Hogwarts and it's called Quidditch.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 6:06 pm
Fact
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 6:23 pm
Hey costa I thought you are suppose to google search before answering?
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 6:56 pm
Ophiliasgrandma...ROFL!!! FACT only cause I like OG's answer!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 6:58 pm
I love the fact that we are Focers!! LOL
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 7:04 pm
Fact
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 7:21 pm
Fat.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 7:26 pm
is that a fat fact or a fat crap, wargod? LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 8:20 pm
LOL, oh geez! Sometimes I miss keys typing..b, c, g. Let's try that again, Fact!
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