Railroad trivia question, would you help?
From: "Cindy Montano" cindy@montanodesigns.com
I am participating in a trivia contest about the West. This is one of the questions I'm stumped on. Would you help?
*On the fabled tenth of May, there was much hoopla and hooray, but it was all a bluff. Because even with the Douglas folks and the Council celebrating, a body of water still separated them. What two burgs still seemed oceans apart?*
I've played in this trivia contest before and typically all parts of the question have to fit the answer. Douglas, Council, burg (burg can mean a fortified town so Fort ??? is probable as one of the answers and ???-burg for the other) , ocean are all key. Is there something ironic about the transcontinental railroad? Maybe the Union Pacific and Central Pacific didn't connect two important place? San Francisco Bay? Like I said, I'm stumped ;)
Any and all help you would provide is greatly appreciated.
—Cindy Montano
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 11:02 AM
9 Comments:
From: "Shannon Hall" jarvis3@bayspringstel.net
This is a question for a contest. I would appreciate your answer. We have read for days on the subject with no results.
On the fabled tenth of May there was much hoopla and hooray, but it was all a bluff, Because even with the Douglas folks and the Council celebrating, a body of water still seperated them. What two burgs still seemed oceans apart?
—Shannon Hall
P.S. I have 8 more days to answer the question.
Please send a link to the contest rule that would permit us to assist with your contest entry.
Ive been going over this for a while myself, how about New York & Sacramento? Because the line wasnt fully connected for years later?
From: "Cindy Montano" cindy@montanodesigns.com
The website is marlboro.com and the contest is called "Outwit The West." The rules can only be seen if you are logged into Marlboro and signed up for the contest. They are in a flash format and cannot be copied and pasted. I just read them again and there are no specific rules on how you can obtain the answer or who you can ask for help.
Thanks for your reply. Sorry, but since we can't tell if such assistance is allowed while the contest is still open, and the contest relates to promoting smoking, we would prefer not to participate beyond saying that the information is available on the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum CPRR.org website.
You'll find the answer here
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Golden_spike
From: "Bowling, Kristy S" kristy.bowling@umr.com
Could you please help me with the below question? I have tried researching this for the past 6 days and I am just not sure. I was thinking maybe Fort Douglas and Fort Calhoun or maybe Omaha and Alameda....but am not for sure. Can you please help? See below.
- On the Fabled tenth of May, there was much hoopia and hooray, but it was all a bluff. Because even with the Douglas folks and the Council celebrating, a body of water still seperated them. What two "burgs" still seemed oceans apart?
—Kristy Bowling
Fort Douglas
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