Quiz.

**revil** · 10-22-2003, 10:15 PM

No fair looking it up.

Where was New Amsterdam located?

**bachviet** · 10-22-2003, 10:17 PM

Not in the Netherlands or Holland, MI

**coleslaw** · 10-22-2003, 10:20 PM

NY, NY

**revil** · 10-22-2003, 10:21 PM

Originally posted by coleslaw
NY, NY

/me high five's coleslaw

dang. answered faster than i thought.

**coleslaw** · 10-22-2003, 10:23 PM

I figure that I should know some American history if I'm going to live in America, right?

Where's my beer?!?

**revil** · 10-22-2003, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by coleslaw
Where's my beer?!?

If you ever come near Oregon State University, I'll buy you one.

**ShawnLee** · 10-22-2003, 10:39 PM

That's disappointing. I'm going to pretend I actually knew the answer and complain that I didn't see the quiz in time to be the first to answer it.

**Butch** · 10-23-2003, 05:41 AM

I'd better know that answer given that I've lived in the former New Amsterdam for my whole life . . .

By the way, what prompted the quiz?

**WhiskeyPapa** · 10-23-2003, 06:18 AM

Here's another - Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

**ShawnLee** · 10-23-2003, 07:57 AM

Easy, Philadelphia.

**Jeffbx** · 10-23-2003, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by kb0wwp
Here's another - Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

At the bottom?

**RoniMan** · 10-23-2003, 10:32 AM

Originally posted by Jeffbx

At the bottom?

**ufcrusher** · 10-23-2003, 10:54 AM

Another one for y'all....there is a city in the US where the Fountain of Youth was supposedly located. Which one was it?

**Kim** · 10-23-2003, 11:05 AM

I'm thinking it's somewhere in Florida, I can't remember the exact city though.

**WhiskeyPapa** · 10-23-2003, 11:06 AM

Originally posted by Jeffbx
At the bottom?

That's the answer I was looking for!

I believe it was primarily signed in Philadelphia, but it was actually signed in several different cities over a period of several years.

**Paymaster** · 10-23-2003, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by revil
No fair looking it up.

Where was New Amsterdam located?

Even Old New York
was once New Amsterdam.
Why'd they change it
I can't say.
People just liked it better that way... - TMBG

**coleslaw** · 10-23-2003, 12:34 PM

Originally posted by ufcrusher
Another one for y'all....there is a city in the US where the Fountain of Youth was supposedly located. Which one was it?

St. Augustine, FL - the "oldest" city in the U.S.

Ponce de Leon was searching for it there.

**revil** · 10-23-2003, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by Paymaster

Even Old New York
was once New Amsterdam.
Why'd they change it
I can't say.
People just liked it better that way... - TMBG

bonus points to Paymaster for quoting the song i was listening to when posting the question.

**ufcrusher** · 10-23-2003, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by coleslaw
St. Augustine, FL - the "oldest" city in the U.S.

Ponce de Leon was searching for it there.

You are correct, sir!

**oblongmelon** · 10-23-2003, 02:17 PM

New york~

**attgig** · 10-23-2003, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by oblongmelon
New york~

i think you're a little late on that one.

**attgig** · 10-23-2003, 02:57 PM

How about this...

marking 200 years of the purchase...
about how much per acre did it cost the US to purchase Louisiana (and territory)

**Freelance Superhero** · 10-23-2003, 03:37 PM

Originally posted by Paymaster

Even Old New York
was once New Amsterdam.
Why'd they change it
I can't say.
People just liked it better that way... - TMBG

that song, my friend, is the only reason why i knew the answer to the original question.

**ShawnLee** · 10-23-2003, 04:40 PM

I know I shouldn't put down two answers, but it's either $12 milliom or $15 million. AH... All the years of studying pointless trivia in my classes finally pays off in an online forum.