Train Trivia (ANSWERED)

[Anonymous]

WHAT RAILROAD TYCOON INSPIRED THE POTATO CHIP?

1. Edward Harriman
2. Cornelious Vanderbilt
3. Jay Gould
4. James Hill


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[ndbprr]

Since they were originally known as "Saratoga Chips" and that indicates New York it has to be Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

Please just take a guess, don't give reasoning. I can't give away the answer, but couldn't the others have taken a trip to New York. Any body else, come on take a guess.

[bobwilcox]

Mr. Vanderbuilt

[Anonymous]

Okay, yes it was vanderbilt, he complained that the potatoes were too thick. The chef then scornfully sliced some into a kettle of boiling oil, thus invetning the potatoe chip. Can anybody name the chef? (answer at 9 p.m. mountain time)

[espeefoamer]

[C=:-)]Chef Boy-ar-dee [;)][dinner].

[Anonymous]

Was it Chef Lay?

[Modelcar]

...Number 3, by necessity: Jay Gould. Opps.....Didn't see it was already answered above. That blew my theory.

[Anonymous]

The chef was George Crum.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

The chef was George Crum.

Okay, now, can anyone name his third cousin on his mother's side?[:-,]

[Anonymous]

Abigail Twidge? (I lifted this mock-trivia answer from a WB cartoon -- which one?)

[Anonymous]

The Ducksters. With Porky pig and Daffy Duck

[Anonymous]

Can anybody name the director of the cartoon?

[Anonymous]

"The Ducksters" -- one of my favorites! Thanks.

I'm not sure who directed it--if it had been a few years later than the late 1940s, I would say Chuck Jones for sure.

[Anonymous]

Yes it was Chuck Jones. "And the gentleman wins the rock of gibraltor, but that's not all he also wins 600 gallons of geuine Niagra Falls give the lucky winner a big hand"

[Anonymous]

Classic. And did you know today's kids don't get to see the old Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes on TV (not even with most of the violence cut out). There must be half a dozen kids' networks, including a Cartoon Channel, and no one runs the old cartoons! Clearly evidence of cultural decline, as they never did ME any harm . . .