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re: How well do you know Baton Rouge? Advocate Quiz
Posted on 1/31/20 at 2:03 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
Posted on 1/31/20 at 2:03 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
got a 4/10
0
Posted on 1/31/20 at 2:04 pm to Ash Williams
quote:
8/10
missed on Southern's band and the height of the capital
Same here.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 2:32 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
Read Advocate article earlier this month on Indian mounds, still have lingering suspicion they are really the result of Huey Long Field House pool excavation.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 2:36 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
I did not know LSU colors were because of Mardi Gras.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 2:48 pm to ellishughtiger
Same
9/10
9/10
Posted on 1/31/20 at 2:52 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
Fun ACTUAL Fact:
The Indian Mounds were built in 1982. Dr. Sanjaya Gupta sponsored them which is why they are called the Indian Mounds.
The Indian Mounds were built in 1982. Dr. Sanjaya Gupta sponsored them which is why they are called the Indian Mounds.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 2:55 pm to bluebarracuda
quote:
I only missed what the Overpass merchant used to be called. Guess I'm too young for that one
you missed it Zee Zees + Ivar's pre-renovation were classic dives.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 3:07 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
10/10 though a couple were a toss up. I haven't been inside Pastime in a while.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 3:11 pm to bluebarracuda
quote:
I only missed what the Overpass merchant used to be called. Guess I'm too young for that one
Are you 5? It seems like it was still Zee Zee's up until just a few years ago.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 3:15 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
7/10
Posted on 1/31/20 at 3:16 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
8/10
Didn't know State Capitol height and Zee Zee Gardens
Didn't know State Capitol height and Zee Zee Gardens
Posted on 1/31/20 at 3:22 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
I haven't lived in BR IN OVER 30 YEARS, and I had a cva.
Somehow I managed to bat .500.
Somehow I managed to bat .500.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 3:34 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
Not Legit. No question about where places like the original Mike Anderson's or Happy Note were.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 3:58 pm to whit
This is the story I have heard for years, and I don't know that Mardi Gras really "inspired the colors" as much as it was just convenient that they had a lot of it at the store at the time.
From Wikipedia:
" On November 25, 1893, football coach/chemistry professor Dr. Charles E. Coates and some of his players went and purchased ribbon to adorn their gray jerseys as they prepared to play the first LSU football game. Stores were stocking ribbons in the colors of Mardi Gras—purple, gold and green—for the upcoming Carnival season. However, none of the green had yet arrived at Reymond's Store at the corner of Third and Main streets in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Coates and quarterback Ruffin Pleasant bought all of the purple and gold stock and made it into rosettes and badges.[11] Additionally, it was reported by the New Orleans Times-Democrat that "all the young ladies are preparing purple and old gold streamers for the occasion."[2]"
From Wikipedia:
" On November 25, 1893, football coach/chemistry professor Dr. Charles E. Coates and some of his players went and purchased ribbon to adorn their gray jerseys as they prepared to play the first LSU football game. Stores were stocking ribbons in the colors of Mardi Gras—purple, gold and green—for the upcoming Carnival season. However, none of the green had yet arrived at Reymond's Store at the corner of Third and Main streets in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Coates and quarterback Ruffin Pleasant bought all of the purple and gold stock and made it into rosettes and badges.[11] Additionally, it was reported by the New Orleans Times-Democrat that "all the young ladies are preparing purple and old gold streamers for the occasion."[2]"
Posted on 1/31/20 at 4:02 pm to dbeck
9/10
Posted on 1/31/20 at 5:15 pm to Ash Williams
quote:
8/10
missed on Southern's band and the height of the capital
Same
Posted on 1/31/20 at 5:35 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
Now do one for St. George.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 5:36 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
zero
Posted on 1/31/20 at 5:40 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
9/10
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