Posted on 02/14/2016 6:02:39 PM PST by nikos1121
Okay, I know it's like almost 24 hours until this starts, but everyone is mailing me to start a thread. And frankly, I'm excited too.
This could be the beginning of the end to this primary fight as the winner potentially can take all 50 delegates. I will tell you how this can happen later.
Monday, February 15, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Greenville, SC at the TD Convention Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM EST.
GREENVILLE, SC
This is the first stop in a busy week for Donald Trump.
UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS
Donald Trump Rally in North Augusta, SC (2-16-16)
Donald Trump Rally in Walterboro, SC (2-17-16)
Donald Trump Rally in Sumter, SC (2-17-16)
Donald Trump Rally in Myrtle Beach, SC (2-19-16)
Trump was here on August 28, 2015 speaking to a sold out crowd of 1500 people who attended the rally in the TD Convention Center.
In fact, it was here that he had a young lady pull on his hair to prove that it was not a wig.
Greenville, SC has a population of 62,252 as of 2014. It is the sixth-largest municipality in the state. The population of the surrounding area was 400,492 as of 2010, making it the third-largest urban area in South Carolina as well as the fastest growing.
CHEROKEE NATION
Those of you who have followed my background information of the city hosting the rallies, we once again have a story about the Cherokee Nation, siding with the Loyalists over the Patriots, and being chased off their land, but with a slightly different twist.
The land of present-day Greenville was once the hunting ground of the Cherokee which was forbidden to colonists. A settler named Richard Pearis married a Cherokee woman and received about 100,000 acres from the Cherokee around 1770. Pearis established a plantation on the Reedy River called the Great Plains in present-day downtown Greenville.
The American Revolution divided the South Carolina country between the Loyalists and Patriots. Pearis supported the Loyalists and together with their allies the Cherokee attacked the Patriots. The Patriots retaliated by burning down Pearis' plantation and jailing him in Charleston.
Pearis never returned to his plantation but Paris Mountain is named after him. The Treaty of Dewitt's Corner in 1777 ceded almost all Cherokee land, including present-day Greenville, to South Carolina.
If makes you wonder, had the Cherokee sided with the Patriots, would the outcome for them have been different?
CIVIL WAR
Greenville in the 1850s favored Union until events such as John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and Abraham Lincoln's election persuaded the town to vote secession in 1860.
During the American Civil War Pleasantburg became a town for refugees fleeing from the Union Army. The town supplied food, clothing, and firearms to the Confederacy.
Greenville saw no action from the war until 1865 when Federal troops came through the town looking for President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy.
Thank you to Wikipedia.
Name the favorite son or daughter of Greenville, SC 5 pts each
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Multiple Choice 5pt each
6. What is Angel Oak on John's Island, SC?
a. Headless horseman that haunts this area on Halloween nights.
b. Thought to be the oldest living thing east of the Mississippi, 1500 years old.
c. Out House on the 8th tee on John Island golf course made of oak wood.
d. Type of wood to make violins with.
7. What is South Carolina's gemstone?
a. amythest
b. opal
c. topaz
d. emerald
8. Donald Trump drew what number in the draft lottery in 1969?
a. 56
b. 205
c. 356
Give The Answer to the Following Questions. 5 pts each
9. What republican candidate said the following? "I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues."
10. What republican candidate said the following? "Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery."
Bonus Question 25pt
11. What NFL team appeared in the Super Bowl 4 times in a row and lost all 4 games
Vulgarian Resistance Forces Attack GOPe Death Star!
I don’t know the trivia, but just wanted to say Thank You, Nikos, for this thread. I’m so glad to be here tonight with ya’ll tonight.
huh?
You are so great, thanks!
gotta be the bills
“I don’t know the trivia, but just wanted to say Thank You, Nikos, for this thread. I’m so glad to be here tonight with ya’ll tonight.”
Well, I’m so glad you could join us. It’s comforting to me to know kindred spirits for Trumps.
So, why not try the trivia. at least the famous town notables...?
from a Cruz fan, Enjoy guys!!!!
heard these things are a blast! :)
Trump said the right thing about my paesano, Antonin.
Good man.
yep
Scalia’s friends knew him as “Nino.”
It’s an American movie cultural reference. Are you just off the boat from Greece? If so I hope you’re here legally. People here care about that.
I wish I had the honor of being a friend of a great Italian American and a true patriot.
He grew up not too far from where i live.
sad day.
Do you want to be on our ping list?
I wouldn’t have any idea about the trivia, although it is interesting and fun to read about. My husband’s hometown is Easley, a smaller town about 45 min from Greenville.
I can’t imagine that we will allow his seat to go to a flaming liberal light weight like the last one he appointed.
No, I’m not fresh off the barg. From Chicago. Thought I was hip on stuff like that... but not I guess.
Speaking of movies... Has anyone seen The Intern? My favorite movie this year so far... by far...Have bought it and watched it three times...
That makes sense...
Nooks, giving you a hard time. The latest Star Wars movie was the biggest grossing film in history.
Nikos sorry autocorrect changed your name to Nooks!
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