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Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: Butch Haney ()
Date: November 02, 2010 12:27PM

What is the deepest body of water in the county and how deep is it?

What is the tallest building?

Where is the tallest tree in the county?

Where is the oldest tree in the county?

What is the longest continuous road in the county? (the road name must not change along it's entire length, and interstates do not count)

What is the oldest building?

Where is the most remote point in the county? (measured by distance from roads and buildings)

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: Yahweh ()
Date: November 02, 2010 02:02PM

Butch Haney Wrote:
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> What is the deepest body of water in the county
> and how deep is it?

Potomac

>
> What is the tallest building?

The tallest point is Trash Mountian. I bet they even have a shack up there, so that would be the highest structure.

>
> Where is the tallest tree in the county?

Ill PM you the most recent lidar data, you can get back to us.

>
> Where is the oldest tree in the county?

? I miss the one on Walney Road... How old could a tree around here be? 300 years, 500?..

>
> What is the longest continuous road in the county?
> (the road name must not change along it's entire
> length, and interstates do not count)

FFX Pkwy

>
> What is the oldest building?
>
> Where is the most remote point in the county?
> (measured by distance from roads and buildings)


Again, Ill get some GIS data for you. I would guess it would be in Clifton though.

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: Warhawk ()
Date: November 02, 2010 02:07PM

The answer to every question is:

Who fucking cares.

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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: slubdawg ()
Date: November 02, 2010 02:38PM

Warhawk Wrote:
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> The answer to every question is:
>
> Who fucking cares.


Yeah! That means I got a 100% on this quiz.

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: towers ()
Date: November 02, 2010 02:42PM

Tallest building is the Accenture building, right? Or the Dulles control tower

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: education ()
Date: November 02, 2010 02:51PM

Yahweh Wrote:
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> > Where is the oldest tree in the county?
>
> ? I miss the one on Walney Road... How old could
> a tree around here be? 300 years, 500?..

There are plenty of places around the county, especially around streams, that have never been plowed or leveled in any way. At those locations, the age of the trees is dependent on their lifespan and whether or not lightning will pwn them.

> > What is the oldest building?
> >
> > Where is the most remote point in the county?
> > (measured by distance from roads and buildings)
>
>
> Again, Ill get some GIS data for you. I would
> guess it would be in Clifton though.

5 Oldest Preserved Buildings:

Belmont/Cocke-Washington House in Lorton - c. 1730
Four Stairs in Great Falls - c. 1737
Level Green in Centreville - 1740
Mount Vernon - 1742
Woodbury House in Vienna - 1747

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: themuse ()
Date: November 02, 2010 03:05PM

can someone please post a picture of plasma bridge?
i've been told i should go there on muliple occasions and would like an idea of what to look out for.

yeefuckinghaw

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: November 02, 2010 03:11PM

Where is 'Plasma Bridge'?

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: Get it, faggot? ()
Date: November 02, 2010 03:15PM

It is right under your plasma brown eye.

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: 496 ()
Date: November 02, 2010 03:25PM

Yahweh,
The deepest body of water in the county is actually Occoquan Reservoir. The Potomac is part of Maryland.

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: Radiophile ()
Date: November 02, 2010 04:18PM

496 Wrote:
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> Yahweh,
> The deepest body of water in the county is
> actually Occoquan Reservoir. The Potomac is part
> of Maryland.

Yes, King George gave the Potomac River to Maryland.

And I believe the highest pint in Fairfax County if not the highest building - is the Tysons Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Oldest tree - shall we cut some down to count the rings?

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: November 02, 2010 04:25PM

Actually I thought the deepest body of waters was Lake Barcroft which reaches close to 68 feet in places.

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: November 02, 2010 04:27PM

towers Wrote:
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> Tallest building is the Accenture building, right?
> Or the Dulles control tower


Not the IAD tower...Its technically in Loudoun County.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/02/2010 04:27PM by ITRADE.

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: Yahweh ()
Date: November 02, 2010 07:39PM

Radiophile Wrote:
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> 496 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yahweh,
> > The deepest body of water in the county is
> > actually Occoquan Reservoir. The Potomac is
> part
> > of Maryland.
>
> Yes, King George gave the Potomac River to
> Maryland.


Interesting. So, where does MD start? On the shore of ffx or 100 feet out?

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: November 02, 2010 07:44PM

Yahweh Wrote:
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>
> Interesting. So, where does MD start? On the shore
> of ffx or 100 feet out?

The low water mark on the VA side of the river marks the border. The entire riverbed is MD property.

If VA wants to stick a hose in the river to access fresh water, they technically need approval from MD.

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: themuse ()
Date: November 02, 2010 08:17PM

yea but does your state have a tree big enough to drive through?
mine does:
Attachments:
cartree.jpg

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Re: Fairfax questions for trivia
Posted by: Bill N ()
Date: November 02, 2010 08:21PM

Would it be incredibly anal to point out that it wasn't one of the King Georges that gave the Potomac to Maryland? It was actually Charles I.

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