Lelands.com Famously Infamous $1,000 Net54.com Dinner Hobby Trivia Contest

[Anthony S.]

So when will the answers be revealed to the common clay who didn't make the pilgrimage to Cleveland?

[slidekellyslide]

The one bad thing about this new forum is you can't embed youtubes anymore.

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[slantycouch]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

The one bad thing about this new forum is you can't embed youtubes anymore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=angi1vwUkQc

Ask Leon to turn on the ability to embed them. It's an option.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

So when will the answers be revealed to the common clay who didn't make the pilgrimage to Cleveland?

Here ya go!



What illegal occupations do these two men formerly share: Gray Flannel Auctions’ Richie Russek and Josh Evans of Lelands.com’s grandfather Meyer “Slim” Rosen? - (Book Maker)

What baseball card dealer financed the famed Mr. Mint 1952 Topps Find and lived to regret it? - (Lew Lipset)

Everyone knows that Alan Rosen was arrested in the 1980s for illegally buying Drake’s Cakes baseball cards “out the back door” from a grocery store employee. But tell us what famed baseball card personality bailed him out of jail? - (Sy Berger)

What Las Vegas casino magnate bought the Wilt Chamberlain 100-point game ball but had the sale cancelled on him after the authenticity was questioned by Wilt’s former Philadelphia Warrior teammates? Yes it was a Lelands “no sale.” - (Steve Wynn)

What Baseball Hall of Famer was screwed by his lonsman in the Bernie Madoff Scandal? - (Sandy Koufax)


The body of what infamous 1980s sports memorabilia dealer on the lam was discovered in a Las Vegas hotel room partially decomposed by lime? - (Dennis Walker)

Who was the first noted baseball forger to go to prison? Hint: He was from the Cincinnati area? - (Randall Marshall, aka Geoff Wayne)

Name the collector who bought the infamous “Pine Tar Bat” from George Brett only to have to return it after Brett’s brother (not fellow pitcher Ken) unjustly told George he got screwed? - (Barry Halper)

Josh Evans almost did not make his “last minute” 1989 Nightline television appearance because he was flying back from a rock concert in L.A. What was the name of the band? - (The Who)

What baseball card super collector is one of the two executors of Michael Jackson’s will and estate? (John Branca)

[Matt]

I had 9/10. #3 tripped me up.

[Anthony S.]

A little background on question #6, the poor fellow who ended up staying in a Vegas hotel room much longer than he had anticipated:

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/25/ny...a-mystery.html