Trivia question.

[William769]

Do you know how much the AIDS quilt weighs?

No cheating.

[dsc]

1. I admit to having no clue

I will guess 5 tons.

[William769]

3. Wait a little bit & see if there are any more takers.

[bigwillq]

2. 50 lbs

:shrug:

[bigwillq]

8. I meant tons. I swear!

:rofl:


"THE" AIDS Quilt. D'Oh. :rofl:

[William769]

9. ...

:spank:

[Sub Atomic]

4. the entire quilt or just the traveling panels?

[auntsue]

5. It has to be hundreds of pounds

and it's too huge to be displayed in one place...

[William769]

6. Ok 10 minutes & only two takers I have to get up early in the morning so I will post the answer.

54 tons.

I saw the quilt in 1993 on the mall & then it was to big to show all of it in one place. Here we are in close to the end of 2011 and the quilt cannot be shown anywhere in it's entirety, it's just to big. Now thats something to ponder.

EDIT: On the mall referring to Washington D.C.

[dsc]

10. well so much for guesses

damn only off by a factor of 11. That is such an astonishing stat. 108000 lbs.

[Rowdyboy]

11. Absolutely amazing....I honestly had no idea.....Someday I hope to see the quilt

That I'm not represented on it is a tribute to my nurse practitioners and doctors (in that order)

[handmade34]

7. this one?

http://www.2015quilt.com/