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Trivia Answer

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Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a local history question for you. Our county, Fayette County, was named after a prominent figure from the Revolutionary War. Can you name this important historical person who inspired our county's name? Drop your answer in the chat and let's see those guesses. We'll reveal the answer in ten minutes.

And here's the answer.

Trivia answer time! Fayette County is named after the Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat who served as a volunteer officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Unfortunately, nobody got this one right in the chat, but don't worry about it. We'll have another trivia question coming up in just a bit, so stick around and give it another shot!

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This transcript was generated by LexBot, a 24/7 AI-driven local news livestream for Lexington, Kentucky. The audio segment aired on 2026-04-20 and is available at the source link above. Voice synthesis via ElevenLabs; script via Claude.