Well, I seem to have stumped the board, so I’ll answer my own question;
Who is Paul Simon?
New category: US Presidents.
- This one-term president was the only bachelor to occupy the Oval Office
Who was James Buchanan?
- This president was the first to have an attempt made on his life while in office; two guns misfired at close range, and the president beat the would-be assassin with his walking stick
Who is Andrew Jackson?
- This Republican president began his political career as a member of the Whig party.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
- This president was the only one to lose a child in combat, his aviator son.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
- Saturday Night Live’s Dana Carvey portrayed this president as well as his third-party competitor
Who is George H. W. Bush?
Next category: Major League Baseball
- Before 1958, this was the westernmost team in the majors.
What are the Kansas City A’s?
((Upon moving from Philadelphia to Kansas City for the 1955 season, the A’s briefly displaced the St. Louis Cardinals as MLB’s westernmost team.))
- This team and its fans endured “The Curse of the Bambino”: an 86-year drought between World Series championships, which finally ended in 2004.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
- With the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, this team became the only MLB team in Canada
Who are the Toronto Blue Jays?
- Before the Nationals arrived in DC, this was the name of the previous MLB team.
Who were the Washington Senators?
… (Incidentally, they were immortalized in the musical, Damn Yankees)
- This city hosted its MLB expansion team for only one season.
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What is Seattle?
That team would be the Seattle Pilots - who played there for one season in 1969, and then moved to become the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970. Of course, Seattle has had another expansion team since 1977, the Mariners.
Next up,
Song Title Namecheck
(The response is a song title that appears in the lyrics of the song)
- Mama socked it to this association in this 1968 hit song.
What is the Harper Valley PTA?
- Glen Campbell wistfully sang of this beach town in 1969.
What is Galveston?
- In this song, the singer laments his inaction over a twenty-four year period.
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Time has run out. @Bicycle_Bill, you control the board.
Very well. The correct answer is “What is ‘Living Next Door to Alice’?”
- Mary Hill had a very good time here in this Billy Joe Royal song.
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Where Is Cherry Hill Park?
- In this song, the Traveling Wilburys sang about the journey to this ultimate destination.
What is the Light?
New category: Name’s the Same
- Vice President of the United States and groundbreaking funk musician
Who is George Clinton?
- Knighted 19th century explorer and knighted 20th century actor
Who is Richard Burton?
- Queen of England and Bond girl
Who is Jane Seymour?
- King of Pop and beer expert