- Lou Gehrig?
Nope. I think this is one that you will not guess. You have to know it.
Correct.
a) Right (But she was not the wife of James I. She was the wife of Charles I.)
b) Right
c) Wrong
d) Wrong
Right
Right
Right
Wrong.
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What U.S. governor became Vice President and signed the Declaration of Independence (and as a clue, has a map figure and my K-5 elementary school named after him)?
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What colonel, later general, and his fishermen-soldiers rowed George Washington across the Delaware on Christmas night to rout successfully the Hessians and who earlier evacuated Washington’s army from Long Island, NY, saving them from certain defeat?
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What was the name of the first ship in the American navy (owned by same colonel)?
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In what town were that vice president and that colonel/general born and where was that ship built and where hangs the original painting by Archibald M. Willard, The Spirit of '76?
[Cal Meacham need not respond]
Marblehead, MA
Well, I have no idea about your elementary school, or the map figure, but I believe Thomas Jefferson fits all of your other criteria. (Though I don’t think that’s who you have in mind.)
No one has gotten this one yet. C’mon, it’s not that hard. You can’t give up just yet. Just keep in mind that the summer doper and sunshine poster will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his message board, but he that responds NOW deserves all the thanks of man and woman.
- Moe Berg?
Correct
Correct. And thanks!
Sorry, not President Thomas Jefferson - not from Mass.
I’m going to bed after I finish reading today’s paper. Been on here all day. Will be back to check answers Monday evening.
- Incorrect.
- Correct (and spoke- got it, too).
No. Already correctly answered earlier: Martin Luther King Jr. (he was a young member of the choir of his father’s gospel church at the time).
I don’t know if he coined it, but he certainly popularized it. Correct.
**These questions are, I believe, still unanswered. (And if I’ve overlooked any, please let me know).
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17. This French ambassador annoyed President Washington by his indiscreet revolutionary diplomacy and schmoozing, and was eventually asked to leave.
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What flag, first raised in Cambridge, Mass. in early 1776, is considered by many historians to be the country’s first national flag?
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Who swore [George Washington] in [as President for his first term]?
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What color was Washington’s suit (discussed in another recent SDMB thread, believe it or not)?
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Teddy’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, is believed by many literary experts to have been one of the inspirations for what iconic fictional character?
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Who served first as one of Lincoln’s aides, and later as TR’s Secretary of State?
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The British ambassador once said humorously of TR, “You must always remember that the President is __________ ___.”
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The Ft. Sumter flag, flown over the fort at both the beginning and the end of the Civil War, had how many stars in a distinctive diamond pattern?
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This surveyor’s misspelled last name became the name of what major American city?
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What D.C. detective was away from his post at Ford’s Theater the night of Lincoln’s assassination, but was apparently unpunished and suffered no career setback?
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The following states were named in honor of which royal personages (be specific):
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c) North and South Carolina
d) Georgia -
What natural formation did Theodore Roosevelt establish as the first National Monument?
Correct!
And 55 is Chief Justice John Jay? 100 is (James?) Pinkerton. 106 is, I believe, Yellowstone National Park.
I hope these have not been asked before. I’m losing track:
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Who was the youngest president? (NOTE: I am NOT asking who was the youngest president elected.)
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Which president was a pretty good tailor and routinely made clothes for his Cabinet members?
Teddy Roosevelt
Correct! When he became president upon the death of McKinley, he was younger than Kennedy was when he was elected. Then when Teddy WAS elected, he was older than Kennedy was.
Also still unanswered:
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The “Gadsden Flag” (the yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” rattlesnake flag) is named for the leader of the Sons of Liberty of which colony?
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Meriwether Lewis died at an inn in what state?
And hey, here are some more:
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The first Mardis Gras festival in what is now the US was celebrated not in New Orleans, but in what other coastal Southern town?
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Back to Lewis and Clark: In what present-day state would you find the location of Fort Mandan, where Lewis and Clark wintered?
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In which state did the deadliest fire in US history occur?
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Which Indian leader is famous for the quote, “I will fight no more, forever.”
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Speaking of Indian leaders, the riverside trading post of Cherokee leader John Ross became the site of what US city?
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What US military leader was known as “Old Fuss and Feathers”?
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Which president ran for office on the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”?
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Which presidential candidate was taunted by opposing crowds with the cry “Ma! Ma! Where’s my Pa?”