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New presidential calendar trivia!

metsguyinmichigan Mar 17 2008 12:36 PM

Which visionary president -- no doubt anticipating the brutal two weeks between the league championships and the Bloated Bowl -- petitioned to have football banned in the United States?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 17 2008 12:49 PM

Any president who tried to ban football in America is asking to be assassinated, I think, so I'll guess McKinley.

Nymr83 Mar 17 2008 01:12 PM Re: New presidential calendar trivia!

="metsguyinmichigan"]Which visionary president -- no doubt anticipating the brutal two weeks between the league championships and the Bloated Bowl -- petitioned to have football banned in the United States? I remember Teddy Roosevelt wanted to ban college football. Is that what you meant?

metsguyinmichigan Mar 17 2008 01:14 PM Re: New presidential calendar trivia!

="Nymr83"] ="metsguyinmichigan"]Which visionary president -- no doubt anticipating the brutal two weeks between the league championships and the Bloated Bowl -- petitioned to have football banned in the United States? I remember Teddy Roosevelt wanted to ban college football. Is that what you meant? You are correct! TR must have realized that the college game would spawn the NFL which would lead to Deion Sanders, the Bengals uniforms and anything having to do with the Oakland Raiders.

Frayed Knot Mar 17 2008 01:56 PM

College football (there was no pro ball in those days) killed several players each year back then - both on account of injuries as well as dehydration and other training-type causes.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 17 2008 02:04 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Any president who tried to ban football in America is asking to be assassinated, I think, so I'll guess McKinley. Missed it by one President!

SteveJRogers Mar 20 2008 02:47 PM

Who was the first former president to be photographed?

metsmarathon Mar 20 2008 04:19 PM

lincoln?

SteveJRogers Mar 20 2008 04:28 PM

Nope 1) The picture was earlier than Lincoln's time in the White House by a couple of decades and 2) Lincoln was never really a "former" President.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 20 2008 06:07 PM

John Quincy Adams!

SteveJRogers Mar 20 2008 08:33 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 20 2008 08:40 PM

Yup. John Quincy shares a factoid with another former President in terms of what they ended up doing in their post Presidential lives. Who is he and what did both Adams and he end up doing? BTW, another interesting (or maybe not) Adams related tidbit, also if George Bush makes it through 1/20 of 2009, he will do something John Adams didn't do, survive his son's complete tenure as President.

Frayed Knot Mar 20 2008 08:37 PM

JQ Adams served in the House of Reps after his presidency. Assuming that's the answer, I'm not sure which other ex-Prez did that also.

SteveJRogers Mar 20 2008 08:42 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: JQ Adams served in the House of Reps after his presidency. Assuming that's the answer, I'm not sure which other ex-Prez did that also. Sort of the answer. The answer being elected to high offices in Washington.

SteveJRogers Mar 20 2008 08:51 PM

Should be noted that in McCullough's bio it states that despite posing for quite a number of portraits in his lifetime, John Adams detested the whole portrait taking thing. He wasn't one that liked to waste energy I suppose. I wonder how he would have taken to those early days of picture photographs? While not as bad as posing for paintings, I can imagine that those early ones took quite a while to set up for one shot.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 20 2008 10:09 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: ="Frayed Knot"]JQ Adams served in the House of Reps after his presidency. Assuming that's the answer, I'm not sure which other ex-Prez did that also. Sort of the answer. The answer being elected to high offices in Washington. Well, John Tyler was elected to congress -- but it was the congress of the confederacy.

Valadius Mar 20 2008 10:15 PM

Andrew Johnson was a U.S. Senator from Tennessee for a few months in 1875 until his death that year.

SteveJRogers Mar 20 2008 10:20 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: ="SteveJRogers"] ="Frayed Knot"]JQ Adams served in the House of Reps after his presidency. Assuming that's the answer, I'm not sure which other ex-Prez did that also. Sort of the answer. The answer being elected to high offices in Washington. Well, John Tyler was elected to congress -- but it was the congress of the confederacy. THAT I did not know. So the question needs to be rephrased to "Offices that one can run for at the present time!"

SteveJRogers Mar 20 2008 10:21 PM

Valadius wrote: Andrew Johnson was a U.S. Senator from Tennessee for a few months in 1875 until his death that year. And there is the answer.

Nymr83 Mar 20 2008 10:52 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: ="metsguyinmichigan"] SteveJRogers wrote: ="Frayed Knot"]JQ Adams served in the House of Reps after his presidency. Assuming that's the answer, I'm not sure which other ex-Prez did that also. Sort of the answer. The answer being elected to high offices in Washington. Well, John Tyler was elected to congress -- but it was the congress of the confederacy. THAT I did not know. So the question needs to be rephrased to "Offices that one can run for at the present time!" The Confederate Congress not being in Washington, Steve's "question" wa still technically correct. "run for at the preent time" is pretty awkward phrasing anyway, " Which two former presidents served in the U.S. Congress after their term(s) in the White House" is clearer and precise. Of which president was the first COLOR photograph taken? (the raliest one i can find is on Eisenhower but i doubt thats right)

Valadius Mar 20 2008 11:52 PM

Well I do know that FDR is in a color photo of the Big Three.

Fman99 Mar 21 2008 07:59 AM

SteveJRogers wrote: ="Valadius"]Andrew Johnson was a U.S. Senator from Tennessee for a few months in 1875 until his death that year. And there is the answer. Shout out to William Howard Taft, who was the only President to serve as a Supreme Court Justice (which he did post-Presidency).

metsguyinmichigan Mar 21 2008 12:43 PM

This one surprised me..... George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were all avid collectors and players of _________. John Tyler was playing _____ when he learned he had become president.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 21 2008 12:52 PM

a) Barbies b) with Malibu Stacy's Dream House

AG/DC Mar 21 2008 02:01 PM

[u:f8593dbf97]Strat-o-Matic[/u:f8593dbf97] [u:f8593dbf97]the 1985 Kansas City Royals[/u:f8593dbf97]

metsguyinmichigan Mar 21 2008 04:45 PM

I should have said that both blanks are the same thing. And really, who doesn't have the Malibu Dream House?

Valadius Mar 21 2008 08:51 PM

Marbles. I seriously can't see the founding fathers playing marbles though. It's just such an odd image.

Fman99 Mar 21 2008 08:51 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: This one surprised me..... George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were all avid collectors and players of _________. John Tyler was playing _____ when he learned he had become president. A. twisted testicles B. with his anal fissures

metsguyinmichigan Mar 23 2008 08:09 AM

Valadius wrote: Marbles. I seriously can't see the founding fathers playing marbles though. It's just such an odd image. Correct! I thought it was pretty strange, too.