Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels

[Rogerm]

Is that a picture of the Soldiers' Home?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thanks for all these brilliant guesses, Thomas, Laurie, and Roger - and Thomas' is indeed correct. Kudos! Speaking of correct, I probably will have to adjust the photo to make hint #1 a correct one:
   
Laurie, you may see better in the entirety:
http://wikimapia.org/m/#lang=en&lat=38.8...8&z=19&m=b

[Thomas Kearney]

It's the snow I ran through in nothing but my underwear?

[L Verge]

(01-23-2016 03:58 PM)Thomas Kearney Wrote:  It's the snow I ran through in nothing but my underwear?

I chuckled about it being a current picture with all the snow, Eva. Thomas, I am not even going to guess about your last comment. You really are ready for college if you are out semi-streaking in this mess.

[Thomas Kearney]

(01-23-2016 06:47 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(01-23-2016 03:58 PM)Thomas Kearney Wrote:  It's the snow I ran through in nothing but my underwear?

I chuckled about it being a current picture with all the snow, Eva. Thomas, I am not even going to guess about your last comment. You really are ready for college if you are out semi-streaking in this mess.

I know I'm ready, I don't have enough credits to transfer just yet.

[Gene C]

I hope you wore a hat or scarf, you could catch a cold

[Thomas Kearney]

(01-23-2016 08:32 PM)Gene C Wrote:  I hope you wore a hat or scarf, you could catch a cold

I only stayed out for a minute. Here is the picture for proof:

https://twitter.com/Tek2012Tek/status/69...5476680704

[Eva Elisabeth]

Who of those known on this board was "Tambourina"?

[L Verge]

Julia Dent Grant. She wanted a gypsy outfit to go to a costumed event -- right down to adding a tambourine. Gen. Grant refused to go in costume, but he did give her that nickname.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Well done, Laurie - I should probably have waited longer as I read this on this most interesting site the link to which Laurie sent me last weekend:
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/f...ography=19

"After his wife organized a Mardi Gras masquerade ball early in their marriage, Grant would only appear in his uniform while she invested an enormous amount of energy into her costume as a gypsy. Observing her enthusiasm, he was prompted to go out and purchase a tambourine to complete her outfit, and nicknamed her 'Tambourina' for a time."

Laurie, you win Julia Grant dancing Esmeralda's tambourine variation for you - here's how it should look like:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I2o35T76OwY

[L Verge]

(02-02-2016 05:22 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Well done, Laurie - I should probably have waited longer as I read this on this most interesting site the link to which Laurie sent me last weekend:
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/f...ography=19

"After his wife organized a Mardi Gras masquerade ball early in their marriage, Grant would only appear in his uniform while she invested an enormous amount of energy into her costume as a gypsy. Observing her enthusiasm, he was prompted to go out and purchase a tambourine to complete her outfit, and nicknamed her 'Tambourina' for a time."

Laurie, you win Julia Grant dancing Esmeralda's tambourine variation for you - here's how it should look like:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I2o35T76OwY

Thank you, Eva. I shall practice and be entertainment (comedy) at the conference.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Actually Julia Grant was intended to entertain you, but this will sure be nice, too!

[L Verge]

Who was the first doctor to serve President and Mrs. Lincoln and their sons after their arrival in D.C. in 1861?

[RJNorton]

Dr. Robert King Stone?

[L Verge]

That's what I would have guessed also, but he did not take over until 1862 (according to my source) when the first doctor died.

BTW: Dr. Stone's specialty was eye disorders.