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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Rogerm - 01-23-2016 02:19 PM
Is that a picture of the Soldiers' Home?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Eva Elisabeth - 01-23-2016 03:01 PM
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:
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Laurie, you may see better in the entirety:
http://wikimapia.org/m/#lang=en&lat=38.866546&lon=-77.017658&z=19&m=b
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Thomas Kearney - 01-23-2016 03:58 PM
It's the snow I ran through in nothing but my underwear?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - L Verge - 01-23-2016 06:47 PM
(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.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Thomas Kearney - 01-23-2016 06:56 PM
(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.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Gene C - 01-23-2016 08:32 PM
I hope you wore a hat or scarf, you could catch a cold
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Thomas Kearney - 01-24-2016 10:45 AM
(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/691000995476680704
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Eva Elisabeth - 02-01-2016 06:30 PM
Who of those known on this board was "Tambourina"?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - L Verge - 02-01-2016 07:42 PM
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.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Eva Elisabeth - 02-02-2016 05:22 AM
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/firstladies.aspx?biography=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
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - L Verge - 02-02-2016 08:34 PM
(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/firstladies.aspx?biography=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.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Eva Elisabeth - 02-02-2016 09:18 PM
Actually Julia Grant was intended to entertain you, but this will sure be nice, too!
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - L Verge - 03-03-2016 03:57 PM
Who was the first doctor to serve President and Mrs. Lincoln and their sons after their arrival in D.C. in 1861?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - RJNorton - 03-03-2016 04:29 PM
Dr. Robert King Stone?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - L Verge - 03-03-2016 06:32 PM
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.