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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - L Verge - 06-12-2019
(06-12-2019, 01:43 PM)Rogerm Wrote: Didn't Lincoln refer to the daily flow of office-seekers and other people who accosted him at the White House as his "public bath," or something like that; which meant his exposure to public opinion.
Wow, Rogerm, congratulations on knowing that!
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - RJNorton - 06-12-2019
Roger, I second Laurie! Good job!
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Anita - 06-12-2019
Good job Rogerm. Our posts crossed in cyberspace. You win an 1860s spa treatment at Ojo Caliente springs, New Mexico. Seriously this place has a fascinating history. Here's a sample.
"Then in 1868, Antonio Joseph, New Mexico territory’s first representative to Congress, built the first bath house. Ojo began to provide overnight lodging, a post office and a general store, where historical ledgers prove Carson purchased supplies."
https://the-journal.com/articles/23927
It's still operational today. Enjoy!
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - LincolnMan - 01-17-2020
New question:
What classic movie has a scene involving an alien and a little boy looking at the Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Mylye2222 - 01-17-2020
(01-17-2020, 10:39 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: New question:
What classic movie has a scene involving an alien and a little boy looking at the Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial?
I'd say "Mr Smith Goes to Washington",by Frank Capra.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - RJNorton - 01-17-2020
No idea - the one that was about E.T?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Mylye2222 - 01-17-2020
(06-11-2019, 09:26 PM)Anita Wrote: Eva, not a swim in the Potomac or a bidet.
Hint: This is a bath Lincoln took in the White House but not in the bathroom.
He took public opinion baths. That's how he called playfully the seekers, petionners and citizens who visited him during office hours.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Gene C - 01-17-2020
The Day the Earth Stood Still.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - LincolnMan - 01-17-2020
Gene: You are the winner, sir. The classic movie: The Day The Earth Stood Still. The movie is relevant even for today!
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - LincolnMan - 01-24-2020
What actor in what movie said of Lincoln: "Great president, lousy lawyer."?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - RJNorton - 01-24-2020
Sounds like something Bruce Dern might say?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - LincolnMan - 01-24-2020
Good guess Roger but Bruce Dern did not say it.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Steve - 01-25-2020
I think I remember Walter Matthau saying the line in one of his films with Jack Lemmon, but I can't think of which one.
It was a b/w film.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - AussieMick - 01-25-2020
WC Fields?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - LincolnMan - 01-25-2020
Steve: You are correct! It was the great Walter Matthau. And, yes, Jack Lemmon was also in the film. The name of the film?