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Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
10-16-2012, 12:18 PM
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Actually, I did tricky multiple choice questions that made them second guess me AND I always had one or two essays on my tests. For my remedial students, we did a lot of oral tests to overcome their weaknesses in reading. I usually had at least one class each year that were 8th or 9th graders reading on a second grade level. It's amazing how many (even good students) comprehend the information, but cannot accurately read the question or express themselves in writing.
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10-31-2012, 07:55 PM
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Most of us played with Milton Bradley games when we were children. Mr. Bradley went into the lithography business in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860. What was his first popular product?
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10-31-2012, 10:08 PM
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Laurie: I don't know the answer-but I played the Milton Bradley Civil War board game when I was a kid. It had cool plastic figures that were placed on the cardboard map of America. Also I think Milton Bradley the the maker of Twister? Well, for us teenagers-back then-that was something!

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11-01-2012, 05:18 AM
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I know nothing about the history of Monopoly so that will be my guess.
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11-01-2012, 07:07 AM
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Was it the "Game of Life?" Charlene Bullard had a reproduction of this board game and we played it one Christmas..... She got it online and I still think that you can buy the reproductions of these period games online ....I'll have to check....

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11-01-2012, 07:36 AM
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(10-31-2012 07:55 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Most of us played with Milton Bradley games when we were children. Mr. Bradley went into the lithography business in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860. What was his first popular product?

I actually have this in a book somewhere - about the history of children's books and games, not Lincoln. I believe it was a picture of Lincoln, before the beard?
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11-01-2012, 09:44 AM
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Dawn is absolutely correct. In the days when color was just being introduced into the world of printing, Mr. Bradley produced colored lithographs of Mr. Lincoln that were very popular. When Abe added the beard, however, sales dropped off.

When the war began, he noticed that soldiers were bored while waiting for action. This is when he developed the board game known as The Checkered Game of Life - we just call it Life today. From there, he expanded into other board games.

The Milton Bradley Company still exists under the name of Hasbro.
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11-01-2012, 09:46 AM
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Kudos, Dawn!
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11-02-2012, 09:29 PM
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Trivia question: What is the connection between the man in the picture and Abraham Lincoln?

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11-03-2012, 05:37 AM
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"Elvis is a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln’s second great grandfather Isaiah Harrison. Harrison was born in 1666 and died in 1738. He came to America (NY) in 1687."

How in the world would I know that? Well, I didn't. I went to the outstanding blog here.

Kudos, Bill, on all the work you do!
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11-03-2012, 07:37 AM
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Thanks, as always, Roger!

I doubt if Elvis ever knew his blood connection to Lincoln. As you also probably know, he had Confederate ancestors, as well-from his mother's side.

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12-23-2012, 01:46 PM
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What strange connecton is there between Abraham Lincoln and Charles Chaplin?

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12-23-2012, 02:10 PM
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What strange connecton is there between Abraham Lincoln and Charles Chaplin?
Since I am a movie nut and know this weird factoid about Chaplin, the only things I can think of is that both hois and Lincoln's bodies were "stolen" or had attempts made to steal them.
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12-23-2012, 02:53 PM
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Joe: You are absolutely correct! See Roger for your prize please. Smile

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12-23-2012, 03:08 PM
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Joe, your prize is the wish and blessings from all of us for continued improvement, less pain, more mobility, etc. as you recover from your back operation.
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