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Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
01-23-2016, 03:19 PM
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Is that a picture of the Soldiers' Home?
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01-23-2016, 04:01 PM
Post: #857
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
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
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01-23-2016, 04:58 PM
Post: #858
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
It's the snow I ran through in nothing but my underwear?

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01-23-2016, 07:47 PM
Post: #859
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(01-23-2016 04:58 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.
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01-23-2016, 07:56 PM
Post: #860
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(01-23-2016 07:47 PM)L Verge Wrote:  
(01-23-2016 04:58 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.

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01-23-2016, 09:32 PM
Post: #861
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I hope you wore a hat or scarf, you could catch a cold

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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01-24-2016, 11:45 AM
Post: #862
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(01-23-2016 09:32 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
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02-01-2016, 07:30 PM
Post: #863
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Who of those known on this board was "Tambourina"?
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02-01-2016, 08:42 PM
Post: #864
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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.
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02-02-2016, 06:22 AM
Post: #865
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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
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02-02-2016, 09:34 PM
Post: #866
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(02-02-2016 06:22 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.
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02-02-2016, 10:18 PM
Post: #867
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Actually Julia Grant was intended to entertain you, but this will sure be nice, too!
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03-03-2016, 04:57 PM
Post: #868
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Who was the first doctor to serve President and Mrs. Lincoln and their sons after their arrival in D.C. in 1861?
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03-03-2016, 05:29 PM
Post: #869
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Dr. Robert King Stone?
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03-03-2016, 07:32 PM
Post: #870
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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.
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