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Monday, June 27, 2005Trivial triviaTrivia from the "Presidents and Baseball" category on last night's Jeopardy! These are all pretty easy, though the contestants had a shockingly hard time with them. If you don't get the first two, I'm afraid we're going to have to revoke your citizenship.
$200: Saying it was in the national interest, he kept baseball going during World War II.$200: "Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?"; $400: "What are the Texas Rangers?"; $600: "Who was Ronald Reagan?"; $800: "Who was Dwight Eisenhower?"; $1000: "What were the Washington Senators?" (Highlight above for the answer.) Comments:I didn't know the $800 question (but I was able to get it right, just by thinking about it a little). I also didn't exactly know the $1000, but I felt I had a 90% of getting it right (and I did). Five for five. Almost went with Cincinnati for number five as Taft was a Reds fan. IIRC, his last words were "how'd the Reds do? Tonight was a real highlight as I got Final Jeopardy (MacArtur) and all three contestants got it wrong. Nothing like seeing the smarty-pants don't know something you do. Something like "This family was the first father and son to be awarded the medal of honor - one in the Civil War and the other in World War II." . . . . . . . . . . . . . A: Who were Arthur MacArthur and Douglas MacArthur? I'll admit I had an advantage on the MacArthur question. Before I retired from the Navy I was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia which is home to the MacArthur Memorial. :-) |
