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RZM

(8,556 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 10:32 PM Jan 2012

Another trivia question

This one is one of my favorites to ask.

Four institutions of higher learning have produced both a president and a Super Bowl winning quarterback. Name the schools along with both the presidents and the quarterbacks.

No cheating of course and don't answer if you've already heard it

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Another trivia question (Original Post) RZM Jan 2012 OP
Yeah - no one's going to get this one. ellisonz Jan 2012 #1
Well people don't have to get all four at once RZM Jan 2012 #2
Heck no. ellisonz Jan 2012 #3
LOL. Ok RZM Jan 2012 #4
I know one charlie and algernon Jan 2012 #5
Yes. One down, three to go :) RZM Jan 2012 #6
got another charlie and algernon Jan 2012 #7
Nice. Two left RZM Jan 2012 #8
hmmm charlie and algernon Jan 2012 #9
You're right about Stanford. One left. RZM Jan 2012 #10
Well I don't think Ohio State had any presidents charlie and algernon Jan 2012 #11
No :) RZM Jan 2012 #12
Jim Plunkett & Herbert Hoover, right? eom PAMod Jan 2012 #13
Yeah. John Elway too n/t RZM Jan 2012 #14
Only one more school to go RZM Jan 2012 #15
Rutherford B Hayes and Ben Rapistberger (Miami OH) Indianademocrat91 Jan 2012 #16
You're right on the school and QB, but not the president RZM Jan 2012 #17
Well.... Indianademocrat91 Jan 2012 #18
It's one of those RZM Jan 2012 #19
Well Garfield was assassinated Indianademocrat91 Jan 2012 #20
Correct RZM Jan 2012 #21
Turns out I was wrong. ellisonz Jan 2012 #22
Naval Academy.......... mrmpa Jan 2012 #23
Correct RZM Jan 2012 #24

ellisonz

(27,739 posts)
3. Heck no.
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 04:54 AM
Jan 2012

The other one was easy, just work backwards, and have an extensive knowledge of Presidential biographies. I also had the benefit of all the other answers as a guide. This one takes a special sort of obsession.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
4. LOL. Ok
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 04:56 AM
Jan 2012

But just in case. One is my undergrad alma mater, which is in my home state. And the QB is a complete douche and the president was of the lesser-known ones in American history.

charlie and algernon

(13,447 posts)
9. hmmm
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 01:27 PM
Jan 2012

Notre Dame - Josiah Bartlet and Joe Montana






I'm stuck on the last two. I'm thinking that Stanford has to be one, but can't think of the QB and POTUS.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
10. You're right about Stanford. One left.
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 02:11 PM
Jan 2012

I put a hint earlier in the thread. The last one is my own alma mater

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
15. Only one more school to go
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 06:52 PM
Jan 2012

Here's a recap of the hints:

It's my alma mater and in my home state. The QB is a total douche and the president is one our lesser-known occupants of the WH. He was also a general in the Union Army during the Civil War (the president, not the QB).

And it's not Ohio State or Ohio University, which were already guessed.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
19. It's one of those
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:20 PM
Jan 2012

Except Cleveland was from the east coast. Born in New Jersey and made his career in New York. Taft, Grant, and McKinley were from Ohio too, but it's not one of them.

So you've got a 50/50 shot. Benjamin Harrison or James A. Garfield?

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
24. Correct
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 01:13 AM
Jan 2012

But somebody already came up with that one (see post 7).

It took a while, but we finally got all the answers.

DU knows its trivia!

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