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Obscure American history trivia

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by micropolitan guy, Sep 10, 2019.

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  1. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    What was Dwight Eisenhower’s nominal full-time job when he was elected POTUS?
     
    tapintoamerica, Feb 26, 2022
    #277
  2. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    Wasn’t he the president of an Ivy League school?
     
    Spartan Squad, Feb 26, 2022
    #278
  3. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    Columbia (go Lions!)
     
    Webster, Feb 26, 2022
    #279
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  4. Mr._Graybeard

    Mr._Graybeard Well-Known Member

    In 1934, the Ford Motor Co. got an unusual endorsement of the company's V8 model. Who wrote the endorsement letter? Detroiters may know this one.
     
    Mr._Graybeard, Feb 26, 2022
    #280
  5. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Correct.
     
    tapintoamerica, Feb 26, 2022
    #281
  6. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Wild guess, but Hitler?
     
    Baron Scicluna, Feb 26, 2022
    #282
  7. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost?
    I just wanted an excuse to use his name.
     
    tapintoamerica, Feb 26, 2022
    #283
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  8. Mr._Graybeard

    Mr._Graybeard Well-Known Member

    "While I still have got breath in my lungs I will tell you what a dandy car you make," bank robber/killer Clyde Barrow wrote to Henry Ford on April 10, 1934. "I have drove Fords exclusively when I could get away with one." Barrow and Bonnie Parker were killed about 6 weeks later.
    The letter is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich.
     
    Mr._Graybeard, Feb 26, 2022
    #284
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  9. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    “Cadillac rollin’ down the open road
    But nothin’ outruns my V-8 Ford.”

    — Chuck Berry
     
    da man, Feb 27, 2022
    #285
  10. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Seems like a curious choice of unofficial, unpaid pitchman to accentuate.
     
    tapintoamerica, Feb 27, 2022
    #286
  11. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    [​IMG]
     
    garrow, Feb 27, 2022
    #287
  12. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village are amazing.
     
    goalmouth, Mar 2, 2022
    #288
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