On this President’s Day, Hallie has written six trivia questions about the past inhabitants of the White House! We also celebrate funk music, Scottish literature, and one of the most incredible athletes of all time.
2:13: Q1 (Times & Places): What medal, awarded to soldiers who are injured in battle, was the first military badge of merit for the common soldier and was revived on George Washington’s 200th birthday, aka President’s Day, in 1932?
7:57: Q2 (Movies & TV): What movie, loosely based on the life of Eugene Allen, follows the life of a White House employee from witnessing Eisenhower racially integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas to meeting the newly inaugurated Barack Obama?
14:53: Q3 (Arts & Literature): “Hail to the Chief”, the President’s personal anthem, was written based on verses from the poem The Lady of the Lake written by what Scottish novelist and poet, also known for writing Ivanhoe and Rob Roy?
26:14: Q4 (Music): What “Godfather of Soul” known for his social activism performed at Richard Nixon’s 1969 inauguration and was happy to see him reelected in 1972 and then recorded the song “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” about Gerald Ford right after Nixon’s resignation?
36:47: Q5 (Everything Else): On the original 1914 Federal Reserve Notes, Lincoln was on the $5 bill, Jackson was on the $10 bill, and what president of the late 1800s was on the $20 bill, although he was later moved up to the $1000 bill?
49:38: Q6 (Sports & Games): In 1912, future president Dwight Eisenhower famously played on the varsity football team at West Point against the Carlisle Indian School, whose star won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon that same year and went on to play professional football, baseball, and basketball?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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