Emily's Trivia Quiz: Good Night

Thanks for hanging out these past few months (years?).  It was enjoyable to quiz you guys on erudite and odd trivia and kept me thinking, even when I wasn't in school.  Thanks for giving me another nerd outlet, and I'm glad that I got to share useless information (that somehow is always useful).  Since this sounds like a farewell speech, I've decided that for the last day we'll have a quiz on famous goodbyes...Enjoy!

1. This famous Yankee gave a 1939 goodbye speech to his fans at Yankee Stadium, saying, "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
a. Babe Ruth
b. Lou Gehrig
c. Joe DiMaggio
d. Mickey Mantle

b. Lou Gehrig-rig -rig -rig (the echo at Yankee Stadium, get it?)

2. George Washington bid farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War in a tavern.  Where is the tavern?
a. Washington, D.C.
b. Wilmington, DE
c. New York, NY
d. Trenton, NJ

c. New York, NY at Frances Tavern (pictured above)

3. In his farewell message to Congress, this man said "Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration. They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected."

a. General Douglas MacArthur
b. General George Patton
c. General Robert E. Lee
d. General Electric

a. General Douglas MacArthur

4. "Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow."  Who said it?

a. Andrew Johnson
b. William Jefferson Clinton
c. Richard Milhous Nixon
d. Andrew Hamilton

c. Nixon. I just wanted to put that picture in here.

5. Washington's more famous farewell address, when he refused a third presidential term, was never given as a speech.  How did people find out what he "said?"

a. It was telegraphed throughout the country
b. Someone read it out loud at every church that Sunday
c. Men on horses announced the speech ala "The British are coming!" a few years before
d. It was published in newspapers

d. It was published in newspapers

Now I feel like I should have a farewell address at the end of my post.  But, I don't really have anything dramatic or deep to say about my blogging experience.  All I can say is that I hope this was as fun for everyone who read as it was for me to write.  Happy New Year!

Emily's Trivia Quiz is now defunct, but she will continue to spew useless knowledge at parties and pub trivia competitions until her friends start hitting her or she has no more friends, whichever happens first.  Watch for her on Jeopardy! in 20 years or so.

Comments

[Lauren]

Awwwwwww, cute final quiz

[vero]

having just met you, emily, i have to say that you are too beautiful for me to believe anything you've ever written. ever. so from now on please just meet me in person and tell me about the stuff you know.

(how's that for a comment?)