Question of the day

[CatmanV2]

Given that it is DieHardMas, surely the answer is Chester A Arthur?

Oh VERY good, sir!

C

 

[zagatoes30]

So no correct answers yet

 

[MarkMas]

I looked up the answer - it is wildly obscure!

 

[MarkMas]

BTW, at my local Pub Quiz last night, the QM failed to show up, so each team made up 5 questions to ask. Went really well.

 

[zagatoes30]

I looked up the answer - it is wildly obscure!

I know which is why I thought it would work here

 

[midlifecrisis]

I reckon it was Herbert Hoover who proceeded to invent a machine to clear up the fallen needles...

 

[daverichardson]

Was there a president called Nordman?

 

[MarkMas]

Was there a president called Nordman?

Was it:
George Washington - no, that was a cherry tree
John Quincy Adams - no, a quince is more a shrub than a tree
George Bush (I and II) - no, ditto
Donald Stump - maybe

grrr... seems quite challenging to extract tree puns out of US Presidents' names....

 

[Wanderer]

Unter den Linden Johnson?

 

[daverichardson]

Clinton Christmas Cards?

 

[zagatoes30]

Clinton Christmas Cards?

Oh very good, I'm going to pass the baton to you even though it's the wrong answer

 

[daverichardson]

I think the President was Harrison, I used to work with a chap of the same name that is why I know

 

[zagatoes30]

I think the President was Harrison, I used to work with a chap of the same name that is why I know

Benjamin Harrison is one of the two recognised answers and the one with more evidence during the 1888-91 presidency but there is also reference to Franklin Pierce in the 1850s but different sources mention different years. The official White House history recognises Benjamin Harrisons tree as the first

 

[MarkMas]

.... The official White House history recognises Benjamin Harrisons tree as the first

I genuinely don't understand how someone can be so very well-informed, yet not care a jot for apostrophes. It's a mystery it is.

 

[zagatoes30]

I genuinely don't understand how someone can be so very well-informed, yet not care a jot for apostrophes. It's a mystery it is.

You mean this?

 

[zagatoes30]

I genuinely don't understand how someone can be so very well-informed

Well informed might be one description, Mrs Z calls it full of useless sh1t

 

[MarkMas]

IT'S BACK BY POPULAR REQUEST!!!! (Well, one person suggested it.)

What is the Swahili word for 'journey'?

 

[daverichardson]

Trek?

 

[Scaf]

I have just been listening to James O’Brian on LBC where he has a slot for people to pose questions and some are really thought provoking.

Today, some fella rang up and asked where grass seed comes from, he sounded very confused when he was told - Grass ! Just let it grow and it will go to seed

 

[cheshiremaserati]

IT'S BACK BY POPULAR REQUEST!!!! (Well, one person suggested it.)

What is the Swahili word for 'journey'?

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