Good Trivia Question
I expect Otto to know this, but for the rest of you here is an excellent football/political trivia question. I saw it today and immediately knew one answer and eventually came up w/ another but couldn't complete the trifecta. There are 4 colleges that have graduated both a US president and a Super Bowl winning quarterback. Michigan has Gerald Ford and Tom Brady (side note, only one got multiple terms). Name the other three.
posted by Dan Smith at
7:22 PM
4 Comments:
I immediately knew Stanford had Herbert Hoover and Jim Plunkett (although I forgot about John Elway). After some thinking I knew that Jimmy Carter and Roger Staubach were both graduates of the Naval Academy. The third one I couldn't come up with. I guessed West Point b/c I couldn't think of a Super Bowl winning QB who went to an Ivy League school (Princeton would have been my 2nd guess). It turns out Miami of Ohio counts both Ben Rothlisberger and Benjamin Harrison as its alums. That's good trivia.
7:29 PM
That's one of the best trivia questions I've ever seen.
Here's one that's good, really good, but actually pales in comparison: name five felons who happened to have won the Cy Young award.
Also, it's called a superfecta. A buddy won a dime super last night for $275.
11:51 AM
Five Cy Young Felons, hmm. Denny Mclain and Dwight Gooden immediately come to mind. I think Fergie Jenkins had some legal problems so I'll guess him. That A's team from the early 70's seemed like trouble so I'll say Vida Blue and Catfish Hunter (although I have no idea if either one was ever in any legal trouble and I'm not sure if either one ever won the Cy Young).
10:52 AM
Substitute LaMarr Hoyt for Catfish Hunter and I think we have a winner.
4:21 PM
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