Question of the Week

What was the name of the dog in the TV sit-com `Mad About You`?

JRs Pre Turkey Stars

Turkey Lurky Time (325 points)
Joeys Boyz (316)
Buff and Blue (311)
Zina Hilary Aris (226)
Pardoned Turkeys (209)
Peteys Balls
Jason's Pool
Date Rape
Nicks Drinking Stars

Fight! Skate!!

Thankful for Trivia

$810 Billion Bailout and All I Got Was This Lousy Tshirt (308 points)
Jack Bauer says Guys with Glasses Drink (302)
Bonus to Win (288)
What would Brian Boitano Do? (250)
Somali Rogers / Team Boner (234) Tie
Dancing With the Stars is Laaaame!!!
When They Say They're 18 They're Really 12
Blackjack
I Wear Girls' Panties
Half Jewish
Is it Too Late to Bail Out Enron?!
Admiral Ackbar and the Traps
Dirty birds
Posthumosly Pardoned Turkey
Team Name
Delawhere?

Turkey Day Trivia

-The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony in North America took place on September 8, 1565 when 600 Spanish settlers landed at what is now St. Augustine, Florida, and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World. After mass came much feasting and celebration.

-On December 4, 1619, 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Hundred. The group's charter required their day of arrival be observed yearly as a "day of thanksgiving" to God. On that first day, Captain John Woodleaf held the service of thanksgiving. This site became Berkeley Plantation and is still host to an annual Thanksgiving event. President George W. Bush gave his official Thanksgiving address in 2007 at Berkeley.

-Squanto, a Patuxet Native American who resided with the Wampanoag tribe, taught the Pilgrims how to catch eel and grow corn and served as an interpreter for them. The Pilgrims set apart a day to celebrate at Plymouth immediately after their first harvest, in 1621. At the time, this was not regarded as a Thanksgiving observance but a harvest festival.
-The Pilgrims did not hold a true Thanksgiving until 1623, following a drought, prayers for rain, and a subsequent rain shower. Irregular Thanksgivings continued after favorable events and days of fasting after unfavorable ones. In the Plymouth tradition, a thanksgiving day was a church observance, rather than a feast day.

-The Massachusetts Bay Colony which consisted mainly of Puritan Christians celebrated Thanksgiving for the first time in 1630, and frequently thereafter until about 1680, when it became an annual festival in that colony.

-During the American Revolutionary War the Continental Congress appointed one or more thanksgiving days each year. The First National Proclamation of Thanksgiving was given by the Continental Congress in 1777. George Washington proclaimed a Thanksgiving in December 1777 as a victory celebration honoring the defeat of the British at Saratoga.

-A Thanksgiving Day was annually appointed by the governor of New York from 1817. In some of the Southern states there was opposition to the observance on the grounds that it was a relic of Puritanic bigotry. Still, by 1858 governors of 25 states and two territories had appointed a day of thanksgiving.

-In the middle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, prompted by a series of editorials written by Sarah Josepha Hale, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November 1863. Ever since, Thanksgiving has been observed annually in the United States and Lincoln's successors followed his example of annually declaring the final Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving.

-1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broke with this tradition. November had five Thursdays that year, and Roosevelt declared the fourth Thursday as Thanksgiving rather than the fifth one. In 1940, in which November had four Thursdays, he declared the third one as Thanksgiving, suggesting his plan was to establish the holiday on the next-to-last Thursday in the month instead of the last one. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought an earlier Thanksgiving would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. At the time, advertising goods for Christmas before Thanksgiving was considered inappropriate.

-The U.S. Congress in 1941 split the difference and passed a bill requiring that Thanksgiving be observed annually on the fourth Thursday of November, which was sometimes the last Thursday and sometimes (less frequently) the next to last.

-Since at least 1947 the National Turkey Federation has presented the President of the United States with one live turkey and two dressed turkeys, in a ceremony known as the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. The live turkey is pardoned and lives out the rest of its days on a peaceful farm. While it is commonly held that this pardoning tradition began with Harry Truman in 1947, the Truman Library has been unable to find any evidence for this. The earliest on record is with George H. W. Bush in 1989.

To read Thanksgiving Proclamations in full, please see Wikipedia

Question of the Week

(Movies/Music) What pop star sang the song “Reflections” on the soundtrack for Disney’s 1998 film “Mulan”?

Album Art

For all the fun album art spoofs from this week's bonus sheet, check out this list.

Rock Bottom Scores

Octopussy is Totally a Fish (348 points)
Shari and Dae are Freaking Engaged (340)
Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta (336)
Licking Jason's Sweet Jesus (325)
Blackberry, iPhones, and Sidekicks (324)
Racing Presidents
Powderworthy
250 pt Bail Out
Team of Rivals
Barnacle Bill
Half Jewish
Fingerbangz Remix
Hip Hip Jorge
We Lost Last Time, Booyah
Ask Me About Inaugural Tickets
Erin Esurance vs Geico Gecko Fight to the Death
Lions and Vols

Question of the Week

(Sports) At 13, she was the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?

JR's Winnas

Buff and Blue Balls (342 points)
Joey's Boyz (337)
Going Down Faster Than the Dow (293)
Church of Latter Gay Saints (224)
Teachers Bring on Wednesdays (112)

Songs That Shouldn't Be In Anyone's iPod

1. Thriller (Michael Jackson) – TT
2. Crazy For You (Madonna) – The String Quartet
3. Hip to Be Square (Huey Lewis & the News) – Tropical Jazz Band
4. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (The Beatles) – Dick Hyman
5. Light My Fire (The Doors) – Eleazar Martinez & Su Conjunto
6. Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Dione Warwick) - Eleazar Martinez & Su Conjunto
7. Can't Take My Eyes of You (Frankie Valli) - Eleazar Martinez & Su Conjunto
8. Girls on Film (Duran Duran) – Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra

Never Gets Old

Rock Bottom, Oddly Topical Actually

Yusef's Collapsed Lung (336 points)
The Badgers Plus One (322)
Palin's a GILF (317)
Clicky (307)
Call Justin for a Good Time 202 212 ---- (300)
Gruffers
Renegade, Renaissance, Radiance, and Rosebud
Team Ray Pugh
Obscure Reference
Monk Fight
Jamm
Half Jewish
Racing Presidents
The Cho Litas
The Turkey Basters
Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza
Boston
Women's Right's LOL (formerly Team America)
Dead Hooker Storage

Question of the Week

(Movies) Along with Will Smith, what singer appeared in the 1996 sci-fi thriller Independence Day?

Cover-Licious

a. Major Tom (David Bowie) – The Peptides
b. I Heard it Through The Grape Vine (Marvin Gaye) – Kaiser Chiefs
c. Oh Darling (Beatles) – Huey Lewis
d. Somebody's Watching Me (Rockwell) – Roy G. and the Biv
e. Fortunate Son (CCR) – Todd Snider featuring Patty Griffin
f. Boots of Spanish Letter (Bob Dylan) – Justin Jones
g. Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) – Adventure Kid
h. Teenage Dirtbag (Wheetus) – Adam Brand

Historic Night at Rock Bottom

Looking Forward to Voting Tomorrow (257 points)
The Racing Prez (236)
Half Jewish (132)
Anti Douchebag Leauge (130)
Phil Amber and the Foreigners (123)
Nailin' Palin
Serum
Snacks on Snacks
Blue Baracudas / Last Place Prize (Tie)
Zack and Daniel
Projected Winners
Nat Turner Revival

Question of the Week

Yes, Virginia, there is trivia this week!!

At Rock Bottom this week, we will be watching the results on TV and via online with a dedicated laptop to watch the polls so come out, play trivia, and stay informed as the polls close!

Here is your question of the week:
(History) When G. Washington was inaugurated president in 1789, what city was the US capital?

Presidential Trivia

Presidents Who Were Related to Each Other
* John Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams.
* James Madison and Zachary Taylor were second cousins.
* William Henry Harrison was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison.
* Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt.
* George W. Bush is the son of George Bush.

Before I Became President...
* Twenty-six Presidents were lawyers before becoming president.
* Twelve presidents were generals: Washington, Jackson, W. Harrison, Taylor, Pierce, A. Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, B. Harrison, and Eisenhower.

George Washington's salary as president was $25,000. Bush's salary is $400,000.

George W. Bush is our 43rd president, but there actually have only been 42 presidents: Cleveland was elected for two nonconsecutive terms and is counted twice, as our 22nd and 24th president.

Eight Presidents were born British subjects:
* Washington
* J. Adams
* Jefferson
* Madison
* Monroe
* J. Q. Adams
* Jackson
* W. Harrison

Nine Presidents never attended college:
* Washington
* Jackson
* Van Buren
* Taylor
* Fillmore
* Lincoln
* A. Johnson
* Cleveland
* Truman

The college that has the most presidents as alumni (six in total) is Harvard. Yale is a close second, with five presidents as alumni.

18 Presidents Never Served in Congress:
* Washington
* J. Adams
* Jefferson
* Taylor
* Grant
* Arthur
* Cleveland
* T. Roosevelt
* Taft
* Wilson
* Coolidge
* Hoover
* F. Roosevelt
* Eisenhower
* Carter
* Reagan
* Clinton
* G. W. Bush.

The most common religious affiliation among presidents has been Episcopalian, followed by Presbyterian.

The ancestry of all 43 presidents is limited to the following seven heritages, or some combination thereof: Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Swiss, or German.

The oldest elected president was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43). Theodore Roosevelt, however, was the youngest man to become president—he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated.

The tallest president was Lincoln at 6'4"; at 5'4", Madison was the shortest.

Fourteen Presidents served as Vice Presidents
* J. Adams
* Jefferson
* Van Buren
* Tyler
* Fillmore
* A. Johnson
* Arthur
* T. Roosevelt
* Coolidge
* Truman
* Nixon
* L. Johnson
* Ford
* George H.W. Bush.

Four presidential candidates won the popular vote but lost the presidency:
Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the election to John Quincy Adams (1824); Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election to Rutherford B. Hayes (1876); Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the election to Benjamin Harrison (1888); Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election to George W. Bush (2000).

James Buchanan was the only president never to marry. Five presidents remarried after the death of their first wives—two of whom, Tyler and Wilson, remarried while in the White House. Reagan was the only divorced president. Six presidents had no children. Tyler—father of fifteen—had the most.

Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office.
Assassination attempts were made on the lives of Jackson, T. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, Truman, Ford, and Reagan.

Eight Presidents died in office: W. Harrison (after having served only one month), Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, F. Roosevelt, and Kennedy.

Presidents Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July; Coolidge was born on that day.

Kennedy and Taft are the only presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery.