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  • Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School?

    Hint: 3 names.

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

  • Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School?

    Hint: 3 names.

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    JFK

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    McKinley

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    Obama

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Washington,

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    Ford

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School?

    Hint: 3 names.

    Garfield, Taft, Mckinley

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    Harding

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    Taft

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    Reagan

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    Cortez Kennedy, Kijana Carter, Bo Jackson, Calvin Johnson

  • 6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Chipping in Cleveland to the above ^^ of course

  • @the-gipper said:

    Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    JFK

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    McKinley

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    Obama

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Washington,

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    Ford

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School?

    Hint: 3 names.

    Garfield, Taft, Mckinley

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    Harding

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    Taft

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    Reagan

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    Cortez Kennedy, Kijana Carter, Bo Jackson, Calvin Johnson

    @bob806 said:

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    JFK

    NO...Kennedy born in 1917

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    McKinley

    Check

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    Obama

    Check

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Washington,

    That is one

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    Ford Check

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School?

    Hint: 3 names.

    Garfield, Taft, Mckinley Garfield/McKinley check. Not Taft

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    Harding Check

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington

    Check on Dallas/Washington. No on Philly, plus there are 2 more.

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    Taft NO

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    Reagan Check

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    Cortez Kennedy, Kijana Carter, Bo Jackson, Calvin Johnson

    Kijana and Bo, Check. The other 2 were not #1 picks....wrong Johnson

  • 6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Chipping in Cleveland to the above ^^ of course

    @bbedward said:

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Chipping in Cleveland to the above ^^ of course

    Check, certainly.

  • I will let you know that there has been no Overall #1 draft pick with the last name of a Vice President that was not already the last name of a President (in this case, the name Johnson)

    These are the names of VPs that were not the names also of a President, just FYI:

    Burr,

    Gerry,

    Tompkins,

    Calhoun,

    Dallas(though obviously this name would have fit in one question above...in fact the city of Dallas was named for former VP George Dallas),

    King

    Breckinridge

    Hamlin

    Colfax

    Wheeler

    Hendricks

    Morton

    Stevenson

    Hobart

    Fairbanks

    Sherman

    Marshall

    Dawes

    Garner

    Wallace

    Barkley

    Humphrey

    Agnew

    Rockefeller

    Mondale

    Quayle

    Gore

    Cheney

    Biden

    Note: there were 3 VPs who had the same last name as a Pres, (but who never became Prez themselves: George Clinton, Richard Johnson.....yes, his name was Dick Johnson. Henry Wilson)

  • Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School?

    Hint: 3 names.

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    Taft (Cincinnati) and Teddy Roosevelt (NYC)

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    Prolly W

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    McKinley... been there...

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    Obama

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    Garfield in Cleveland (been there, too), Grant in NYC, Wilson in D.C.,

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Grover Cleveland, George Washington, Andrew Jackson(ville)

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    Clinton Carter Roosevelt (both?)

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    Ford at Michigan

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School? Hint: 3 names.

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    McKinley in Buffalo, Lincoln and FDR in D.C.

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    Taft

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    We had a President nicknamed "The Trivia Geek"? 🙂

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    Keyshaun LBJ, Bo knows Andrew,

    Should count Jeff George 🙂

  • @the-gipper said:

    Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    Taft (Cincinnati) and Teddy Roosevelt (NYC)

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    Prolly W

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    McKinley... been there...

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    Obama

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    Garfield in Cleveland (been there, too), Grant in NYC, Wilson in D.C.,

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Grover Cleveland, George Washington, Andrew Jackson(ville)

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    Clinton Carter Roosevelt (both?)

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    Ford at Michigan

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School? Hint: 3 names.

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    McKinley in Buffalo, Lincoln and FDR in D.C.

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    Taft

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    We had a President nicknamed "The Trivia Geek"? 🙂

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    Keyshaun LBJ, Bo knows Andrew,

    Should count Jeff George 🙂

    @tour2ma said:

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    Taft (Cincinnati) and Teddy Roosevelt (NYC)

    Check on both

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    Prolly W

    As in George W. Bush? or 43 as he can be known? NO

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    McKinley... been there...

    Check

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    Obama

    Check

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    Garfield in Cleveland (been there, too), Grant in NYC, Wilson in D.C.,

    Those 3 are correct, there are more.

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    Grover Cleveland, George Washington, Andrew Jackson(ville)

    I wasn't even counting Jacksonville...but I give you bonus points for it...as it was named after him

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    Clinton Carter Roosevelt (both?)

    Only Carter of that group.

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    Ford at Michigan Check

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School? Hint: 3 names.

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    McKinley in Buffalo, Lincoln and FDR in D.C.

    Both right, but there are more

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    Taft NO

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    We had a President nicknamed "The Trivia Geek"? 🙂YES

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    Keyshaun LBJ, Bo knows Andrew,

    Check on these.

    Should count Jeff George 🙂

    Ahh.....NO

  • Interim Report. Here are the questions that have not yet been answered:

    2. Who was the first President born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    5. Besides Grant in NYC, Garfield in Cleveland, and Wilson in Wash D.C. what 4 other Presidents are buried in a current NFL city?

    Hint: 2 of them are buried in the same city.

    7. Besides Jimmy Carter (already gotten) which other 5 Presidents have had a namesake...both first and last name...play in the NFL?

    8. B. Which Prez attended a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Which Prez attended a current MAC school

    D. Besides McKinley and Garfield which other Prez attended a current North Coast Conf. School.

    9. Besides Buffalo, Dallas and Washington DC, in which one other NFL city did a sitting President die in office?

    10. A. Which Prez had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    B. Which Prez had the same nickname as the #1 overall pick of the 1967 NFL draft?

    11. Besides Bo Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, and Kijana Carter, which one other Overall #1 NFLor AFL draft Choice had the last name of a US President?

  • Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School?

    Hint: 3 names.

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is a set of Trivia entitled Football and Politics. In this case Presidential Politics:

    Answers:

    1. Name the only 2 Presidents that were born in a city that currently has a National Football League franchise.

    Theodore Roosevelt: New York City

    William Howard Taft: Cincinnati

    2. Who was the first President who was born after the creation of the NFL in 1920?

    George HW (Poppy) Bush. Born June 12, 1924. (but only a few months before Carter born 10/1/1924

    (As noted, JFK born in 1917)

    3. What President is buried in the same city in which the NFL was founded?

    William McKinley, Canton , Ohio

    4. Who is the only President who was born after both the AAFC and the AFL played their first game?

    Barack Obama, born in 1961.

    Note: both Clinton and GW Bush born in 1946....same year AAFC began play. But they were both born early in the year.

    5. Name those Presidents that are buried in a city that has an NFL team. Hint: 7 Prez in 6 cities.

    Woodrow Wilson: Washington DC

    Benjamin Harrison: Indianapolis

    James Garfield: Cleveland

    Millard Fillmore: Buffalo

    Ulysses S. Grant: New York

    Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk: Nashville

    6. Name those Presidents that have the same last name as a city with an NFL team.

    George Washington

    Grover Cleveland

    and I am allowing Jacksonville.

    You could possibly include: Houston. Same name as the President of the Republic of Texas (of course it is named for him)

    And note: Dallas named after a Vice President, George Dallas

    7. Which 6 Presidents had a namesake, both first and last name, play in the NFL at any time?

    There were 3 NFL John Adams

    Jimmie Carter

    William McKinley

    Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Johnson

    Thomas Woodrow Wilson

    (though there have been nearly 100 Washington's to play in the NFL, not one has been named George)

    8. A. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Big Ten school?

    Ford: Michigan

    B. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current Pac 12 school?

    Hoover: Stanford

    C. Who is the only President to have attended college at a current MAC school?

    Benjamin Harrison: Miami, Oh.

    D. Who are the only Presidents to have attended college at a current North Coast Conference School?

    Hint: 3 names.

    Rutherford B. Hayes: Kenyon

    William McKinley: Allegheny

    James Garfield: Hiram

    E. Who is the only President considered to have attended college at a current Ohio Conference School?

    Warren G. Harding. Ohio Central College, considered merged into Muskingam

    9. Name those current NFL cities in which a President died in office. (either assassinated or of natural causes)

    Buffalo: McKinley Assassinated

    Dallas: Kennedy assassinated

    Washington DC: Garfield, Lincoln, assassinated, Taylor and WH Harrison natural

    San Francisco: Warren G. Harding natural

    In fact, the only President who did not die in office in an NFL city was FDR who died in Warm Springs, Ga.

    10. A. Which President had the same nickname as Mike Holmgren?

    Chester Arthur: The Walrus

    B. Which President had the same nickname as the NFL's #1 overall pick of 1967?

    Bill Clinton aka Bubba.....as in Bubba Smith, 1967 #1 overall draft pick

    C. Which President had the same nickname as....me?

    Ronald Reagan

    11. Name the 4 #1 overall draft picks that shared the same last name as any US President.

    Bo Jackson: Andrew Jackson

    Keyshawn Johnson: Andrew/LBJ

    Kijana Carter: Jimmy Carter

    Buck Buchanan: James Buchanan