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Williamsiana
Please answer the following questions, all of which might have something to do with a Williams of sorts.
- When William McKinley was nominated for President by the Republican Party Convention in 1896, who did the Democratic Party, the Populist Party (aka the People's Party, the Middle-of-the-Road Party), and the National Silver Party (aka the Bi-Metallic League) nominate to oppose him?
- Who was the first President to pitch a baseball to open a baseball season?
- President William Henry Harrison, the first President to die in office, was also the first to arrive to his inauguration by what means?
- William the Conqueror was a true triviaphile, and his commissioning of the Domesday Booke proves it. What is the Domesday Booke?
- William of Orange had a legal dilemma when he tried to accept the Crown of England.... what was it?
- The longest time that the U.S. has been without a President was 53 hours, between the time that William Henry Harrison died, and his VP John Tyler could be found and sworn in. Where was John Tyler?
- William Henry Pratt is/was better known as?
- According to William of Malmesbury, William IX of Aquitaine (Eleanor of Aquitane's granddad) had the idea to endow a rather unique Abbey. What was unique about it?
- Bill Williams of Hondo, Texas spent 30 days to win a $500 bet. What did he do?
- What was William Obanheim's claim to fame?
- Who provided the voice for Marshall Matt Dillon in the radio version of "Gunsmoke"?
- What is Bill Hagy's claim to fame? (Bonus if you come down and do it for us.)
- William Moulton, creator of Wonder Woman, is well known for what other creation?
- From "Schoolhouse Rock," what was the Bill?
- Who had the most at-bats in any one U.S. baseball season?
- According to some, who is Jeanne Kirkpatrick's love slave?
- When William "Refrigerator" Perry participated in Wrestlemania 4, who threw him from the ring?
- Who were the 5 kids who visited Willy Wonka's factory, and what happened to each of them?
- Who won the triple crown in both the major and minor leagues of baseball?
- What is the most recently-used piece of equipment currently being displayed at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown?
- William of Occam is best known for developing "Occam's Razor." Please describe how "Occam's Razor" works.
- So what was "Occam's toothbrush," then?
- Who was the only Williams Salutatorian to speak in place of the Valedictorian at Commencement (Graduation) in this century?
- Name the star, not necessarily to the music business, who recorded the album "The Transformed Man."