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Williamsiana

Please answer the following questions, all of which might have something to do with a Williams of sorts.

  1. 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?

  2. Who was the first President to pitch a baseball to open a baseball season?

  3. President William Henry Harrison, the first President to die in office, was also the first to arrive to his inauguration by what means?

  4. William the Conqueror was a true triviaphile, and his commissioning of the Domesday Booke proves it. What is the Domesday Booke?

  5. William of Orange had a legal dilemma when he tried to accept the Crown of England.... what was it?

  6. 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?

  7. William Henry Pratt is/was better known as?

  8. 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?

  9. Bill Williams of Hondo, Texas spent 30 days to win a $500 bet. What did he do?

  10. What was William Obanheim's claim to fame?

  11. Who provided the voice for Marshall Matt Dillon in the radio version of "Gunsmoke"?

  12. What is Bill Hagy's claim to fame? (Bonus if you come down and do it for us.)

  13. William Moulton, creator of Wonder Woman, is well known for what other creation?

  14. From "Schoolhouse Rock," what was the Bill?

  15. Who had the most at-bats in any one U.S. baseball season?

  16. According to some, who is Jeanne Kirkpatrick's love slave?

  17. When William "Refrigerator" Perry participated in Wrestlemania 4, who threw him from the ring?

  18. Who were the 5 kids who visited Willy Wonka's factory, and what happened to each of them?

  19. Who won the triple crown in both the major and minor leagues of baseball?

  20. What is the most recently-used piece of equipment currently being displayed at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown?

  21. William of Occam is best known for developing "Occam's Razor." Please describe how "Occam's Razor" works.

  22. So what was "Occam's toothbrush," then?

  23. Who was the only Williams Salutatorian to speak in place of the Valedictorian at Commencement (Graduation) in this century?

  24. Name the star, not necessarily to the music business, who recorded the album "The Transformed Man."