Who was the last US president with a moustache?
William Howard Taft
Sandra H was first, but wrong (and right), answering:
teddy roosevelt
so what? women can grow facial hair too.
Alan J, in his usual succinct manner responded correctly:
Taft
mj, who just had her flu shot replied:
I think Teddy Roosevelt was the last to deliberately support a lip
caterpillar. Nixon, of course, had the permanent 5 o'clock shadow.
Charlie responded:
That was part of a previous question, it was:
William Howard Taft
Ken guessed:
Taft?
vic, who's back in Alaska, wrote:
George W after playing the ole "Rusty Trombone" with James Guckert
Sally responded:
I believe that the last president to have a mustache was Taft, who reigned just before my time.
That MadCat JD said:
I'M GONNA GUESS: McKINLEY.
Mike in Des Moines nailed it with:
William Howard Taft.
And, Joe ("What this country needs is more unemployed politicians."
- Angela Davis-) wrote:
After thinking about this long and hard, and talking it over with Carla, we both came up with the same answer, Teddy Roosevelt. I do picture Nixon with a Snidely Whiplash type moustache, but you know, that's just a fantasy.
A note about presidential facial hair questions:
Last summer at the fair, picked up a free plastic ruler courtesy of the
Orange County Registrar of Voters.
On the back of this ruler are pictures of all the US Presidents.
When pressed for a quick trivia question, guess the first place I look?
CBS fills the night with LIVE'NFL Football', then pads the left coast with local crap.
NBC begins the night with a 2-hour 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN, with Jake Gyllenhaal hosting, music by the Shins.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'Pearl Harbor'.
The CW here has LIVE'NBA Basketball'.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Little Nikita'.
A&E has the movie 'Wyatt Earp', followed by the movie 'Die Hard With A Vengeance', then 'Parking Wars'.
AMC offers the movie 'Memphis Belle', followed by the movie 'The Hunt For Red October', then the movie 'The Longest Day'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 6;
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 7;
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place;
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 3 Walnut Tree;
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 Sandgate;
[4:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 7;
[5:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 6;
[6:00 PM] Doctor Who - Episodes 8 & 9;
[8:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 11 Combat;
[9:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 12 Captain Jack Harkness;
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 1 Courtney Love, Louis Walsh and Katie Melua;
[11:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 11 Combat;
[12:00 AM] Torchwood - Ep 12 Captain Jack Harkness;
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 1 Courtney Love, Louis Walsh and Katie Melua;
[2:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 9 The Satan Pit;
[3:00 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep.12 West Drayton;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep.13 Chesham;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 17 Peterborough 37;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 19 Shepton 20;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 14 Jenkinson;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 15 Johnson;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Project Runway', 'Make Me A Supermodel', and the movie 'The Best Man'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', still another 'Scrub's, yet another 'Scrubs', 'Carlos Mencia', and 'Lisa Lampanelli'.
FX has the movie 'Bad Company', followed by the movie 'S.W.A.T.', then the movie 'Assault On Precinct 13'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Crime Wave: 18 Months Of Mayhem', and 'Hooked: Illegal Drugs'.
IFC -
[06:05 AM] Media Lab Results;
[06:15 AM] American Splendor;
[08:00 AM] Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple;
[09:50 AM] IFC News: 2008, Uncut;
[10:00 AM] The Year of the Yao;
[11:35 AM] Fall Time;
[01:10 PM] IFC Short Film Showcase;
[02:15 PM] American Splendor;
[04:00 PM] The Year of the Yao;
[05:35 PM] Fall Time;
[07:05 PM] Face;
[09:00 PM] The Young Americans;
[10:45 PM] The Glass Shield;
[12:45 AM] The Dancer Upstairs;
[03:00 AM] The Young Americans;
[04:50 AM] The Glass Shield. (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Timeline', followed by the movie 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'.
Sundance -
[05:15 AM] 5 Days;
[07:00 AM] The Syrian Bride;
[09:00 AM] Episode 3;
[09:30 AM] Episode 3: Putting In My Two Cents;
[10:15 AM] Guerrilla Girl;
[12:00 PM] Greendale;
[01:25 PM] Harvie Krumpet;
[02:00 PM] Madeleine Albright + Ashley Judd;
[03:00 PM] Saving Jazz;
[04:00 PM] Omagh;
[06:00 PM] Episode 1;
[06:30 PM] The Angelmakers;
[07:15 PM] Bodies, Rest & Motion;
[09:00 PM] The Hawk is Dying;
[10:45 PM] Death to the Tinman;
[11:00 PM] Morvern Callar;
[12:45 AM] One Missed Call;
[03:00 AM] The Hawk is Dying;
[04:50 AM] Death to the Tinman;
[05:10 AM] Dark Water. (ALL TIMES EST)
Alec Baldwin of the NBC TV series '30 Rock' arrives at the American Film Institute Awards 2007 luncheon in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 11, 2008.
Photo by Reed Saxon
Jessica Alba and Rosario Dawson were among the celebrities who celebrated the 10th anniversary of V-Day, a global effort to end violence against women and girls.
Alba, who made her stage debut performing Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues," offered a poem at a private luncheon Thursday sponsored by Glamour magazine. But first the 26-year-old actress warned that she was "popping out" of her dress.
Ensler founded V-Day, which now reaches 119 countries and has raised $50 million to increase awareness about violence against women.
"It literally started from one woman's voice ... and it's exponentially grown," Dawson, 28, said. "It's about embracing being a female and reclaiming that."
With a little help from his friends, ex-Beatle Ringo Starr returned home Friday to kick-start Liverpool's year in the spotlight as a European Capital of Culture.
Starr will join Eurythmics frontman Dave Stewart in headlining a huge outdoor concert, featuring around 600 local musicians, aerial performers and children.
The Fab Four's drummer will star again Saturday in "Liverpool, The Musical," a showcase of the city's rich musical heritage that also features the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Farm and up-and-coming rockers The Wombats.
The yearlong festivities are seen as an important step in attempts by the northwest England port to shake off its image of economic deprivation, social unrest and gang violence.
In this photo from Prevent Blindness America, actress Jane Seymour holds the Visionary Award for her work with Prevent Blindness America, at their Centennial Gala held at the Waldorf Astoria, in New York, Thursday, Jan., 10, 2008. Founded in 1908, the organization aims to prevent blindness and preserve sight in the United States.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
Despite the Golden Globe Awards being reduced from a swanky dinner party to a no-frills news conference because of the writers' strike, gift suites remain in full swag.
At least five freebie-filled events beckoned nominees Friday. And since the show is off, vendors hoped their wares - which included jewelry, evening gowns and climate-controlled pet carriers - might take center stage. A few wondered if gifting was appropriate this year, but most decided stars need their swag.
Besides, stars might have extra time on their hands since they're not preparing for the show - and many aren't working because of the strike.
Like awards shows, gifting is a Hollywood tradition. Maybe the Golden Globe suites are proof the industry hasn't entirely shut down.
Striking Hollywood writers said Friday they had decided not to picket the Golden Globe Awards because organizers of Sunday's event changed it from an exclusive NBC broadcast to an event open to all media.
The Writers Guild of America issued a brief statement saying it had given the Hollywood Foreign Press Association its assurance that writers would not protest outside the news conference where winners will be announced.
The association announced the expanded media access earlier in the day, marking a reversal of NBC's intent to cover the strike-affected event exclusively for television.
By moving the awards announcement to the news division, where workers are not part of the Writers Guild of America dispute, the network also was hoping to keep away guild pickets.
Walt Disney Co President and Chief Executive Robert Iger received a 7 percent increase in total compensation in fiscal 2007, to $27.7 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.
Disney paid Iger a $2 million base salary, plus a $13.7 million bonus. The company expensed $7.9 million in stock awards and $2.2 million in option awards for Iger during the fiscal year ended September 30, the company's proxy showed.
Disney will hold its annual meeting on March 6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the setting for the Disney Channel hit movie, "High School Musical."
George Clooney, producer and cast member of 'Michael Clayton,' arrives at the American Film Institute Awards 2007 luncheon in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008.
Photo by /Reed Saxon
Toni Collette has given birth to her first child, a baby girl, Australian media reported Friday.
The Sydney-born actress and her husband, musician Dave Galafassi, welcomed Sage Florence Galafassi into the world Wednesday, a spokeswoman told the Australian Associated Press.
"Both mother and baby are very well and very happy," the spokeswoman was quoted as saying.
Eighty people were arrested at the Supreme Court Friday in a protest calling for the shutdown of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Demonstrators wearing orange jumpsuits intended to simulate prison garb were arrested inside and outside the building in the early afternoon. "Shut it down," protesters chanted as others kneeled on the plaza in front of the court.
They were charged with violating an ordinance that prohibits demonstrations of any kind on court grounds. Those arrested inside the building also were charged under a provision that makes it a crime to give "a harangue or oration" in the Supreme Court building.
Former Monty Python Terry Jones speaks during an interview with Reuters at Sao Luis theatre in Lisbon January 10, 2008. Jones says being funny as a member of Monty Python's Flying Circus was just a by-product of the real aim: subversion.
Photo by Nacho Doce
Two days after dismissing allegations that romance writer Cassie Edwards lifted material from other sources, publisher Signet Books has decided "the situation deserves further review."
A romance novel Web site (www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com) has posted numerous excerpts from Edwards' novels and placed them alongside passages from reference books and magazines that were found by using the Google search program.
Penguin Group (USA) had said Wednesday that Edwards had "done nothing wrong" and that any use of other texts was protected by "fair-use doctrine."
Nora Roberts, the genre's most prominent writer, told The Associated Press on Thursday that "it seems clear Ms. Edwards copied considerable portions of previously published work and used them in her books without attribution to the original source.
A man who tried to extort $1.3 million from Tom Cruise in exchange for stolen wedding photographs of the actor and Katie Holmes was sentenced to two years probation Thursday.
Marc Lewis Gittleman, 34, also was fined $3,000. He pleaded guilty Sept. 21 to interstate transportation of stolen property.
Gittleman had no prior criminal record and is receiving counseling for depression, his attorney Richard Hirsch said. Hirsch described the crime as an impulsive act that showed "colossal bad judgment."
U.S. District Judge George King and attorneys for both sides agreed that a prison sentence was not needed.
Musicians of Rajasthan perform the 'Manganiyar Seduction', a union between Manganiyar's music and the visual seduction of Amsterdam's red light district, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad January 10, 2008. Fourty-three musicians, including young men, women, children and elderly of the Manganiyar community were seated in 36 red curtained cubicles arranged in four horizontal rows one on top of the other. Picture taken January 10, 2008.
Photo by Krishnendu Halder
It was ever so brief, but the use of a body double by Miley Cyrus on her best-selling "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus 'Best of Both Worlds'" tour is creating plenty of buzz.
A video posted on YouTube shows the 15-year-old entertainer as "Hannah" dancing onstage with a group of dancers and the Jonas Brothers, also on the tour. During the song, someone ushers her offstage via a trap door. Immediately, another girl dressed like the character "Hannah" in the same pink trench coat with blonde hair covering her faces dances around, runs up the stage set, and then quickly leaves.
While the double is holding a microphone for her less than a minute, the girl motions like she is singing. However, a rep for Miley said the switch was only for costume purposes.
"After Hannah has completed the featured verse on the duet with the Jonas Brothers, a body double appears approximately one to two minutes prior to the end of the song in order to allow Miley to remove the Hannah wig and costume and transform into Miley for her solo set. Other than during this very brief transitional moment in the show, Miley performs live during the entirety of both the Hannah and Miley segments of the concert."
Twins who were separated at birth got married without realizing they were brother and sister, a lawmaker said, urging more information be provided on birth certificates for adopted children.
A court annulled the British couple's union after they discovered their true relationship, Lord David Alton said.
Alton first revealed details of the unusual case last month during a five-hour debate about a bill that would change regulations about human embryology.
Alton, an independent legislator who works at Liverpool's John Moores University, said the siblings' inadvertent marriage raises the wider issue of the importance of strengthening the rights of children to know the identities of their biological parents, including kids who were born through in vitro fertilization.
Passengers, scientists, government officials and ground crew gather for a group photo on the purpose-built Wilkins glacial blue ice runway in front of the Airbus A319 jet, to carry passengers on the world's first commercial air service from Hobart to Antarctica, some 65km (40 miles) from the Australian Antarctic research station of Casey, January 11, 2008.
Photo by Torsten Blackwood
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken to a government guesthouse on Friday where she is believed to have met a senior junta official, witnesses said.
There was no immediate word from the military government or Suu Kyi's party, but she probably met Aung Kyi, a senior member of the ruling military junta.
If confirmed, it would be their fourth meeting since Aung Kyi was appointed go-between after last September's crackdown on pro-democracy protests triggered global outrage.
It's not often that a person orders a plate of fried oysters and walks away with a souvenir. But that's exactly what happened to Mike McHenry of Washington Township on Wednesday night when he thought he had chomped down on a piece of shell and instead spit out a pea-sized pearl.
"You might break your teeth on it if you crunch down too hard," the 60-year-old Warren County man told The Express-Times of Easton, Pa., about his discovery at Russo's Ristorante in Washington Borough.
McHenry's find was a rare one, according to Gef Flimlin, a marine extension agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension, who said 95 percent of pearls are cultured for production, unlike the naturally formed pearl McHenry found.
Fortunes singer Rod Allen has died at the age of 63 following a battle with liver cancer, it has been announced.
Allen fronted the band, whose hits in the Sixties and Seventies included You've Got Your Troubles and Storm In A Teacup, since its inception in 1963.
One of the harmony group's earliest singles, Caroline, was used as the signature tune for the famous pirate radio station of the same name.
They also recorded the jingle for Coca Cola's It's The Real Thing in the US.
Allen, who was born Rodney Bainbridge and is survived by his wife, two children and three grandchildren, announced his retirement due to illness at the New Year.
Zoo conservation researcher Chloe Inskip counts Ring-Tailed Lemurs as part of Chester Zoo's annual stock take in Chester , northern England, January 8, 2008. The Zoo, which has over 8,000 individual animals, has to undertake the task every year as part of it's licence requirements.
Photo by Phil Noble
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