Presidents
1957 Grocery Prices
Sports Terminology Origins
Ancient Times
100

The first President to die in office

William Henry Harrison

100

Milk

$1 per Gallon

100

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach coined this term when his desperate pass of the 1975 playoff game was caught for the winning touch down

Hail Mary

100

What language did the Romans speak?

Latin

200
Two decades after leaving the White House, this person joined the Confederacy.

John Tyler

200

TV Dinner

75 cents

200

These outfield fences often featured advertisements for Bull Durham chewing Tobacco

Bullpen

200

What stone helped scholars decipher hieroglyphics?

Rosetta Stone

300

The first president to own a car while in office

William H. Taft

300

Butter

75 cents a pound

300

In the early days of baseball, the baseball diamonds were designed so that most batters were facing the east to prevent sun from shining in their eyes. In this configuration, the term for a left handed pitcher appeared.

Southpaw

300

Which Mesopotamian civilization invented the wheel?

Sumerians

400

Only had one tooth when elected and wore dentures made from hippo and elephant ivory, and more

George Washington

400

A dozen eggs

55 cents

400

A hockey term borrowed from cricket: the feat of a bowler who takes three whiskers by three successive balls

Hat Trick

400

What did Egyptians place inside canopic jars?

Organs

500

The only president to receive a patent

Abraham Lincoln (a device designed to lift life boats over shoals)
500

Campbells Tomato Soup

10 cents

500

Shooting the puck into the corner and sending in a group of skaters to fight for possession of it. Originally coined by the Red Wings coach Jack Adam’s during the 1942 Stanley Cup. This strategic ploy was meant to take advantage of the slow Toronto Maple Lead defensemen.

Dump and Chase

500

What dynasty produced the earliest known printed books?

Tang Dynasty