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MOLLY IVINS TRIVIA
A white supremacist group used to send Molly Ivins "hate" letters and used to spell her last name. as "Evins." They knew it had to be a Jewish surname. It ain't. They sent us one also.

SCHOLZ GARTEN and TEXAS TRIVIA
Molly Edmund Davis Custer			Scholz Garten and Texas Trivia 1. Scholz Garten is the oldest continually operating business in Texas. 140 years old! 2. Molly Ivins dressed up as a waitress to eavesdrop (unsuccessfully by the way) on Bill Clinton and his staffers during his swing through Texas in 1991. 3. A legendary politician was trapped in Scholz's old phone booth and set off the burglar alarms when he finally stepped out. Scholz's had closed, and this happened during the Queen's visit. The alarms (two blocks from her limo) drew swat teams and the Secret Service from all over town. The politician walked out of Scholz's to the force of 60 armed police, F. B. I., Secret Service, and the news media filmed the whole thing. For some reason it never made the evening news or the papers. Guess Who? 4. Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883), a "radical republican", refused to leave the capitol after he lost an election to Richard Coke. Known as the "Coke-Davis" incident it officialy ended reconsruction in Texas. For about 100 days Texas had two legislatures, and two cabinets on the first and second floors of the capitol. Davis asked President Grant to guard the capitol against those Democrats who won the election. Grant basically said "No, you lost the election!" 5. Falstaff Beer once owned Scholz Garten and brewed "The Beer that Milwalkee Famous" at Scholz's. 6. George Custer was stationed two blocks from Scholz's after the Civil War. 7. After the US Congress passed the 14th amendment the Texas Legislature rejected it. (1866) 8. The University of Texas maintained a dating service during WWII. 9. The first powered airplane was flown by Jacob Brodbeck, a German immigrant. 40 years before The Wright Brothers.
UT Football Team 1893 UT Longhorn Band 1903 Darrel K. Royal Bob Bales			TEXAS FOOTBALL TRIVIA 1. The football field that college teams played on in the beginning used to be 10 yards longer. 2. Before Bevo the U T mascot was a pig. A dog was once a mascot, too. (True or false?) 3. Touch downs were only worth 4 points and Field Goals were worth 5 points and their was no end zone. Offensive lineman were allowed to carry, pull and push ball carriers to a score. 4. U T colors were decided upon in 1900 and the first Texas Band was formed (they bought their instruments at a local pawn shop). 5. The name "Longhorns" was coined by a writer for The Daily Texan in 1903. 6. Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium was dedicated in 1924 during half time. A&M and UT were playing. 7. In 1934 UT football games were broadcast on radio for the first time. 8. In 1936 the UT coach was paid twice the salary of the UT president. The "new" coach had just finished six winning seasons at A&M: Dana X. Bible. 9. Darrell Royal called his new 1968 offense a "wishbone" offense after it was first named the "pulleybone" offense by a reporter. 10. Did you know "The Eyes of Texas" was originally written as a satire of the UT President? He loved it and asked that it be sung at his funeral. 11. Trivia Question: Who invented the "Hook em Horns" gesture? Hint? : 50 + years ago! 12. Trivia Question: Who said: "There are three things that could happen when you throw the football, and two of them are bad." (said during a pre game interview at the Cotton Bowl in 1964)
			Some Quotes Heard at Scholz Garten 1. "Customers wanted to lynch me when I added air conditioning to Scholz's" (Bob Bales in 1962). 2. "In Texas, we do not hold high expectations from the office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks, and the comatose" (Molly Ivins, in 1988). 3. "Hey, I forgot my I.D, Will my sister's I.D. work?" ( U. T. Student, and, no, it did not work) 4. "You know, we might just fool around and win this thing" (Bill Clinton in 1991 while he was at Scholz Garten during a campaign stop). 5. "Give me a seat that faces the front door" (A real quote...David Duke, Grand Wizard of the KKK). 6. Do you know for whom the Bismark Room at Scholz's is named for? 7. "Hide your daughters and restrain your sons the Legislature is back in town" (Tom Davis, current business owner of Scholz Garten, 1997). 8. "Why don't you fix and run Scholz Garten if your so smart?" (Liz Davis speaking to her husband, Tom Davis in 1995...so he wrote a letter and six months later... the rest is history.)

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