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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 02:15 PM
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More Presidential trivia.
The first one to ride in a plane?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 02:18 PM
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1. FDR?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 02:23 PM
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2. Kind of close.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 02:26 PM
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3. TR.
Edited on Fri May-13-05 02:28 PM by BlueIris
Tallest president (kind of a trick question)?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 02:33 PM
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4. Raygun.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 04:41 PM
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5. Ronnie was not the tallest.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 04:45 PM
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6. Lincoln.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 04:57 PM
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7. Very good.
Edited on Fri May-13-05 04:58 PM by BlueIris
If you care, the reason I posted that it was kind of a trick question is that Lincoln was 6"4, and so is John Kerry.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 04:58 PM
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8. I was thinking that. lol.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:02 PM
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9. Which two presidents are buried in Arlington?
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:02 PM
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10. JFK and...
Um, stab in the dark; Washington?
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:04 PM
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12. JFK, yes, and...Hint:
Edited on Fri May-13-05 05:05 PM by BlueIris
The other guy also occupies another interesting trivia category--he was the, ahem, largest president.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:05 PM
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13. Taft.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:06 PM
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14. Excellent.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:08 PM
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15. Hey you're almost to 1K!! I'll be hitting 900 today. That is if I don't
finish a client's computer!

:hurts: :spank:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:14 PM
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21. Yeah, it's been a rough week. Lots of posting.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:15 PM
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22. Well I feel for you.
:grouphug: :cry:
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:03 PM
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11. Eidenhower and .... hmm.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:10 PM
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16. TR was the youngest, Kennedy was second youngest (elected),
Edited on Fri May-13-05 05:11 PM by BlueIris
but who was the third youngest (elected) president?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:11 PM
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17. Big Dog.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:12 PM
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19. And how old was he?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:14 PM
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20. 48 when inaugurated.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:18 PM
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23. I thought he was only 47 at inauguration.
Oh well, you still guessed the right guy.
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:12 PM
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18. Grant
I believe he was 46 at his first inaugural.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:22 PM
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24. Which president was elected to the Senate after leaving office?
Edited on Fri May-13-05 05:23 PM by BlueIris
Only one U.S. president accomplished this feat.
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:23 PM
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25. Andrew Johnson.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:23 PM
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26. Andrew Johnson?
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:25 PM
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27. Yes. From Tennessee.
Edited on Fri May-13-05 05:31 PM by BlueIris
ETA: She knows tons of trivia, but has apparently forgotten how to spell.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:26 PM
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28. Barry Goldwater technically could have not been President
if he was elected. Why?
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:28 PM
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30. He was born in Arizona before it became a state.
I believe that the disqualification is an urban legend though, since Arizona did become a state.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:30 PM
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33. Right but he wasn't born a US Citizen. It was when AZ was a
territory of the US.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:30 PM
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32. Because when he was born
Arizona was not yet a state.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:54 PM
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97. He was still a natural born citizen
US territories DO count. Foreign military bases and embassies count as US soil.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:01 PM
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103. OK
I won't fight over it :-) Though did you know that Chester A. Arthur was actually born in Canada?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:19 PM
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119. That's the rumor
And I believe Andrew Johnson was born on a foreign sea vessel as well, but his birth reported as being on US soil.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:26 PM
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132. That I did not know
Edited on Fri May-13-05 08:26 PM by Book Lover
But I do know one trivial fact about Johnson's education. Care to try? (Please don't feel compelled! :-) )

on edit: nevermind - his lack of education's already been covered.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:29 PM
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141. I could be wrong about Johnson
Edited on Fri May-13-05 08:40 PM by Fighting Irish
It could have been Andrew Jackson.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:27 PM
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29. Okay, here's a major toughie:
During which two years in American history has America had not two, but three presidents? Yes, this has happened twice. Hint: both these years were in the same century.
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:29 PM
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31. 1841 and 1881
1841: Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, Tyler

1881: Hayes, Garfield, Arthur
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:32 PM
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34. Good job.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:32 PM
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35. Who was the only President not to attend one day of school?
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:33 PM
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36. Andrew Johnson.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:36 PM
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37. Andrew Johnson also has the distinction of being my choice
for second worst president ever. Yes, he even beats out Nixon (although not by much).
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:37 PM
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39. They say he was one of the worst. Grant was also in that
category.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:41 PM
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44. And don't forget Harding.
Or Coolidge. *, Johnson, Nixon, Harding and Coolidge are my top five for Worst. Presidents. Ever. I guess number six would be Hoover, and from there it gets controversial so I think I'll just stop. All of that's probably for another thread anyway.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:36 PM
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38. You got it!
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:37 PM
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40. Which president was on the $2 bill?
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:38 PM
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41. Jefferson.
Edited on Fri May-13-05 05:41 PM by CubsFan1982
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:39 PM
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42. Hamilton
Edited on Fri May-13-05 05:40 PM by Book Lover
What a coincidence - I found a $2 bill in the back of a drawer just last night!

on edit: Jefferson is what I meant Damn you too-fast-brain!
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:40 PM
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43. Jefferson?
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:43 PM
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45. Jefferson is correct.
Hamilton is on the $10.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:45 PM
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46. Who's picture is on currency who was not a US President?
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:46 PM
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48. Franklin and Hamilton.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:48 PM
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52. Correct. But there's one more ............
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:50 PM
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54. Salmon P. Chase, if you count the $10,000 bill.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:51 PM
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55. That's it!
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:54 PM
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58. Good thing I screwed up my post, I was going to guess someone
totally other than that person. And been horribly, embarrassingly wrong.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:52 PM
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56. Please don't laugh, I'll kill myself if I'm wrong, but is it:
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:54 PM
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57. No. It's Samuel P. Chase.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:48 PM
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51. Franklin and Hamilton are on money.
Neither was ever president.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:45 PM
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47. Which president was a county sheriff before entering the WH?
Edited on Fri May-13-05 05:46 PM by BlueIris
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:46 PM
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49. TR? Or was he just the NYC Police Commisioner?
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:47 PM
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50. Cleveland
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:49 PM
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53. Yup.
Known as "the hanging sheriff."
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:56 PM
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59. How about the first one elected by the Electoral College
and not the Popular vote?

Kind of easy.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:07 PM
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67. John Q. Adams.
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:09 PM
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68. Washington.
Not all states had the popular vote at the time.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:11 PM
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69. Whoa. I'm going to re-look that one up.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:56 PM
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60. Which three presidents were born in Norfolk County, MA?
Hint: they were all, bizarrely, named John.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:58 PM
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61. Kennedy, Adams and J.Q. Adams.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 05:59 PM
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62. What is the Astrological Sign of most US Presidents?
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:00 PM
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63. Scorpio.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:01 PM
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64. Darn right. You're only 32 away from a 1K!!
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:04 PM
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65. Presidential astrology is hella fun.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:06 PM
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66. How true! I'm only 10 away from 900. Sounds like a good
Numerology thread.

:woohoo:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:11 PM
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70. Heh. No, seriously, (while I don't take astrology THAT seriously)
I've found that one of the hardest ways to say there's nothing to that field of divination is to look at how the sun signs of various presidents are freakishly appropriate for them. * for instance, is a Leo (sometimes known for arrogance, sloth and bravado--but also for intense loyalty and violent ferocity) with a Gemini rising sign (gotta watch those, in *, I think it's indicative of his duality and duplicity).
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:14 PM
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71. If I ever want to get someone going at a party I'll just say that
I'm a Scorpio. Someone always says 'Oh my God my ex is Scorpio'. We like to play up the badass rep we have.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:28 PM
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74. Scorpios are highly complex. Probably why they make such
Edited on Fri May-13-05 06:29 PM by BlueIris
successful presidents.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:21 PM
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72. Who was the last President not to have a VP. [It was only in his
first term.]
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:25 PM
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73. LBJ.
From 1963-65.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:29 PM
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75. Oh YES!
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:51 PM
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256. Oh No! It was Ford, briefly.
Until Rockefeller was approved, Ford was without a VP.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:36 PM
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76. A little off topic but who was the First Lady who didn't have to
change her name after she got married? Don't say Martha Washington! <smile>
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:45 PM
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79. Eleanor Roosevelt n/t
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:47 PM
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80. Yes! For my 900th post!
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:41 PM
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77. Smallest (shortest) president?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:43 PM
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78. Madison? No wait. Monroe.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 06:50 PM
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81. Madison n/t
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:18 PM
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82. Madison is correct.
Apparently, he was also of the lowest weight (no, I don't remember his exact weight).
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:22 PM
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83. What was Woodrow Wilson's actual first name?
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:23 PM
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84. Thomas Woodrow Wilson
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:25 PM
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85. Huzzah!
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:26 PM
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86. Name two presidents who have had illegitimate children
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:31 PM
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87. Cleveland and LBJ
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:47 PM
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89. LBJ had one? didnt know but I was thinking of Cleveland and Harding
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:46 PM
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88. Oooh, good one.
Jefferson and LBJ.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:48 PM
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91. I'll accept that but whats this about LBJ, I really had no idea
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:50 PM
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93. LBJ fathered
an illegitimate son with a Dallas mistress in the 1960s. I'd be really interested to see what happens if you Google it.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:52 PM
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95. fascinating, didnt know that
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:55 PM
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98. See if you can find the photos.
The resemblance--especially when the boy is young--is undeniable.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:48 PM
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255. I haven't been able to find any. Oh well.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:48 PM
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90. Who was the first female presidential nominee?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:50 PM
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92. Susan B.?
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:51 PM
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94. Victoria Woodhull
whos running mate was none other than Fredrick Douglass.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:53 PM
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96. Yeppers.
Ran with Frederick Douglass in 1872 on the third party Eqaul Rights tickets.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:56 PM
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99. Name two presidents who changed their names in childhood
And give the original names.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:58 PM
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100. Big Dog and A. Johnson.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 07:59 PM
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101. Clinton and Ford
Clinton
William Jefferson Blythe IV
Ford
Leslie King Jr
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:00 PM
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102. Correct!
Both were adopted by their stepfathers.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:06 PM
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110. Three Presidents in sucession were left handed.
Who were they? (no googling!)
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:08 PM
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111. The first one was Garfield. JFK I think.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:09 PM
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113. Oops, I meant consecutive.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:01 PM
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104. Only president never to live in the White House
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:02 PM
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107. Washington.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:03 PM
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108. Yeah, too easy
Better think up some trickier questions.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:01 PM
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105. Who was the first President to be born in a hospital?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:02 PM
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106. Carter
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:04 PM
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109. Yes, that was an easy one. I am trying to think of a
difficult or unusual trivia qustion!
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:09 PM
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112. George Washington was NOT the first president
There were actually seven Presidents of the Continental Congress before him. Name the first.

For extra credit, name them all.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:12 PM
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114. Sam Chase or John Hansen.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:17 PM
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117. Which President was the first to visit all 50 States?
Edited on Fri May-13-05 08:18 PM by calico1
ack! mt posts keep coming out in the wrong place!
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:21 PM
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120. LBJ?
Just a stab in the dark, I guess.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:21 PM
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123. Nixon.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:23 PM
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128. Correct n/t
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:22 PM
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125. No, but you are close (timewise)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:22 PM
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126. Nixon.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:24 PM
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184. John Hanson
Edited on Fri May-13-05 09:33 PM by Fighting Irish
Chase was never 'president'. Hanson was the first.

The ones after him and before Washington were Elias Boudinot, Thomas Mifflin, Richard Henry Lee, Nathan Gorman, Arthur St. Clair, and Cyrus Griffin.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:12 PM
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115. Which president came up with Maxwell House's slogan...
"Good to the last drop"?
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:16 PM
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116. I believe that would be TR again.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:17 PM
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118. DING DING DING!!!
Correct!
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:21 PM
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121. Which two presidents were arrested (while in office)?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:22 PM
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124. Andrew Johnson was one, I believe
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:26 PM
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134. The two people I'm thinking of do not include him.
I meant actual arrest by municipal law enforcement--I don't think Johnson's impeachment counts.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:28 PM
Original message
I thought he was in legal hot water as well during his term
So, it was prior to the presidency? Hmmmm...
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:29 PM
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140. self-delete
Edited on Fri May-13-05 08:30 PM by BlueIris
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:21 PM
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122. First and only President to become the Chief Justice of the United States?
Time for an easy one.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:23 PM
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127. Taft.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:24 PM
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129. The first to visit Europe in office?
Edited on Fri May-13-05 08:28 PM by Book Lover
This one should be easy, too :-)
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:26 PM
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133. JFK?
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:27 PM
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135. Nope
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:28 PM
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138. FDR.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:38 PM
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153. Sorry
Even earlier :-)
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:40 PM
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155. TR?
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:43 PM
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159. Sorry - later
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:02 PM
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170. Wilson?
I thought he visited for the League of Nations thing he was trying to establish.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:11 PM
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175. Exactly
He was greeted with great acclaim in England and France, apparently. Gee, I used to know what that was like...
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:24 PM
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185. Yep, those were the days! n/t
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:24 PM
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130. Four presidents lived past the age of 90
Name them.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:25 PM
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131. Reagan. J.Q. Adams. Hmmm.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:27 PM
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136. Hoover.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:28 PM
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137. Ford.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:29 PM
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139. John Addams, Hoover, Reagan,
Edited on Fri May-13-05 08:32 PM by calico1
Ford.

Aaaccckk. I get John and John Quincy mixed up!
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:30 PM
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142. No it wasn't.
:hide:
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:33 PM
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145. Those four are correct
Adams: 90 years old
Hoover: 90
Reagan: 93
Ford: 92 and still living.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:34 PM
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147. lol.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:31 PM
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143. One President was born on July 4, two died on July 4.
Name them.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:32 PM
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144. Jefferson?
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:33 PM
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146. Jefferson and Addams died on July 4
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:34 PM
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148. And I meant John Addams (dad)
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:55 PM
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168. ANSWER
Both Jefferson and Adams died on July 4, 1826.

Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:53 PM
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212. Three died on July 4
Jefferson, Adams, 1826; Monroe, 1836. Look it up.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:35 PM
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149. Harry Truman's real middle name
What is it?
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:36 PM
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150. Hehhehee.
He never had one. Its just "S."
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:38 PM
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152. Ahhhhh...
Very attentive, young grasshopper.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:37 PM
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151. Only president whose mother tongue was NOT English
Spoke a different language around the house. Who is it?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:38 PM
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154. Van Buren?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:47 PM
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162. Correct!
Van Buren spoke mostly Dutch.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:42 PM
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156. Who was our only bachelor President?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:43 PM
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158. Buchannan
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:47 PM
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161. That's right
The rumour was, according to my sourcebook, that his romantic interest during his term was the former Vice President William King.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:43 PM
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157. Only president to ever be a POW
Prisoner of war?
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:16 PM
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179. Jackson
During the War of 1812. Damn you, Redcoats!
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:34 PM
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198. Jackson is correct
But my sources say the Revolutionary War.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:45 PM
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204. That could be
I inferred from the info I had in front of me. I'm not googling this thread.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:46 PM
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160. Which five presidents had never held an elective office?
Edited on Fri May-13-05 08:53 PM by Fighting Irish
Edited from four. My mistake.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:49 PM
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164. Eisenhower....hmmm, Grant, I think
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:50 PM
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165. George I. Eisenhower. Grant. John Adams.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:51 PM
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167. I should have known George. He was a General too.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:15 PM
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178. BZZZT! Time's up!
Washington
Taylor
Grant
Hoover
Eisenhower
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:26 PM
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189. Interesting. For a minute there I had considered
Hoover, but I thought he had been a cabinet member before he became President?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:30 PM
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195. He was a cabinet member
But cabinet members are non-elected.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:58 PM
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216. Ah, yes. Of course! n/t
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:48 PM
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163. Only president to not make a change in his cabinet...
...during his term?
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 08:50 PM
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166. Ford?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:04 PM
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171. Nope
It was Franklin Pierce.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:56 PM
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214. Garfield
Thought about Harrison, but he didn't even have time to appoint a Cabinet.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:02 PM
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169. Only president to be sworn in by an ex-president?
Name both.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:04 PM
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172. Taft swore in Hoover(?)
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:05 PM
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173. Very good!
Edited on Fri May-13-05 09:08 PM by Fighting Irish
Correct.

Though I believe Taft also swore in Coolidge.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:09 PM
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174. The first VP to live in the VP Mansion?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:14 PM
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176. Bush I
House is at the US Naval Observatory.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:15 PM
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177. No. Mondale.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:19 PM
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180. Who was the President that had a candy bar named after his
daughter?
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:22 PM
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181. Hey, I was going to ask that!
Grover Cleveland,for his daughter, Ruth. The bar was NOT named for Babe Ruth which a lot of people still believe.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:23 PM
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183. That's right!
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:23 PM
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182. Grover Cleveland
"Baby Ruth" was named after his daughter, Ruth.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:24 PM
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186. What else is unique about Grover Cleveland? He is the only
President to serve ............
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:27 PM
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193. Two non consecutive terms n/t
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:28 PM
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194. Right. Who was the person in between?
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:42 PM
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201. Harrison? (Ben)
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:44 PM
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203. Right
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:25 PM
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187. Only President survived by his parents?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:25 PM
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188. W.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:26 PM
Response to Reply #188
190. No. JFK.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:31 PM
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196. Right
:-)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:55 PM
Response to Reply #190
213. Ouch. You know, I knew that in my head
but I don't think I'd ever realized it until now, if that makes sense. For all the things I know about JFK...man.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:26 PM
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191. Last President to not go to college?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:27 PM
Response to Reply #191
192. Truman.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:32 PM
Response to Reply #192
197. Gee
I see these are easy...
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:37 PM
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199. Only president to take the oath of office from his father?
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:43 PM
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202. Coolidge
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:47 PM
Response to Reply #202
206. How many Presidents, including GWB have there been?
Edited on Fri May-13-05 09:49 PM by calico1
I must be tired. My posts are not falling in the right place.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:49 PM
Response to Reply #206
208. 43 or 44 depending on how you count them. There was
a David Rice Atchenson who could have benn President for one day.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:58 PM
Response to Reply #208
215. The Atchinson story is bunk
http://starship.python.net/crew/manus/Presidents/faq/atchison.html
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:49 PM
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209. 43 men have been president
There have been 56 (I think) presidential administrations.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:51 PM
Response to Reply #206
210. Answer:
42 men have been President. Because he had two non consecutive terms, Cleveland is counted twice.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:52 PM
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211. Thank you for the clarification
Edited on Fri May-13-05 09:52 PM by Book Lover
I forgot about Cleveland.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:10 PM
Response to Reply #206
224. self delete
Edited on Fri May-13-05 10:11 PM by calico1
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:41 PM
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200. Which President had the highest level of formal education?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:45 PM
Response to Reply #200
205. Wilson. PhD.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:48 PM
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207. That is correct. n/t
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 09:59 PM
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217. Most children?
His most fecundity was. . .
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:02 PM
Response to Reply #217
219. Taylor
He sired nine children.

Then his pecker fell off.

:evilgrin:
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:07 PM
Response to Reply #219
222. Nope. Cherries and ice milk on a hot day for you.
Edited on Fri May-13-05 10:10 PM by faygokid
Close, but no cee-gar. He was a rank amateur compared to the King.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:20 PM
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231. Tyler? n/t
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:27 PM
Response to Reply #231
233. Bingo. Another glass of wine for you.
15 kids with two wives, Letitia and Julia. A busy guy. Bad president, but obviously fertile.
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:00 PM
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218. Only President to stand at the front of a major battle
while Commander in Chief and be fired upon?
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:03 PM
Response to Reply #218
220. Lincoln, Fort Stephens, Washington DC
The maybe-not-true-story of a very young Oliver Wendell Holmes telling him, "Get down, you fool!"
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:12 PM
Response to Reply #220
227. Correct
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:07 PM
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221. Franklin D. Roosevelt!
It was a Wright biplane, on Oct. 11, 1910 in St. Louis, Mo.
The pilot was Archibald Hoxey.

http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/6-27-00askeds.html

http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofnaturalhistory/hallofvirtualplaces/whitehouse/airforce-one.org/
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:28 PM
Response to Reply #221
234. TR.
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:10 PM
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223. More Presidential Firsts
According to "Presidential Firsts," online at http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/presidents/firsts.htm.

Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to ride in a car. He was the first American to receive a Nobel Prize. He received it in 1906 for helping to settle the Russo-Japanese War.

THE BEST PRESIDENT OF THEM ALL: Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first to appear on television when he opened the New York World's Fair in 1939. He was the first President to appoint a woman, Frances Perkins, as a Cabinet member (Secretary of Labor.) He was also the first President to have a Presidential plane.

John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic elected President. He was also the first President who was a Boy Scout.
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:11 PM
Response to Reply #223
225. And a few more ;)
The first President to resign from office was Richard Milhous Nixon.

Jimmy Carter was the first President to be born in a hospital.

Ronald Reagan was the first President to have been divorced (naw) and the first to wear contact lens.

Bill Clinton was the first President to be a Rhodes Scholar.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:40 PM
Response to Reply #225
235. I didn't realize that Big Dog was THE first Rhodes Scholar!
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:11 PM
Response to Reply #235
239. Now you can see why our Economy, our County and the World
Was such a better place.

Biography of President William Jefferson Blythe IV

Snip

During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare roles. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:14 PM
Response to Reply #239
242. Kennedy won what?
Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University.

And Kennedy held the ?
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:11 PM
Response to Reply #223
226. Baseball
Taft was the first to throw one out to begin the season.
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:04 PM
Response to Reply #226
258. Which 1 grew the actual 1st tomato in America?
Hint:

He also just happened to be the 1st Prez to shake hands, rather then the then appropriate bow.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:10 PM
Response to Reply #258
259. TJ.
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:29 PM
Response to Reply #259
260. Yes! Good ole' Thomas Jefferson.
I had to throw one more in the ring. ;)
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:13 PM
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228. Which President has elected to serve in the Confederate House of Reps?
Edited on Fri May-13-05 10:13 PM by Jara sang
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:20 PM
Response to Reply #228
230. Same one as the one with the most kids.
15, by two wives. No wonder he wanted to boogie out of there.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:14 PM
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229. Three Presidents were childless.
Who were they?
hint--they all have the same first name.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 10:22 PM
Response to Reply #229
232. Polk, Buchanan, Madison. James, by the way. Also Washington.
George had no children of his own, as you are no doubt aware.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:42 PM
Response to Reply #229
254. Wait a minute. Also, Jackson and Harding (?)
So, there were six presidents without children, although Harding certainly deserves an asterisk for this question.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:02 PM
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236. Which President banned liquor in the WH?
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:10 PM
Response to Reply #236
237. Rutherford Hayes. His wife was called "Lemonade Lucy."
Had eight children, so they found some way to while away the time without a drink. . .
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:11 PM
Response to Reply #237
238. You got it!
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:14 PM
Response to Reply #238
241. OK, who was the only president to transpose first and middle names?
In other words, born John Doe Smith, but transposed it to Doe John Smith?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:16 PM
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243. Carter? Just guessing.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:18 PM
Response to Reply #243
246. Nope. Not Jimmy.
Second half of the 20th century, though, so you're on the right track.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:19 PM
Response to Reply #246
248. IKE.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:21 PM
Response to Reply #248
250. Yep. Born David Dwight; changed to Dwight David.
Not sure I would choose Dwight, but Ike was a cool nickname.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 07:32 AM
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257. Another president went by his middle name
Edited on Sat May-14-05 07:33 AM by Fighting Irish
Hiram Ulysses Grant was the other. Upon entering West Point, he dropped the 'Hiram', since going to a prestigious military school with the initials 'HUG' was not very beneficial.

He went with 'Ulysses', and picked 'Simpson' as his new middle name.

But he didn't transpose his first and middle names. Ike did it to avoid confusion with his father.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:12 PM
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240. Who was the last President to donate his pay to charity?
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:16 PM
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244. Herbert C. Hoover
:)
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:17 PM
Response to Reply #244
245. Damn. Beat me to it.
Great job.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:18 PM
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247. Right and right.
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:20 PM
Response to Reply #245
249. LOL - Reading FDR right now.
Qutoing Lauren Becall last week (CNN-Live Larry King-Fristian Freeper), "don't go there," when LK mentioned FDR. I'm preparing for a summer of Freeper-Rapid-Responses ;)

Pulizter Prize went to Kennedy.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:24 PM
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251. Tragic president. Son died before his eyes. Name him.
A horrible accident; he and his wife never fully recovered.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:26 PM
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252. Pierce?
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-05 11:29 PM
Response to Reply #252
253. Yep. Son killed in train wreck on way to DC to take office.
Pierce never recovered; became a complete alcoholic. His wife never forgave him, and died a recluse. Awful stuff.
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 11:49 PM
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261. Worse President ever?
Had to throw that one in. We all know the answer to that one.
The world knows, too.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 11:51 PM
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262. W.
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 02:32 PM
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273. One need not say more.
What a legacy.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 12:05 AM
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263. That's Teddy Roosevelt.
How many ballots did the Democratic Convention of 1844 take to nominate James Polk?

This is one for hardcore trivia nuts.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 12:07 AM
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264. I think he's the one with 30 something?
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 12:08 AM
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265. Nope. Historians like to SAY that it took that many to choose Polk,
but in fact it was a lot fewer.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 12:09 AM
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266. 24
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 12:11 AM
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267. Fewer.
Should I reveal the answer now?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 12:12 AM
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268. Then how much?
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 12:16 AM
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269. The answer is nine.
Polk is/was the proverbial "dark-horse" candidate because he didn't even get one convention vote until the fifth ballot, and the rest of the time the party bosses spent trying to swing the nomination to him--because of his lack of name recognition, Polk was not controversial, and was determined to be the perfect candidate.

Who was the first President to throw out the first ball of baseball season?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 12:20 AM
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270. McKinley?
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 08:58 AM
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271. Only president to get stuck in a bathtub while in office (easy)?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 02:43 PM
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275. Taft.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 09:38 AM
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272. Does anyone want to start a new thread for this topic?
Edited on Sun May-15-05 09:40 AM by BlueIris
If so, please do (I'm chicken, all of the threads I've attempted to start elsewhere this week have been cursed). This one's getting a bit full IMHO. It's just that I can't tell if the interest dried up or not. I still have lots of cool trivia about our leaders to put out there if anyone wants to keep playing.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-05 02:42 PM
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274. I'm going to ask the Mods to lock it.
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