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Politics and Pop Culture.
And occasionally informative, amusing, or bizzare non sequiturs.
Matt's in charge here, others can post.
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wWednesday, March 05, 2003 |
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Matt's Presidential History Quiz: Answers
1. Who is the only President in the past 50 years to not go to war?
Jimmy Carter
2. Who has the record for the number of separate military engagements?
Bill Clinton
3. Who was the only President to run unopposed (besides Washington, who didn't "run")?
James Monroe
4. Which President is believed by most scholars to have been gay?
James Buchanan
5. Served the shortest time in office - barely a month.
William Henry Harrison
6. My favorite President.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
7. "The factions soon agreed, he's just the man we need, to bring about victory."
James K. Polk
8. He was the only one of the first five presidents to not own slaves at any point in his life.
John Adams
9. The only Southern Senator to side with the North during the Civil War.
Andrew Johnson
10. He was so fat that the White House had to install a new bathtub for him to use.
William Howard Taft
11. The War of 1812 was also known as "Mr. _____'s War".
James Madison
12. As President, he expanded the Vietnam War into Cambodia, a secret war without congressional approval, which resulted in the meaningless deaths of millions of innocent civilians.
Richard Nixon
13. His major claim to fame would be as a plot point in "Die Hard: With a Vengeance".
Chester A. Arthur
14. Tennessee politician who won the popular vote but lost the election to the son of a former president. Hmmm.
Andrew Jackson
15. The first and only president with a PhD.
Woodrow Wilson
16. He's from Abilene, Kansas - who wants to go visit the Library with me?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
17. Shares a name with a furry blue muppet on Sesame Street.
Grover Cleveland
18. And he's a cat.
James Garfield
19. Father of the University of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson
20. The stock market crashed his first year in office, and he got to preside over the first 3 years of the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
21. That stupid duck cartoon is named after him.
Millard Fillmore
22. "I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president."
Lyndon Johnson
23. Alright, I can think of nothing interesting about Rutherford B. Hayes, so this one's a gimme.
Rutherford B. Hayes
24. Campaign slogan: "Tippecanoe And _____ Too"
John Tyler
25. Karl Rove's role model for George W. Bush during the primary campaign.
William McKinley
26. I'm a little Teapot Dome Scandal, short and stout.
Warren G. Harding
27. Known as "Young Hickory"
Franklin Pierce
28. Starred in "Bedtime for Bonzo".
Ronald Reagan
29. The "Little Magician" who presided over the first Depression.
Martin van Buren
30. The last President who didn't have a college degree.
Harry S Truman
31. Former director of the C.I.A.
George H. W. Bush
32. The meat in the Grover Cleveland sandwich.
Benjamin Harrison
33. "If McClellan is not using the army, I should like to borrow it for a while."
Abraham Lincoln
34. The Accidental President
Gerald Ford
35. "Silent Cal" (Ok, the guy didn't say or do much of anything, so that's all I have.)
Calvin Coolidge
36. Functionally Illiterate Mexican War Hero
Zachary Taylor
37. Was shot while campaigning for President AND GAVE THE SPEECH BEFORE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL. I mean, Geez.
Teddy Roosevelt
38. Was elected by the U.S. House of Representatives after Henry Clay withdrew and threw him his support. Later appointed Clay to be Secretary of State. Insisted there was no connection.
John Q. Adams
39. Served in the national guard during the Vietnam War and went AWOL for a year.
George W. Bush
40. Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?
Ulysses S. Grant
41. "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth."
John F. Kennedy
42. Died from bleeding to death, because his doctor was bleeding him to cure a cold that he'd caught while fleeing his mistress's house through the window in his underwear when her husband came home.
George Washington
So, was it good for you?
posted by
Matthew Carroll-Schmidt at 10:04 AM
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