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Presidential Trivial Quiz
Opinion Journal ^ | 05/09/2006 | James Taranto

Posted on 05/09/2006 12:07:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

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To: Cagey

heh heh heh


21 posted on 05/09/2006 12:32:49 PM PDT by cvq3842
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To: Big Otto

Did they fail to remain married to their first wives?


22 posted on 05/09/2006 12:35:16 PM PDT by synbad600
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To: NC28203
Can't be Carter. He and GHW Bush had the same rules for their inauguration date.

I should think it HAD to have been John Adams, who had one less day in his term due to leap year NOT occurring in 1800. Every other full-term President has a leap day in his term, but not J Adams.

23 posted on 05/09/2006 12:35:39 PM PDT by SAJ (b)
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To: NYIslander

See #13.


24 posted on 05/09/2006 12:36:35 PM PDT by SAJ (b)
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To: SAJ

You're right, somehow BushI slipped my mind.


25 posted on 05/09/2006 12:37:18 PM PDT by NYIslander
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To: SAJ

#3 --- 1849 - Zachary Taylor refuses to be sworn in office as 12th President of the USA on a Sabbath (Sunday). Consequently the office of President of the United States of America is vacant for a single day. Urban legend instead holds that David Rice Atchison, President pro tempore of the United States Senate was President de jure for a single day.


26 posted on 05/09/2006 12:37:43 PM PDT by NC28203
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To: Responsibility2nd

OK, let me give this a real try:

1 someone else alread has - Blaine from Maine
2 no clue - I will be mad when I hear the answer, wishing I had thought of it
3 Again, had to be someone inaugurated on March 5 since March 4 was a Sunday that year.
4 no clue
5 Someone got this - Gerald Ford, oldest President ever (?)
6 Dunno - all presidential nominees, but I bet the answer hads nothing to do with that
7 Coolidge - born on July 4 (?) - I didn't google it, but I think that's right
8 Dunno
9 Washington - Inaugurated on April 30, not March 4
10 Born on Feb 22 - thank GOD no other similarities!!!

:)


27 posted on 05/09/2006 12:38:45 PM PDT by cvq3842
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To: NYIslander

From the Reagan Library website: "At 90 years and 284 days, Ronald Reagan became the oldest ex-president in United States history, breaking a record that was formerly held by John Adams". Reagan died when he was 93 years and four months old.

Gerald Ford was born on July 14, 1913, so he's currently 92 years and almost 10 months.


28 posted on 05/09/2006 12:39:24 PM PDT by linda_22003
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To: SAJ

Damn, that's a good catch! I was guessing someone inaugurated on a Monday, March 5.


29 posted on 05/09/2006 12:40:07 PM PDT by cvq3842
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To: NC28203

But he died in office, so no even four years. Good guess, though - I thought that too.


30 posted on 05/09/2006 12:40:58 PM PDT by cvq3842
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To: cvq3842

10 must be wrong - maybe "born in February" is the answer

I'm trying not to "cheat" with google.


31 posted on 05/09/2006 12:42:11 PM PDT by cvq3842
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To: NC28203
No chance. Taylor died in office and did not complete a full term. Succeeded by VP Fillmore, who was such a disaster that they almost didn't allow him into the Whig nominating convention in 1852.

There is, btw, no prohibition against observing Inauguration Day on a Sunday; General Taylor simply refused to participate on that day.

32 posted on 05/09/2006 12:42:20 PM PDT by SAJ (b)
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To: SAJ

Your right. Likely the leap day for Adams.


33 posted on 05/09/2006 12:43:22 PM PDT by NC28203
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To: Responsibility2nd

Bump for after work


34 posted on 05/09/2006 12:44:36 PM PDT by WhiteGuy ("Every Generation needs a new revolution" - Jefferson)
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To: NC28203

Your = You're


35 posted on 05/09/2006 12:45:08 PM PDT by NC28203
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To: NYIslander
The correct answer is John Adams.

Why? Because the year 1800 was not a leap year, like the usual "every 4 years." That gives him one less day in office. Neither was 1900, but McKinley was assasinated in office, so he doesn't meet the "single-term" clause of the question.

The changing of the inauguration date doesn't work here, because it happened during FDR, which also doesn't meet the single-term.

36 posted on 05/09/2006 12:47:13 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (© 2006, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: SAJ

I posted before I saw yours. It's Adams. Most folks forget that 1800 and 1900 were not leap years.


37 posted on 05/09/2006 12:53:25 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (© 2006, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: Responsibility2nd; BillyBoy

BillyBoy, this seems right up your alley...


38 posted on 05/09/2006 12:54:42 PM PDT by RedWing9 (No tag here... Just want to stay vague...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I'll add my own favorite trivia question; let's see who gets it fastest. Try not to Google if you can help it. :)

Who's the only president buried IN Washington, DC?


39 posted on 05/09/2006 12:56:58 PM PDT by linda_22003
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To: linda_22003

Darn! I used to know this. It's NOT Kennedy - Arlington is in Virginia, although a short walk away.

I promise not to Google . . .


40 posted on 05/09/2006 12:58:25 PM PDT by cvq3842
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