Posted on 05/09/2006 12:07:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
We're away today on a reporting assignment; back to normal tomorrow. In the meantime, here's a moderately difficult presidential trivia quiz. We'll announce the answers somtime soon, but if you know them, write us at opinionjournal@wsj.com. The first reader to get all 10 right wins a year's subscription to WSJ.com (and a mention in the column). If you need help, try "Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House," which is avilable from the OpinionJournal bookstore.
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heh heh heh
Did they fail to remain married to their first wives?
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.
See #13.
You're right, somehow BushI slipped my mind.
#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.
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!!!
:)
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.
Damn, that's a good catch! I was guessing someone inaugurated on a Monday, March 5.
But he died in office, so no even four years. Good guess, though - I thought that too.
10 must be wrong - maybe "born in February" is the answer
I'm trying not to "cheat" with google.
There is, btw, no prohibition against observing Inauguration Day on a Sunday; General Taylor simply refused to participate on that day.
Your right. Likely the leap day for Adams.
Bump for after work
Your = You're
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.
I posted before I saw yours. It's Adams. Most folks forget that 1800 and 1900 were not leap years.
BillyBoy, this seems right up your alley...
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?
Darn! I used to know this. It's NOT Kennedy - Arlington is in Virginia, although a short walk away.
I promise not to Google . . .
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