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| 05/09/2006
| James Taranto
Posted on 05/09/2006 12:07:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: SAJ
I'm fairly certain he was born in Mass.
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:30:51 PM PDT
by
scarface367
(This tagline has nothing better to do than appear here)
To: SAJ; scarface367
Aha! No, he wasn't (hangs head). New Haven, CT
You're on to something here!
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:31:24 PM PDT
by
SAJ
(b)
To: linda_22003
But what is the name of the place with the guard? There is always one there, doesn't talk, doesn't break stride, etc. He's guarding something.
To: camle
I'd hazzard a guess that the answer has something to do with leap year...? That's what I was thinking. Whoever was elected in 1896 would not have had a leap year as there would be no leap year in 1900.
To: Radix
Clearly, Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson did not BOTH win California...(g!)
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:32:27 PM PDT
by
SAJ
(b)
To: Radix
Best of the Web by James Tarranto.
See the link. It's his quiz. I hope he follows up
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:32:29 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A Moose Once Bit my Sister. Yeah. She Turned Moose-lim.)
To: Responsibility2nd
10. If Ted Kennedy had been elected president in 1980, he and George Washington would have had in common something that only two actual presidents do. What and who?ANSWER: Same birthday (November 2) shared by James K. Polk and Warren G. Harding.
To: SAJ
Won the state in which they were born?
Nixon was born in California
Reagan was born in Illinois
Cleveland was born in New Jersey
Kerry was born in Colorado
Carter was born in Georgia
Clinton was born in Arkansas
I'm not sure if that's the correct answer though...just a thought, and I dont want to Google it all.
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:33:10 PM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
To: SAJ
Maybe it was to cast a vote in their own presidential election.
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:33:45 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: SAJ
"The key point in the question is that BOTH Goldwater and Johnson did it. They ran against each other. What can both the winning candidate and the losing candidate do in the SAME election."
Win a state that:
They were born in.
They came from.
Held elected office in.
Were married in.
graduated from college in.
90
posted on
05/09/2006 1:33:48 PM PDT
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: scarface367
Here's another trivia question:
Who was the last president to serve in a cabinet position?
To: synbad600
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, in Arlington National Cemetery.
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:35:20 PM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
To: CT-Freeper
I think "carried their birth state" is the right answer. Both Goldwater (Arizona) and Johnson (Texas) did that in 1964. And Kerry failed to get Colorado. And George W. Bush failed to get Connecticut.
To: HEY4QDEMS
No# 7 should be easy, there are only two federal holidays that are observed on the actual date, Christmas and the 4th of July. Veteran's Day is also observed on November 11.
To: NYIslander
Right. That would also affect George H. Bush, therefore the question is wrong, as two presidents were affected. Also, the year 2000 was not a leap year, which is why DIRTPOTUS (sorry, I can't seem to recall the name...) is the answer to the one about two-term presidents. As for #1, "Blaine" rhymes with "Maine". (Ran against cleveland.) As for the others, your guess is as good as mine!)
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:39:22 PM PDT
by
Chairman Fred
(@mousiedung.commie)
To: linda_22003
It almost surely has to do with presidential elections. Every person listed is given a count of failed/succeeded exactly equal to the number of times that person ran for president.
Our colleague here, scarface357, I think has got his finger on it: carried the state in which they were born (or not).
Bryan certainly never carried Illinois, nor either Bush Connecticut.
96
posted on
05/09/2006 1:39:46 PM PDT
by
SAJ
(b)
To: VRWCmember
No president was born on Nov. 11, so I'm sticking with Calvin Coolidge on July 4.
To: CT-Freeper
DingDingDingDing. We have a winner. Thanks.
To: Chairman Fred
Sorry, Fred. 2000 was indeed a leap year.
Any year divisible by 4, except if the year is also divisible by 100 unless the year is also divisible by 400.
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posted on
05/09/2006 1:41:52 PM PDT
by
SAJ
(b)
To: SAJ
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