Presidential Trivia time... (Merged)

[JMS]

Which American President was a King prior to taking the oath of office?

[JMS]

Question for the big brains..

[JMS]

Which American president was offered a throne in Europe which he declined...

( Washington )..


Which American President Killed a man, shot him, while President?

(Jackson in a duel.. )

Name a person Present at three presidencial assasignations?

Robert Lincoln, present when his father died, at the railroad station when James Garfield was shot. In Buffalo, NY Pan-American Exposition when President William McKinley was shot. After McKinley Robert declined all invitations to meet with or attend Presidential funcitons.

The thirty eighth President was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr but took the name of his addopted father Gerold R. Ford..

[rincewind]

My dad asked me who the first President was the other day - sadly, I got it wrong. Anybody know who it was (no google)?

[China]

My dad asked me who the first President was the other day - sadly, I got it wrong. Anybody know who it was (no google)?

Sorry, I had to google it. Can you name the next six?

[rincewind]

Sorry, I had to google it. Can you name the next six?



Only if I use google too. :laugh:




I thought my dad was ****ing with me. Who knew?

[Mickalino]

My dad asked me who the first President was the other day - sadly, I got it wrong. Anybody know who it was (no google)?

Is this a joke or am I missing something ?

[rincewind]

Is this a joke or am I missing something ?


That's what I said - what's your answer?

[Mickalino]

That's what I said - what's your answer?

It's either a trick question, or George Washington.....and no, I didnt Google.

[jrockster21]

My dad asked me who the first President was the other day - sadly, I got it wrong. Anybody know who it was (no google)?

The first President was George Washington - how can you get that wrong? Unless Mick is right, and its some sort of play on words like the "King" one.

[rincewind]

It's either a trick question, or George Washington.....and no, I didnt Google.



It ain't George Washington. Also not really a trick question, you've just been given bum information all your life. ;)

[ixcuincle]

John Hancock?

[Mickalino]

It ain't George Washington. Also not really a trick question, you've just been given bum information all your life. ;)

Does that mean the One Dollar Bill is no good ?

[jrockster21]

It ain't George Washington. Also not really a trick question, you've just been given bum information all your life. ;)

I googled it - and it was a trick question. The first president under our current constitution and governmental structure was Washington. The other guy was during the Articles of the Confederation. :silly:

[rincewind]

Does that mean the One Dollar Bill is no good ?


The $1 bill does not say he was the first president. Hell, it doesn't even say he was a president at all.



John Hancock is wrong.

[rincewind]

I googled it - and it was a trick question. The first president under our current constitution and governmental structure was Washington. The other guy was during the Articles of the Confederation. :silly:


Hey, he WAS the first President. Like I said, not my fault we were told **** that is dead wrong in school. :)

[Ancalagon the Black]

John Hancock is wrong.

Actually, John Hancock is right--according to some points of view. :)

John Hanson was the first president under the Articles of Confederation, but is that really the country we know today? I would argue that the USA of today began under the Constitution, which makes George Washington our first president. And our commonly accepted numbering system (in which Bush is the 43rd president) agrees with me.

John Hancock was president of the Continental Congress before the signing of the Articles, right after the Declaration.

[JMS]

Name the President who was born in Canada, and thus not eligible to be President by US law....



Chester A. Arthur was VP and President, and claimed to have been born in Fairfield, Vermont, a town in the northwest corner of the state near the Canadian border. But Chester A. Arthur was never able to produce a birth certificate documenting his birth.

Many historians believe Arthor was actually born just over the boarder in Canada, at his mother's parents house in Quebec. Thus Chester A. Arthur would have been ineligible to hold either the VP office or the Presidency.
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/canada/president.asp

[JMS]

Name the Former President who held office in the Confederacy after sucession.



John Tyler was elected to delegate to the Confederate house of representatives in 1861. He died in office 1862, the only President to hold office in the Confederacy.

[JMS]

Which President as a youth had a plaque errected to him in honor of saving the lives of 77 people from drowning while serving as a life guard on a river...



Ronald Reagan in Dixon Illinois before his fame as a actor, a govoner, or the President. Is claimed to have saved 77 people from drowning while serving as a lifeguard from 1927-1932.

[zoony]

Which American President was a King prior to taking the oath of office?


you never answered this one

[JMS]

( Kinda Presidential Trivia..)



What is the highest rank in the United States Military, history? Four, Five or Six stars? And who were the three officers who achived this rank, one of which was a President?




Answer...

The General of the Army is a Five Star General and was held by McArthor, Eisenhower, Nimitz, Bradly and a few others in WWII.

However the highest rank in the United States military is the six star rank of "General of the Armies" which is matched in the Navy by the rank of Admiral of the Navy.

The three men who obtained this rank, the date they were promoted, and their title were......

(1) George Washington (3/13/1978) General of the Armies
(2) John J. Pershing (9/3/1919) General of the Armies
(3) George Dewey (1899) Admiral of the Navy

[SKINS@THEGOALLINE]

In an unofficial visit to the White House, this President presented this King a badge and named him a "special assistant".

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/SKINS7/_40334467_nixon_elvis_203.jpg :applause:

[JMS]

you never answered this one



( which President was a King before he took office.. The only President who was never elected as a President or Vice President or any National office)


I did, it's up above in one of the first couple of posts...




The thirty eighth President was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr but took the name of his addopted father Gerold R. Ford..

[JMS]

In an unofficial visit to the White House, this President presented this King a badge and named him a "special assistant".

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/SKINS7/_40334467_nixon_elvis_203.jpg :applause:


There is a funny story behind this Picture. Elvis was in Washington trying to get in to see Hoover. He wanted the FBI to deport the Beatles to clear the way for him to revive his career. No joke. J. Edger Hoover who knew what Elvis wanted, didn't want any part of the scheme, and wouldn't take the meeting. A presidential advisor was driving passed the FBI building and saw Elvis's enterage. He informed Nixon, and Nixon sent word that he would meet with Elvis.

That's how this picture came into being. Don't believe me, petition the FBI for the Elvis file under the Freedome of Information Act. True story.



One other Elvis story. It seem the DEA gave Elvis a badge and presented him a title of honorary DEA agent at some press conference for his help against illegal drug use. Elvis liked to carry this badge and identify himself as a federal agent. On one occassion Elvis was running late for a plane. He got to the gate and the plane was pulling away. Elvis pulled out his DEA badge and said, I'm a federal agent and I need that plane to return to the gate.

Two FBI agents met the plane when it landed and informed Elvis that he wasn't a real federal agent and was not authorized to use his badge in this manor. They confiscated his badge, no charges we pressed. True Story..

[JMS]

What American President was godfather to a member of the Royal Family of Great Britian.




FDR was godfather to Michael George Charles Franklin, Prince George of Kent, born July 4, 1942

[JMS]

Why George Bush is really our 42nd President, not our 43rd President!!!


Earlier in this thread it was claimed incorrectly that George Washington was not America's first president because we had a leader under the Articles of Confederation before the Constitution who was not counted.


That got me thinking. George W. Bush is claimed to be our 43rd President. But he isn't. He's actually our 42nd President.

The reason being that Grover Clevland is counted twice having been elected to two non consecutive terms. He's our 22nd and 24th president. If we count him only once as all other multi term presidents, ( two terms and four terms) then George W. Bush would be #42.

[JMS]

The Oldest elected president was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43).

Theodore Roosevelt, however, was the youngest man to become president—he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated.

[JMS]

Four Presidents won the popular vote but lost the presidency:


Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the election to John Quincy Adams (1824);
Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election to Rutherford B. Hayes (1876);
Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the election to Benjamin Harrison (1888);
Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election to George W. Bush (2000).

[JMS]

Three Presidents died on the 4th of July, who were they?

John Adams July 4, 1826 same day as Jefferson almost at the same moment.
Thomas Jefferson July 4, 1826
James Monroe July 4, 1831
One president was born on the 4th of july.

Calvin Coolige July 4, 1872

[spjunkies]

( Kinda Presidential Trivia..)



What is the highest rank in the United States Military, history? Four, Five or Six stars? And who were the three officers who achived this rank, one of which was a President?




Answer...

The General of the Army is a Five Star General and was held by McArthor, Eisenhower, Nimitz, Bradly and a few others in WWII.

However the highest rank in the United States military is the six star rank of "General of the Armies" which is matched in the Navy by the rank of Admiral of the Navy.

The three men who obtained this rank, the date they were promoted, and their title were......

(1) George Washington (3/13/1978) General of the Armies
(2) John J. Pershing (9/3/1919) General of the Armies
(3) George Dewey (1899) Admiral of the Navy

Did George come back from the dead to get that rank?

[JMS]

Did George come back from the dead to get that rank?

Nope, he got it postumously awarded from Jimmy Carter. After the bicentenial folks were thinkiing George needed a promotion to six stars to keep him as the highest ranking American military officer. So George got the promotion in 1978 from two stars to six. This matched Pershing and Dewey, and top Eisenhower, MacAurther, Bradly and Marshal and the rest.

[JMS]

Which President had two siblings who served jail sentances?



Bill Clinton...

half brother Roger served in prison for selling drugs.. (Pardoned 2001 by Bill).

half sister Diane Dwire Welch did time for bank robery in Virginia

[JMS]

How many commanders did Lincoln replace during the civil war before he found General Grant?


4.


There were five commanders of the Union Army during the civil war including Ulysses S. Grant.



Gen. Winfield Scott: July 5, 1841 – November 1, 1861
Gen. George B. McClellan: November 1, 1861 – March 11, 1862
Sec. Edwin Stanton: March 11 to July 23, 1862,
Gen. Henry W. Halleck: July 23, 1862 – March 9, 1864
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: March 9, 1864 – March 4, 1869
Lincoln also offered the Union Top job to Robert E. Lee before he offered it to McClellan, but of coarse Lee turned him down.

[RedskinsFanInTX]

Who was Gerald Ford's Vice President?
Who was his running mate in 1976?



















VP? Nelson Rockefeller
Running mate? Bob Dole

[JMS]

Who was Gerald Ford's Vice President?
Who was his running mate in 1976?


VP was Nelson Rockefeller.

Running mate was Bob Dole. ( Ford actually offered the VP slot to Reagan, but Reagan turned him down..... Reagan famously offered the VP slot to Ford in 1980 election but Ford in kind turned down Reagan. )

[JMS]

Who was the last President who did not have a College Degree? [ Truman ]

Who was the only President who had a PHD? [ Wilson ]

Who were the only two Presidents who had degrees in Engineering?
[ Carter(nuclear from Annapolis) and Hoover(Mechanical from Stanford) ]

[EersSkins05]

13% of the world's population is left-handed, 16% of our Presidents have been left-handed, including 3 of the last 4.


Left-Handed U.S. Presidents
James A. Garfield (1831-1881) 20th
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) 31st
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) 33rd
Gerald Ford (1913- ) 38th
Ronald Reagan (1911 - ) 40th
George H.W. Bush (1924- ) 41st
Bill Clinton (1946- ) 42nd

EDIT- For the record, Obama is left-handed.

[Ellis]

Speaking as a Lefty... everyone is born right-handed but only the greatest can overcome it.