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Author:  Cloudy [ Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:35 am ]
Post subject:  Presidents

Who were the first two one term U.S. presidents?

The question sounds dumb, but the answer is acutally pretty interesting.

Author:  Cloudy [ Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:40 am ]
Post subject:  Presidents

Who were the only two First Ladies, who never lived in the White House?

(There is a close third, who misses out because of a technicality.)

Author:  Cloudy [ Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

Who was the first president born west of the Mississippi River?

Heck, why not ask, who was the second?

Author:  Cloudy [ Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:48 pm ]
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Who was the first president to be born in a hospital?

Author:  Cloudy [ Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:51 pm ]
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Who was the first president born in the 20th century?

Author:  UCFHCY [ Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:33 pm ]
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Since no else responded...

Cloudy wrote:
Who were the first two one term U.S. presidents?

The question sounds dumb, but the answer is acutally pretty interesting.


John Adams, John Quincy Adams.

Cloudy wrote:
Who were the only two First Ladies, who never lived in the White House?

(There is a close third, who misses out because of a technicality.)


Bess Truman and Dolley Madison. 3rd would be Martha Washington. Though Buchanan did not marry.

Cloudy wrote:
Who was the first president born west of the Mississippi River?

Heck, why not ask, who was the second?


Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman.

Cloudy wrote:
Who was the first president to be born in a hospital?


Jimmy Carter

Cloudy wrote:
Who was the first president born in the 20th century?


LBJ

But what do I know?

Author:  tchoiniere [ Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

Easy one but what the hell...

Name the only 2 presidents buried in Arlington Cemetery.

Author:  UCFHCY [ Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

Kennedy and Taft.

tchoiniere wrote:
Easy one but what the hell...

Name the only 2 presidents buried in Arlington Cemetery.

Author:  teverett [ Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

Here is an interesting trivia question....

The glorious 28-week Presidency of James Garfield was first class all the way. His assassin Charles Guiteau put tremendous thought into selecting the precise firearm he would use to shoot the President: a .44 Webley British Bulldog with an elegant silver handle. Why was Guiteau so careful about choosing his weapon?

Author:  spotes [ Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:18 pm ]
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teverett wrote:
Here is an interesting trivia question....

The glorious 28-week Presidency of James Garfield was first class all the way. His assassin Charles Guiteau put tremendous thought into selecting the precise firearm he would use to shoot the President: a .44 Webley British Bulldog with an elegant silver handle. Why was Guiteau so careful about choosing his weapon?


I believe that it had something to do with posterity, his legacy, that sort of thing.
Chuck suffered from, among other things, a narcissistic personality disorder.
Or maybe he just liked pretty guns.
It could go either way... :mrgreen:

If it's something other than that, I'm always willing to learn. :mrgreen:

Author:  teverett [ Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

spotes wrote:
teverett wrote:
Here is an interesting trivia question....

The glorious 28-week Presidency of James Garfield was first class all the way. His assassin Charles Guiteau put tremendous thought into selecting the precise firearm he would use to shoot the President: a .44 Webley British Bulldog with an elegant silver handle. Why was Guiteau so careful about choosing his weapon?


I believe that it had something to do with posterity, his legacy, that sort of thing.
Chuck suffered from, among other things, a narcissistic personality disorder.
Or maybe he just liked pretty guns.
It could go either way... :mrgreen:

If it's something other than that, I'm always willing to learn. :mrgreen:


Spotes, right line of thought. Charles wanted it to look good in a museum on display.

Author:  FrankC [ Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

Which president tried to buy Cuba from Spain?

Author:  THE ICEMAN [ Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

FrankC wrote:
Which president tried to buy Cuba from Spain?

Well, no one seems to obey the rules of this thread so...


I'm just guessing late on an inebriated Friday...

TR?

Author:  FrankC [ Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

THE ICEMAN wrote:
FrankC wrote:
Which president tried to buy Cuba from Spain?

Well, no one seems to obey the rules of this thread so...


I'm just guessing late on an inebriated Friday...

TR?


There are no rules posted for this thread.
It was Franklin Pierce.

Author:  Akbar71 [ Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

I would have thought McKinley, before the Spanish-American War.

Author:  FrankC [ Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

Akbar71 wrote:
I would have thought McKinley, before the Spanish-American War.


For more information than you would probably care for, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend_Manifesto

Author:  Akbar71 [ Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Presidents

FrankC wrote:
Akbar71 wrote:
I would have thought McKinley, before the Spanish-American War.


For more information than you would probably care for, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend_Manifesto

Huh- nifty. Thanks!

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