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Presidents and First Ladies Trivia
09-03-2016, 11:16 AM (This post was last modified: 09-03-2016 11:17 AM by J. Beckert.)
Post: #1141
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia
Mary Lincoln.

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09-03-2016, 12:11 PM
Post: #1142
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Abigail Powers Fillmore

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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09-03-2016, 06:26 PM
Post: #1143
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Great guesses, Bill and Gene, but Joe is correct!.
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09-04-2016, 05:44 PM
Post: #1144
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Sorry, I meant to post this earlier - my source:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/...OPART.html
As for MTL, it is probably inaccurate to declare this as her First Lady coiffure:
   
(To complain, please, contact the NYT!)
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09-05-2016, 07:36 AM
Post: #1145
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Which U.S. President's last word was, "Help."
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09-05-2016, 12:24 PM
Post: #1146
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(09-05-2016 07:36 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Which U.S. President's last word was, "Help."

Just read that chapter in The President is Dead! John Adams asked that of his granddaughter, Susanna. "Help me, child, help me."
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09-05-2016, 03:10 PM
Post: #1147
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You are a winner, Laurie, as your answer is excellent.

However, the word "Help" was the final word of another President. Who was this?
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09-05-2016, 05:11 PM (This post was last modified: 09-05-2016 05:16 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #1148
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Garfield?
   
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09-06-2016, 03:42 AM
Post: #1149
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That is a very logical answer, Eva, but it was not Garfield.
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09-06-2016, 07:26 AM
Post: #1150
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I could rule out Kennedy, Lincoln, and the living ones, which leaves 34 to eliminate...
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09-06-2016, 07:43 AM
Post: #1151
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Correct - it's not Kennedy, Lincoln, or any of the ones still living.
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09-06-2016, 08:16 AM
Post: #1152
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(I must admit I was too curious and meanwhile cheated, so I am off the race.)
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09-06-2016, 08:55 AM
Post: #1153
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Hint #1: He was a 20th century President.
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09-06-2016, 11:37 AM
Post: #1154
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I'll guess Woodrow Wilson

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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09-06-2016, 11:55 AM
Post: #1155
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Logical guess, Gene, but the correct President came later in the century.
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