+- Lincoln Discussion Symposium (https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium)
+-- Forum: Lincoln Discussion Symposium (/forum-1.html)
+--- Forum: Trivia Questions - all things Lincoln (/forum-8.html)
+--- Thread: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia (/thread-615.html)
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 05-26-2013 05:02 PM
If he was a German, the "e" would almost sound like the "a" in "manison" and the "au" like "ow" in "wow".
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Hess1865 - 05-27-2013 07:52 AM
(05-26-2013 03:31 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Was Mrs. Buchanan this distinguished lady?
Buchanan wasa batchelor
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - J. Beckert - 06-01-2013 04:10 PM
For nearly three centuries, Japan had been a completely isolated nation. American shipping interests, however, identified the nation as a prime location to stop and resupply their ships on the way into China and Southeast Asia.
Which U.S. President pioneered the idea of trade with Japan?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 06-01-2013 06:06 PM
Millard Fillmore?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - J. Beckert - 06-01-2013 08:43 PM
You nailed it, Eva. Another one of our log cabin Presidents who doesn't get anywhere near the respect Lincoln gets, Millard Fillmore was the first to explore trade with Japan.
All you folks that drive those reliable, fuel efficient Toyotas owe a debt of gratitude to the Rodney Dangerfield of Presidents.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 06-01-2013 09:50 PM
I just read something about our first naval battle with Japan occurring during the Civil War. I believe a synopsis of it will be in the July issue of the Surratt Courier in our day-by-day blows of what was occurring during that war.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 06-09-2013 01:11 PM
Which First Lady said this?
"I live a very dull life here and know nothing that passes in the town. I never go to any public place - indeed, I am more like a state prisoner than anything else. There is certain bounds set for me which I must not depart from - and as I cannot do as I like, I am obstinate, and stay at home a great deal."
Hint #1: This was not said before or after her husband's presidency; it was said while he was president.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 06-09-2013 06:55 PM
James Madison's wife?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 06-10-2013 04:05 AM
Eva, it's not her, but you are not too far off.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - tblunk - 06-10-2013 05:40 AM
(06-10-2013 04:05 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Eva, it's not her, but you are not too far off.
Abigail Adams?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 06-10-2013 06:02 AM
You are REALLY getting close, Tom.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - tblunk - 06-10-2013 06:31 AM
(06-10-2013 06:02 AM)RJNorton Wrote: You are REALLY getting close, Tom.
Well then, by the process of elimination, I'm going to say Martha Washington! Warmer? Colder?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 06-10-2013 07:49 AM
The hint suggests she had already been in Washington before the presidency. Martha Jefferson? (Am I a spoilsport if I'm guessing that often? If I know I'll back off!)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Joe Di Cola - 06-10-2013 07:56 AM
Abigail Adams? The President's House was still not completely ready, some of the paster was damp, and both the house and Washington were not very inviting places. Washington was a smelly, muddy, uncultured city at its founding.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 06-10-2013 07:59 AM
Good try, Eva and Joe, but Tom got it. These feelings were expressed by Martha Washington, then in New York, in a letter to her niece, Frances Fanny Bassett Washington. The date of the letter was October 23, 1789.