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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Rogerm - 03-27-2017
Andrew Jackson
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 03-27-2017
(03-27-2017, 04:31 PM)Houmes Wrote:(03-27-2017, 03:48 PM)L Verge Wrote: Nope. Check more towards the beginnings of our country.
Another clue: Kinderhook
Martin Van Buren
Absolutely correct, Dr. Houmes. A+ His gravemarker notes that he was our VIIIth President. I figured that the hint of Kinderhook (NY, where he's buried) would seal the deal with "Van" Buren being as Dutch as the name of the town).
(03-27-2017, 05:21 PM)Rogerm Wrote: Andrew Jackson
Really close, Roger. Jackson was our VIIth President.
Okay, one more tricky one, and then I'm finished for awhile: "There's nothing left to do but to get drunk." Which President said this after learning that his party would not nominate him for a second term?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Rogerm - 03-27-2017
Was it Harry Truman?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 03-28-2017
Possibly Chester Arthur?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 03-28-2017
Sorry, gents, so far we're batting zero.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Houmes - 03-28-2017
(03-27-2017, 07:36 PM)L Verge Wrote: Okay, one more tricky one, and then I'm finished for awhile: "There's nothing left to do but to get drunk." Which President said this after learning that his party would not nominate him for a second term?
Franklin Pierce. He could drink U.S. Grant under a table.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 03-28-2017
Okay, Blaine, you're not allowed to play this game anymore. You're too good at it!
It was Franklin Pierce who said that, and he made good on it every day for the rest of his life. Upon his death from a severe stomach inflammation brought on by heavy drinking (liver complications - can't spell the real term...?), some punsters said that his demise came from "a bottle well fought..."
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 03-29-2017
This is a baby photo of a future United States President. Who is it?
![[Image: babyphoto.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/babyphoto.jpg)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - PaigeBooth - 03-29-2017
Those eyes look familiar, and I have just been studying the history of the atomic bomb in great detail. Is it Harry Truman??
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 03-29-2017
Excellent, Paige! Indeed that is a baby picture of Harry Truman.
![[Image: 1_123125_123073_2180604_2190381_080505_e...iginal.jpg]](http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/archive/2008/05/1_123125_123073_2180604_2190381_080505_exp_truman.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg)
You and your family win free tickets to tour the Truman Home in Independence, Missouri.
![[Image: 220px-Trumanhist.JPG]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Trumanhist.JPG/220px-Trumanhist.JPG)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - PaigeBooth - 03-29-2017
Thanks! That sounds like fun!
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 04-12-2017
Which President had the longest funeral train in terms of distance traveled?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 04-12-2017
Nixon (CA)?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 04-12-2017
Good guess, Eva! However, it was not Richard Nixon as his remains were flown to California.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Gene C - 04-12-2017
Eisenhower - Washington DC to Kansas ?