Presidents and First Ladies Trivia

[L Verge]

Sounds like Abigail Adams or Dolley Madison?

[RJNorton]

Good job, Laurie. It was Abigail Adams. The words are from a letter she wrote John Adams on June 10, 1778.

[Anita]

Name the First Lady who sent the first Morse code message after inventor Samuel Morse.

[L Verge]

I'm going to guess Dolley Madison again?

[Anita]

And Laurie, you are correct, again! Your prize:
"Dolley Madison's Soft Gingerbread ...Preserved in White House files, the recipe has been used by many another First Lady, right up to our day...
Molasses
Beef drippings (or lard)
Baking soda
Hot water
Flour
Ground ginger
Ground cinnamon
Powdered sugar.
Mix 1 cup molasses (Dolley's "receipt" specified New Orleans molasses) with 2/3 cup fresh beef drippings. Add 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water. Sift your dry ingredients: 2 1/4 cups flour, 4 teaspoons ginger, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon. Next pour 3/4 cup hot water which has almost reached the boiling point into the molasses mixture alternately with the flour mixture. Beat thoroughly with a rotary or electric beater. The dough should be soft enough to pour. Bake in a shallow, well-greased baking dish in a preheated medium (350 degrees F.) oven 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Delicious served warm, sprinkled with powdered sugar."
---Presidents' Cookbook (p. 90)

[L Verge]

Instead of sprinkling with powdered sugar, this Southerner would either put a lemon sauce on it or applesauce!

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Next question: Which First Lady bore the most children and outlived all of them except one?

[Anita]

Anna Harrison. I can't imagine bearing ten children much less living to see nine of them die.

[L Verge]

You are correct on all counts. And, I believe that she could not even make it to D.C. in time for her husband's (William Henry, not Benjamin) funeral.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Who said:
"There are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret"?

[RJNorton]

Well, Eva, I think the United States has had some presidents who weren't great students. I will guess George W. Bush.

[J. Beckert]

I'll guess Obama. All of his educational background is hazy.

[L Verge]

I was going to guess Obama also. I'll switch to Harry Truman.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Sorry, none of these presidents saw any need to declare his grades "Top secret".
Well, forgive me this picture puzzle:
(The car is) hint #1:
   

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint#2: He had originally been a Democrat, but later became a Republican.

[L Verge]

Ronald Reagan?