Presidential Trivia

Not that many days until it's all over but the lawsuits, so let's start a presidential trivia thread that has nothing to do with your party affiliation or whether you like the presidents involved or anything contentious. Whoever answers correctly gets to pose the next question. First question:

Who were the only two sitting Vice Presidents to be elected President?

G. Bush the 1st
Thomas Jefferson

Forgot Van Buren and Adams.

slickjay12 wrote:

G. Bush the 1st
Thomas Jefferson

One out of two.

Yeah I know about Bush 1 but not for sure who the 2nd one is.

nitromaxx98 wrote:

Forgot Van Buren and Adams.

Van Buren is the other correct answer.

So slick and nitro ask the question together?

Justoo wrote:

So slick and nitro ask the question together?

Guess so. So here's another question:

What two presidents were All-American athletes in college?

Ford and Bush 1?

Correct!

Bonus: Name their sports and schools.

Michigan & Yale I could be wrong

Ford: football and yale Bush Sr. basketball and yale

slider wrote:

Michigan & Yale I could be wrong

Or you could be right, and you are.

crutch51 wrote:

Ford: football and yale Bush Sr. basketball and yale

Ford was a lineman for the Michigan football team and GHW was a first baseman for Yale.

Nitro gets to ask the next question.

They call it 'trivia' for a reason.

The Other One wrote:

Nitro gets to ask the next question.

Who was the 11th President?

polk if my memory serves me right

Bob Dole

Which president reportedly had a big schlong?

Tricky DICK Nixon

Nope. Hint..... He got criticised for how he treated his dogs. And no, it wasn't Clinton. He was always nice to Chelsea.

Lyndon Johnson

Yup. He reportedly showed off the big schlong, and he'd pick up his dogs by their ears with cameras present.

Blackie Kuhn wrote:

polk if my memory serves me right

blackie gets the next question.

who was the first female on the presidential ticket?

Victoria Chaflin Woodhull


NPR had a story on her the other day. This was before she could vote for herself.

justoo is correct.

Link to her bio.

blackie might have been looking for Geraldine Ferraro, but justoo gets the next question.

We know the Father of Our Country and the peanut farmer, but who was His Fraudulency?

Hint: This was before Nov. 4, 2008.

Rutherford Hayes

I see now that you were supposed to correctly answer a question before posing one. My apologies.

It's All Saints Day. I think we are required to forgive you.

So is Hayes the right answer?

Justoo wrote:

It's All Saints Day. I think we are required to forgive you.

Good, because the old church ladies that saw I'm still running the lights on grotesque Halloween displays tonight won't.

The Other One wrote:

So is Hayes the right answer?

Sorry. Yes it is.

Rutherford B. Hayes

The Dark Horse President
Rutherfraud, His Fradulency, and Old Eight to Seven - because Samuel Tilden (democrat) won the popular vote and a dispute over electoral votes (eight to seven), it was thought that Hayes must have rigged the election

Reach into the sack and pull out another question.

Justoo wrote:

The Other One wrote:

So is Hayes the right answer?

Sorry. Yes it is.

Rutherford B. Hayes

The Dark Horse President
Rutherfraud, His Fradulency, and Old Eight to Seven - because Samuel Tilden (democrat) won the popular vote and a dispute over electoral votes (eight to seven), it was thought that Hayes must have rigged the election

Reach into the sack and pull out another question.

Damn that sounds familiar

Trivia is at its best when it is ironic.

Which three presidents presided over the greatest increases in national debt since WWII, as a percentage of GDP?

Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush

I'd agree there. As I recall, the conservative demigod Reagan took us over the trillion mark.

It is ironic that all three are GOP

Very good, my fellow disciples.

Now, under which president's interventionist foreign policy was Osama Bin Ladin's organization (later dubbed Al-Qaeda) supported (including both arms and training)?


Bonus!

Under which president's interventionist foreign policy was Saddam Hussein given military support, primarily via the CIA?

A double Reagan on that one. The great terrorist fighter.

That first one was a trick question. Yes, it's a double-Regan.

But the U.S. also supported and colluded with Osama & friends under Bush I.




Next question?

If I remember correctly the U.S was helping out Osama in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets back in the early 80's. Wow how weird is that 20 years down the road we were fighting against those same people who we were giving our technology too. Who will be the next country we go after that we have contiually supported with arms.

Or perhaps we could learn to mind our own business??

The Other One wrote:

Not that many days until it's all over but the lawsuits, so let's start a presidential trivia thread that has nothing to do with your party affiliation or whether you like the presidents involved or anything contentious. Whoever answers correctly gets to pose the next question.

slickjay12 wrote:

It is ironic that all three are GOP

Isn't it ironic that the bitter, miserable messiah supporters have to inject their vitriolic crap into everything? Way to go, Bignose.

it seems that EP is still in the Anger stage of losing

slickjay12 wrote:

it seems that EP is still in the Anger stage of losing

Nobody has lost yet.

This thread isn't for this discussion.

He doesn't strike me as particularly religious... may skip 'bargaining' altogether- unless a couple of states are close enough for court challenges.

Don't fret, EP. Acceptance will come soon enough... and your grief will be complete.