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Show President's Day trivia Presidents have been on the minds of the nation recently, with Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12, and George Washington's birthday bir-thday coming up Friday. How much do you know about the leaders of our nation, from the Father of the Country to the Gipper? Test your knowledge with the following questions: 1. How many presidents has the United States had to date? 2. Which president served the longest consecutive term? 3. How many presidents died in office? 4. What president served two separate terms in office? 5. Who was president during the War of 1812? 6. Which president, on his own initiative, purchased the vast Louisiana Territory, at four cents an acre, from the French? 7. What two early presidents died within hours of each other on the same day? 8. What two presidents were father and son? 9. Who was the first president to run under the Democratic Party? 10. What president's second inaugural address contained 'with malice toward none ... let us bind up the nation's wounds"? 11. Under who's administration were intoxicating beverages banned from White House dinners? 12. What president's distant relative founded what major city in Ohio? 13. Which president lost the use of one eye, but kept this from public knowledge during his term as President? 14. For what role as peacemaker was Theodore Roosevelt awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? 15. Woodrow Wilson's second marriage was to Edith Boiling Gait. Of whom was she a direct descended? descen-ded? 16. Franklin D. Roosevelt shared a common Connecticut ancestor from the 17th century with what famous English prime minister? 17. What does Harry S Truman's middle initial stand for? 18. Which president ended the Korean War? 19. Which president, while serving in World War II, was awarded the Purple Heart? 20. Under whose administration was the Environmental Protection Agency created? 21. To whom was President Ford referring to when he called them 'an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents.'? See answers page 3 Answers to Pres. Day trivia Here are the answers to the President's Day trivia quiz: 1. Thirty-nirte. 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt served from 1933 to 1945. 3. Eight. William Henry Harrison of pneumonia in 1841, Zachary Taylor of cholera morbus in 1850, James A. Garfield was assasinated in 1881, Abraham Lincoln was assasinated in 1865, James A. Garfield was assasinated in 1881, William McKinly was shot in 1901, Warren G. Harding died suddenly in 1923, Franklin D, Roosevelt died after an illness in 1945, and John F. Kennedy was assasinated in 1963. 4. Grover Cleveland served from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. 5. James Madison. 6. Thomas Jefferson. 7. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. 8. John Adams and John Quincy Adams. 9. Andrew Jackson. 10. Abraham Lincoln in 1864. 11. Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881. 12. Grover Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. 13. Theodore Roosevelt. 14. In 1905 he was the peacemaker in the Russo-Japanese War. (The entire $40,000 prize was j donated to a foundation for the promotion of peace.) 15. The Indian ! Princess Pocahontas. 16. Sir Win- J ston Churchill. 17. The S is only a letter and stands for no name. 18. ; Dwight D. Eisenhower. 19. John F. ; Kennedy. 20. Richard Nixon. 21. The ; Nixon Re-Election Committee responsible for burglarizing the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate ' Affair. ' .' |