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Presidential Trivia
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:59 am
by starfish1113
Which may be wrong, but I think is right....
There is a better than even chance (although not a certainty at this point) that when George W. Bush leaves office in January 2009, he will be the first living ex-President with......what?
Joke answers are expected, but couple them up with a real guess or two.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:02 am
by themanintheseersuckersuit
A living parent who is a ex-president
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:17 am
by starfish1113
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:A living parent who is a ex-president
While that may be true, I'm going for something broader than that. JQA would have been the only other president who COULD have had the distinction you mentioned. In my answer, many more could have been eligible.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:19 am
by ulysses5019
Was never in my kitchen?
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:23 am
by MarleysGh0st
starfish1113 wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:A living parent who is a ex-president
While that may be true, I'm going for something broader than that. JQA would have been the only other president who COULD have had the distinction you mentioned. In my answer, many more could have been eligible.
The first living ex-President with two living parents?
That's just a WAG and it might take a lot of googling to confirm that...
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:26 am
by starfish1113
MarleysGh0st wrote:starfish1113 wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:A living parent who is a ex-president
While that may be true, I'm going for something broader than that. JQA would have been the only other president who COULD have had the distinction you mentioned. In my answer, many more could have been eligible.
The first living ex-President with two living parents?
That's just a WAG and it might take a lot of googling to confirm that...
Marley gets it!! I haven't confirmed that it's right, but I found some old document on the NPS website that listed presidents whose mothers were alive at inauguration and whose fathers were alive at inauguration, and only JFK matched, and he was never a living ex-President. I don't know the accuracy of the article though.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:58 am
by tanstaafl2
starfish1113 wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:A living parent who is a ex-president
While that may be true, I'm going for something broader than that. JQA would have been the only other president who COULD have had the distinction you mentioned. In my answer, many more could have been eligible.
John Adams died while his son was in office. As most trivia buffs know he died on July 4, 1826, the same day as his Vice President and successor, Thomas Jefferson, and 50 years to the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence that is so closely associated with both of them.
Re: Presidential Trivia
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:59 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
starfish1113 wrote:Which may be wrong, but I think is right....
There is a better than even chance (although not a certainty at this point) that when George W. Bush leaves office in January 2009, he will be the first living ex-President with......what?
Joke answers are expected, but couple them up with a real guess or two.
A third nipple?
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:02 am
by VAdame
2 living parents. You did say "living," right? Since JFK was survived by his parents.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:44 am
by slam
tanstaafl2 wrote:starfish1113 wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:A living parent who is a ex-president
While that may be true, I'm going for something broader than that. JQA would have been the only other president who COULD have had the distinction you mentioned. In my answer, many more could have been eligible.
John Adams died while his son was in office. As most trivia buffs know he died on July 4, 1826, the same day as his Vice President and successor, Thomas Jefferson, and 50 years to the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence that is so closely associated with both of them.
On a recent trip with my kids to see Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, etc.. I learned that the Declaration of Independence was in fact NOT adopted on July 4, 1776 but instead on July 2, 1776. The printer put July 4, 1776 on the copies that were distributed and that is why we know have barbecues on July 4th rather than 2 days earlier.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:11 pm
by Appa23
slam wrote:tanstaafl2 wrote:starfish1113 wrote:
While that may be true, I'm going for something broader than that. JQA would have been the only other president who COULD have had the distinction you mentioned. In my answer, many more could have been eligible.
John Adams died while his son was in office. As most trivia buffs know he died on July 4, 1826, the same day as his Vice President and successor, Thomas Jefferson, and 50 years to the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence that is so closely associated with both of them.
On a recent trip with my kids to see Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, etc.. I learned that the Declaration of Independence was in fact NOT adopted on July 4, 1776 but instead on July 2, 1776. The printer put July 4, 1776 on the copies that were distributed and that is why we know have barbecues on July 4th rather than 2 days earlier.
Well, they voted for independence on July 2nd, with New York abstaining, and then they accepted the "Declaration of Independence" document on July 4th. Only John Hancock signed on the 4th. The other delegates started signing in August 1776.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:17 pm
by etaoin22
an approval rating lower than his hat size.
I suspect two living parents.
The other thought was two-term president =yielding to an older successor, though this might have happened among the Great Eight.