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A New Cabinet Member
1. What did economist Robert Clifton Weaver bring to the presidential Cabinet in 1966? For Bragging Rights, in what Cabinet department did Weaver serve as secretary?
2. In what war did those in service first become tagged as GIs?
3. What does GI …Read more.
Missing Days
1. How many months have 30 days or less? For Bragging Rights, name those months.
2. Who said, "We have met the enemy and they are ours"?
3. In what battle was the preceding quote heard and remembered?
4. Name the first pope.
5. In Greek …Read more.
Capital Change
1. Montgomery, Ala., was the early capital city of the Confederate States of America (CSA). What city became the capital on July 20, 1861?
2. Six states established the CSA at a meeting in Montgomery on Feb. 4, 1861. Can you name the states?
3. Name …Read more.
Off to Moscow
1. Who was the first president to visit Moscow?
2. Name the six categories for the Nobel Prizes.
3. Which U.S. president vetoed the most bills sent to the White House by Congress? For bragging rights, can you say how many vetoes went to this …Read more.
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Famous Presidential FirstsThis week's column is a listing of firsts in the history of presidential first events. The source is The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009. 1. Name the U.S. president who was the oldest when he left the White House. For Bragging Rights, how old was he at that time? 2. Who was the youngest person elected president? Again, Bragging Rights if you give the age. 3. Who was the tallest U.S. president? Bragging Rights for naming the height. 4. Now tell us the shortest president, and again, go for the measurement figure. 5. Who was the first president to address the nation on radio? 6. Name the only two presidents who were chosen to take office by the U.S. House of Representatives. 7. Who was the first president to host a live televised news conference? 8. Name the first president to be born in the 20th century. 9. Name the only president whose parents were immigrants. 10. Who was the first president to be born in a state that wasn't part of the original Colonies? Answers 1. 2. John F. Kennedy was the youngest person elected president. He was elected in 1960 at the age of 43. 3. Abraham Lincoln was our tallest chief executive, measuring 6 feet 4 inches. 4. James Madison, our shortest president ever, was 5 feet 4 inches tall, exactly 1 foot shorter than Lincoln. 5. Warren G. Harding addressed the public by radio in 1922. 6. Thomas Jefferson, our third president, and John Quincy Adams, our sixth president, were elected after legislative procedures. 7. It was John F. Kennedy, in 1961. 8. John F. Kennedy was the first president born in the 20th century, in 1917. 9. Andrew Jackson's parents immigrated to America from Ireland in 1765. 10. It was Abraham Lincoln, who was born in Kentucky in 1809. Take "The Answer Man" to work or to school. Challenge your friends for "Bragging Rights." Send your questions and answers to: The Answer Man, Andy Seamans, Horizon House #603, 1300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. COPYRIGHT 2009 CREATORS.COM
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