Can you name the presidents who don't have an 'S' in their last name?

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'S'-less Presidents Quiz

by Chris968

Created Jun 27, 2010 in History
Featured Apr 1, 2011
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	Boourns:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 17:13 GMT	32 points
	"When I was a pup, we got spanked by Presidents till the cows came home. Grover Cleveland spanked me on two nonconsecutive occasions!"

	Booger:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 17:24 GMT	3 points
	Listing the Presidents in order makes this much easier. You may want to move them around.

	monstro:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 17:27 GMT	-1 points
	Having them in order was a big help, with the short time. I got Fillmore with five seconds left.

	Raynard:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 17:36 GMT	4 points
	I feel particularly lucky for the fact that I don't have an 's' in my name... I wonder if I will ever get onto this?

	blue9254:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 17:47 GMT	28 points
	With all the discussion of Truman's middle initial I've seen, it makes me smile that he's on the S-less presidents quiz.

	Genius7294:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 18:59 GMT	2 points
	i have 6 s's in my name....this wasnt the best quiz for me

	eab21:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 19:00 GMT	3 points
	Before playing this quiz, I clicked the boss button. And now I am disappointed in Sporcle.

	bug:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 19:06 GMT	3 points
	It doesn't take "Harry Truman" without the S in the middle (or John Kennedy or James Polk). I know that last names only works, but it seems like you should be able to enter first and last without the middle initial that's randomly added to some of the names.

	HinduJesus:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 19:12 GMT	1 point
	How on earth did I miss Obama? That should have been my first answer.

	metagloria:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 20:16 GMT	3 points
	stupid Warren G. Harding. :/

	shakescene:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 23:44 GMT	2 points
	In the abstract and also in the execution this is a fine quiz. However the facts make it a rather dull one (although not a particularly easy one for me), since out of the 37 separate names for President (five pairs of Presidents shared names, all of which contained an S, and Cleveland was President twice), only 11 (representing 16 Presidents) contained an S (about half ending in "son": 6/11 names = 8/16 presidents). So this quiz is basically asking you to list all the Presidents' names with relatively few exceptions.

	kaos29:	Apr 2nd, 2011 at 02:41 GMT	1 point
	I lived in Riverside, CA where there is a section where the streets are named after Presidents - and I only got 12 right. GAAAA, shows how well I was paying attention.

	Bobman1:	Apr 2nd, 2011 at 05:28 GMT	1 point
	A) Truman's S was not a real part of his name. IIRC, it was added for the campaign. At least that was what a HS history teacher said, because Truman was such a bumpkin they needed to "class him up" with a middle initial. Whatever. Might be snobby east coast bias against a midwesterner. B) @zeller, how about the almost assasinated? Ford and Reagan both work as well. Not sure of others who dodged bullets or buggy whips, or whatever they used way back when.

	mister_pianoman:	Apr 2nd, 2011 at 08:53 GMT	10 points
	@zeller clearly, the attempt on Jackson's life failed solely because of this quiz.

	Word_Nerd99:	Apr 2nd, 2011 at 09:35 GMT	4 points
	Woh Woh Woh! I would defo prefer it if the presidents were in order.

	Tichrimo:	Apr 2nd, 2011 at 20:53 GMT	9 points
	Obligatory "too US-centric"... :)

	satmoore:	Apr 2nd, 2011 at 21:12 GMT	8 points
	15 sec....CRAP....10 sec...NO!!...5 sec..."Morgan Freeman"....Dang it!!

	Volante:	Apr 3rd, 2011 at 07:40 GMT	-1 points
	Once again, Fillmore is last for me in a presidents quiz...and once again I have to backtrack to him after doing all the others in proper order...

	shakescene:	Apr 4th, 2011 at 04:05 GMT	2 points
	Self-correction (somehow I overlooked the first Presidential name to contain an S): ... out of the 38 separate names for President (five pairs of Presidents shared names, all of which contained an S, and Cleveland was officially President no. 22 & 24, making Obama no. 44), only 12 (representing 17 Presidents) contained an S (about half ending in "son": 6/12 names = 8/17 presidents). The pedantic commenter regrets the error (but is not authorized to speak on behalf of Sporcle).

	SQUIB:	Apr 4th, 2011 at 19:08 GMT	0 points
	It seems odd that Harding is consistently among the least-remembered on presidential quizzes, considering his administration was rife with scandal.

	pirate6711:	Apr 14th, 2011 at 04:49 GMT	0 points
	@SQUIB Who wants to remember him? He was an awful president. I always remember him because he's from Ohio.

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	YankeesIndians:	Jul 1st, 2011 at 16:53 GMT	-2 points
	You have to add more time to this quiz.

	jmauck3:	Aug 11th, 2011 at 12:31 GMT	2 points
	Caught sporcle-itis on this quiz. Remembered Buchanan, Arthur, and Harding, but whiffed on Obama...

	abscores3:	Sep 5th, 2011 at 17:40 GMT	0 points
	how did i miss lincoln and nixon

	Bustin5Knots:	Jan 4th, 2012 at 05:11 GMT	1 point
	I could have sworn Wilson did not have an S in it

	Implying:	Feb 6th, 2012 at 01:13 GMT	0 points
	Why didn't Chirac work? Or De Gaulle? It says "presidents without an S," they should work.

	MikeR:	Apr 20th, 2012 at 18:43 GMT	1 point
	7 presidents in a row without an "S" (Tyler-Lincoln). Spooky...