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Can you name the Presidents of the United States from insignificant facts?
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His first wife and his mother died on the same day in the same house
He was featured in the 1994 computer game, The Amazon Trail
He is the only president to have predeceased both his mother and father
He is the first president to be born in the 20th century
He probably never chopped down a cherry tree
He is the only President to receive 100% of the electoral votes
He is the only President to appear on The Daily Show while in office
He speaks Indonesian at a conversational level
He helped invent a rotating bookstand in the early 19th century
He wrote his own version of the Bible eliminating the miracles
He was the only President to ever obtain a patent
His Memorial was designed by Henry Bacon
He is the only President to contract and receive treatment for Lyme disease
He is the only President to have earned an MBA
He was Time magazine's ''Man of the Year'' in 1992 and 1998
He played rugby at Oxford University
His first job was as a lifeguard where he saved over 75 lives
He attended Eureka College in Illinois
At 5 ft 4 in, he was the shortest President of the United States
He went by the nickname 'Jemmy' until age 16
He smoked a pipe, cigars, cigarettes and chewed tobacco in office
He became the first President to visit Alaska in 1923
His ''S'' middle initial does not actually stand for Simpson
He has been portrayed in film by Rip Torn and Kevin Kline
His ''S'' middle initial does not actually stand for anything
The Israeli village of Beit Harel was renamed after him
He died just three months after leaving office in 1849
They Might Be Giants wrote a song about his achievements
He was the first President sworn into office by a woman
He was born in Johnson City, Texas
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Trivial Presidential Trivia Quiz
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cocky
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Mar 1st, 2011 at 18:21 GMT
32 points
Man, Teddy had a rough day.
severian
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Mar 1st, 2011 at 22:47 GMT
25 points
Death would've taken Teddy that day as well, but he was able to ward him off solely through the awesomeness of his mustache.
corndog
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Mar 2nd, 2011 at 00:48 GMT
6 points
This has got to be the only presidential quiz for which Lincoln is that far down in the stats.
jslewitz
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Mar 2nd, 2011 at 03:59 GMT
11 points
IIRC, Teddy's son/nephew had a rough day on the Amazon as well, where he endured some sort of gash/poison that the player had to treat with some sort of antidote. Then again, I was probably playing that game 12-13 years ago, so what do I know. Still a classic though, not unlike its Oregonian counterpart.
eaglesmania
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Mar 2nd, 2011 at 08:47 GMT
0 points
Less time. other than that it's great!
tulliuscicero
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Mar 2nd, 2011 at 22:09 GMT
1 point
Imagine being born in a town with your name in it!
jefrunner
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Mar 3rd, 2011 at 13:46 GMT
2 points
Fun quiz, but I'd try to find a new clue for Polk (and the Also... for Harding) since the dates give the answer away.
purplebackpack89
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Mar 4th, 2011 at 02:24 GMT
4 points
also for teddy's terrible horrible no-good very bad day...his baby daughter Alice almost died. Also, 1992 was when Clinton was man of the Year
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herrod54
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Mar 5th, 2011 at 11:18 GMT
-26 points
For "He probably never chopped down a cherry tree" you should accept Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln (well, Lincoln may have), Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Obama.
Megawall300
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Mar 5th, 2011 at 16:23 GMT
21 points
Did Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, or Obama get 100% of the electoral vote?
SneakyBastar
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Mar 7th, 2011 at 01:14 GMT
4 points
LBJ was born in Stonewall, Texas, outside of Johnson City. That's where his ranch and the state park are located.
Spacecow
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Mar 7th, 2011 at 14:12 GMT
3 points
I wonder how many of the 64% of quiz takers got Polk *solely* because of the TMBG clue? :)
Roodle_Faux
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Mar 13th, 2011 at 00:13 GMT
12 points
"He probably never chopped down a cherry tree" - You mean he lied about it?
GiantsJoe2110
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Mar 14th, 2011 at 18:05 GMT
3 points
How long was Reagan a lifeguard? I was a lifeguard for almost two years and had zero saves and only saw maybe three or four. 75 just doesn't sound right.
GiantsJoe2110
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Mar 14th, 2011 at 18:06 GMT
7 points
To add to Roosevelt's bad day, that was Valentine's Day.
KansasJayhawk
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Mar 21st, 2011 at 07:16 GMT
5 points
I actually remember running into Teddy Roosevelt while playing Amazon Trail.
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herrod54
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Mar 23rd, 2011 at 20:37 GMT
-20 points
@ Megawall300: No, I don't think any of them ever did. Why don't you look it up? While you're at it, you can look up "joking around." Write a report and get back to me.
Game published: Apr 11th, 2011 at 16:03 GMT
GoodRiddance856
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 16:25 GMT
27 points
Aww. Poor Theodore. =(
rockgolf
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 16:33 GMT
-2 points
Can you guys even the clue width? 40%/20%/40%
wallyballz
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 17:02 GMT
4 points
I think "earned" an MBA might be a stretch for W.
fifteenkeys
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 17:44 GMT
8 points
How could I have missed Lincoln? "Designed his memorial" should have been a dead give away, but I was thinking "Washington, Jefferson, hmmmm, did Adams have a memorial?"
RS89
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 17:52 GMT
15 points
The S does in fact stand for Simpson, that just wasn't his real middle name.
Pogues
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 18:24 GMT
5 points
I just love Sporcle...missed 3 answers and I tried all three of those answers in the missing spots...just only the two OTHER two instead of the correct one.
asafe
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 18:42 GMT
12 points
Maybe they can put Garfield in here somewhere, he found a novel proof for the Pythagorean theorem :)
andr5036
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 19:02 GMT
13 points
To add something, Roosevelt's wife died on Valentine's Day, exactly four years after their engagement.
CorneliusTree
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 19:02 GMT
14 points
Where was Ronald Reagan a lifeguard? Somewhere where 75 people would have drowned!? You'd think they would learn.
redsxfenway
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 19:19 GMT
20 points
That day Teddy wrote in his journal "the light has gone out of my life." He was so devastated that he never spoke of her again. In 1909 he went on a safari where he killed more than 11,000 animals. Bit of a mixed bag there.
cheesetoasted
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 19:20 GMT
12 points
Everything I know about Polk I learned from They Might Be Giants.
Raynard
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 19:36 GMT
8 points
If it wasnt for the Amazon Trail I wouldnt have gotten Roosevelt. I cant believe I never heard of something so devastating like that. Poor dude. @redsxfenway, sometimes it helps to take your anger out on something.
gellchom
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 19:46 GMT
1 point
Very good quiz! Thanks.
glueyourfingers
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 19:49 GMT
8 points
Jefferson was a badass.
westing1992
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 20:27 GMT
5 points
'He probably never chopped down a cherry tree'. However, it is extremely likely that every other president has chopped a cherry tree down at one point in his life.
barnztormre
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 20:46 GMT
1 point
I got Polk from the TMBG hint as well. Never would've gotten it otherwise.
Akhoya
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 20:53 GMT
14 points
Every Alaskan knows Harding was the first to visit. My town even named three streets after him: "Warren," "G," and "Harding."
ChileNoseJam
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 21:26 GMT
27 points
Didn't Hoover obtain a patent for a household cleaning device?
Wynne101
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 21:36 GMT
2 points
Poor Roosevelt... Still, Amazon Trail was the best!
Bob91351
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Apr 11th, 2011 at 22:21 GMT
1 point
Considering Reagan grew up in Illinois, on the banks of the Rock River, I would guess that was the place...
pirate6711
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Apr 12th, 2011 at 00:14 GMT
1 point
How did I miss Lincoln? Both facts are ones that I knew about him and I just drew a blank.
cmn8
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Apr 12th, 2011 at 00:17 GMT
2 points
Poor TR. That was the day that started his hatred of being called Teddy; his first wife called him that, and he never wanted anyone else to use the name again.
Riko
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Apr 12th, 2011 at 01:24 GMT
-1 points
How the hell did I miss TR?!? I'm distantly related to his wife mentioned in the clue (Alice) through one of her sisters. Ugh, grandma would be so pissed at me right now. Fun quiz!
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