2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United States citizen. How is this possible?
3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
5. Captain Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories. Art Bragg offered one about how his grandfather led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers he defeated them and captured valuable territory. After the battle he was presented with a sword bearing the inscription "To Captain Bragg for Bravery, Daring and Leadership. World War I. From the Men of Battalion 8." Captain Frank looked at Art and said, "You really don't expect anyone to believe that yarn, do you?" What's wrong with the story?
6. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth?
7. In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in the same year?
8. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws. None of these men died, and she never divorced. How was this possible?
9. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American dollar bills?
10. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
11. How could you rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.
12. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not?
13. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?
14. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
15. There were an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the International Home Show. One of them was the father of the other's son. How could this be possible?
16. After the new Canon Law that took effect on November 27, 1983, would a Roman Catholic man be allowed to marry his widow's sister?
17. How many outs are there in an inning?
18. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the Ark?
19. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10" tall. What does he weigh?
20. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?
ANSWERS
1. A coffin.
2. The child was born before 1776.
3. Mount Everest (it just hadn't been discovered).
4. Clara lives in the southern hemisphere.
5. World War I wasn't called "World War I" until World War II.
6. The word "and".
7. They fall in the same year every year. New Year's Day just arrives very early in the year and Christmas arrives very late in the same year.
8. The lady was a Justice of the Peace.
9. One thousand nine hundred and ninety dollar bills are worth one dollar more than one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollar bills.
10. Only once, and then you are subtracting it from 20.
11. "one word"
12. Penguins live in the Antarctic.
13. Neither. The yolk of the egg is yellow.
14. You have to take a picture of a man with a camera, not with a wooden leg.
15. They were husband and wife.
16. No. A dead man can marry no one.
17. Six . Three in each half of the inning.
18. Moses took no animals. It was Noah on the Ark.
19. Meat.
20. Nine.
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get catgut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
All done? Check your answers below!
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert
8) What color is a purple finch? Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU FAILED?
HOW OBSERVANT ARE YOU? Write down your answers to check 'em at the end.
1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there?
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial?
6. What 2 #'s on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/ your right or left leg?
8. How many matches are in a standard pack?
9. On our flag, is the top stripe red or white?
10. What is the lowest # on the FM dial?
11. Which way does water go down the drain, clockwise or counterclockwise?
12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?
14. Which side of a woman's blouse are the buttons on?
15. On an NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?
16. Which way do fans rotate?
17. Whose face is on a dime?
18. How many sides does a stop sign have?
19. Do books have even # pages on the right or left side?
20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
25. On which card is the card maker's trademark?
26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
27. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center?
28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2symbols bear no digits?
29. How many curves are in a standard paper clip?
30. Does a merry-go-round turn clockwise or counterclockwise?
Answers:
1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold
5. Q, Z
6. 1, 0
7. Left
8. 20
9. Red
10. 88
11. Counterclockwise (unless you happen to be south of the equator)
12. Towards the bottom right
13. 12 (no #1)
14. Right
15. Top
16. Clockwise as you look at it
17. Roosevelt
18. 8
19. Left
20. 5
21. 6
22. Bashful
23. 6
24. Did you notice there wasn't one?
25. Ace of spades
26. Left
27. ONE
28. *, #
29. 3 30. Counterclockwise
Scoring:
30-28 Genius...Mensa is calling!
25-27 Not too shabby!
20-24 You could do better!
16-19 McDonald's is calling!
15 or below Being blind wouldn't affect you one bit!
STUFF TO THINK ABOUT for fun:
1. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
2. If a word were misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
3. Is it good if a vacuum cleaner really sucks?
4. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is whack?
5. Why do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
6. Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
7. Why are "wise man" and "wise guy" opposites?
8. Why do tugboats push their barges?
9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?
12. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
13. Why is phonics not spelled the way it sounds?
14. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
15. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
16. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
17. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
18. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
19. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
20. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
21. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
22. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
23. Why do they call it a TV set, when you only get one?
24. Can you cry under water?
25. How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
26. If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
27. Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?
28. Why do you have to "put your two cents in"...but it's only a "penny" for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
29. Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
30. Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
31. How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
32. Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
33. Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
34. Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
35. How come we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America?
36. If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call?
37. Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
38. Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
39. Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
40. Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
41. Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
42. Why is it that to stop Windows XP, you have to click on "Start"?
43. Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid is made with real lemons?
44. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
45. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
46. Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
47. When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?
48. Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
49. Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
50. You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?
51. Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
52. Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
52. If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
53. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
54. Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?
55. If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
56. If buttered toast always lands buttered side down and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast to the back of your cat?
57. If the 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why do they have locks on the doors?
58. Why do they put Braille dots on the key pads of the drive-up ATM machine?
59. Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
60. How does the guy who drives the snow plow get to work?
61. If nothing sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?
62. If you're driving at the speed of light and you turn on your headlights, what happens?
63. Why do drive on parkways and park on driveways.
64. Why is it that when you transport something by car it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by car it's called cargo?
65. If fire fighters fight fire, and crime fighers fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?
66. Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
67. Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
68. Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
69. Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
70. Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
71. Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
72. Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
73. How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
74. Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
75. In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
76. How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed through stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods.
On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping. (and that's the only time I have to work on my hair.)
On a bag of Fritos: ..You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shoplifter special?)
On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap." (and that would be how??...)
On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestion: Defrost." (but, it's "just" a suggestion.)
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside down." (well...duh, a bit late, huh!)
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after heating." (...and you thought????...)
On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body." (but wouldn't this save me more time?)
On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:"Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication." (We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)
On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness." (and... I'm taking this because???....)
On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only." (as opposed to...what?)
On a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other use." (now, somebody out there, help me on this. I'm a bit curious.)
On Sunsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts." (talk about a news flash)
On an American Airlines packet of nuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts." (Step 3: maybe, uh...fly Delta?)
On a child's superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly." (I don't blame the company. I blame the parents for this one.)
On a Swedish chainsaw:"Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals." (..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)
Are you the 2% or 98% of the population? Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD! Free will or synaptic wiring? You be the judge. Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow. There's no trick or surprise. Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can! Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of them ... Now, scroll down (but not too fast, you might miss something).
***Think of a number from 1 to 10 *** Multiply that number by 9 *** If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together *** Now subtract 5 *** Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with (e.g.: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c, etc.) *** Think of a country that starts with that letter *** Remember the last letter of the name of that country *** Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter *** Remember the last letter in the name of that animal *** Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter *** Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark eating an Orange? I told you this was FREAKY!! If not, you're among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think of something else. 98% of people will answer with kangaroos in Denmark when given this exercise. Freaky, huh?
MATH CRAZINESS
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate. (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (Just to be bold)
3. Add 5. (for Sunday)
4. Multiply it by 50 I'll wait while you get the calculator................
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1755....
If you haven't, add 1754 .....
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit number.
The first digit of this was your original number (i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).
The next two numbers are .........
YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2005) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.
Subject: This will make you laugh!
1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
3. Only in America......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy peoplecan buy cigarettes at the front.
4. Only in America......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place. 8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. (THIS ONE ALWAYS BUGGED ME!)
9. Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
FUN WORD PROBLEM
Over a tree limb is placed a rope. The rope weighs 1/4 lb per foot. On one end of the rope hangs a monkey holding a banana. On the other end is a weight equal to the weight of the monkey. The banana weighs 2 oz per inch. The length of the rope in feet is the same as the age of the monkey, and the weight of the monkey in ounces is the same as the age of the monkey's mother. The combined ages of the monkey and its mother is 30 years. One-half the weight of the monkey plus the weight of the banana is 1/3 the sum of the weights of the rope and the weight.
The monkey's mother is one-half as old as the monkey will be when it is three times as old as its mother was when she was one-half as old as the monkey will be when it is as old as its mother will be when she is four times as old as the monkey was when it was twice as old as its mother was when she was 1/3 as old as the monkey was when it was as old as its mother was when she was three times as old as the monkey was when it was 1/4 as old as it is now.
How long is the banana?
MORE FUN WORD PROBLEMS AND PUZZLES
1. Connect all nine dots with exactly four straight, connected lines. (Don�t lift your pen).
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2. You are a farmer with a bag of corn, a chicken and a fox. You and your three possessions must cross over to the other side of a river. You must cross using a boat, but the boat has only room for you and one of your possessions. If left alone, the chicken will eat the corn and the fox will eat the chicken. How do you do it?
3. You and three of your friends must cross a bridge in the dead of night. You can cross the other side in one minute. One of your friends can cross in two, one in five, and one in ten. There is one flashlight, and the bridge can only support up to two people at once. Whoever is crossing the bridge must have the flashlight near them, therefore if you and your slowest friend walk together it will take ten minutes despite your personal blinding speed. You and all of your friends must get to the other side of the bridge in 17 minutes.
4. Someone has given you 13 gold coins. They all appear to be identical, but one of them weighs differently. (Either a little too heavy or a little too light.) You have an old-fashioned balance at your use, but you are allowed only three measurements to determine without error which coin weighs differently (e.g. weighing three coins versus three coins counts as one measurement.)
Here's another "get the people across the river" game:
http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf
This is a version of the classic "move problem" often called Hobbits & Orcs, or Fox & Geese, etc. Supposedly this is given as an IQ test by business corporations in Japan. Although the site is in Japanese, you don't need to know that to play.
The GOAL of the game is: to move everyone across the river.
The RULES are:
* Only 2 persons on the raft at a time.
* The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their mother's presence.
* The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their father's presence.
* The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there.
* Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft.
How to Play:
* To start click on the big blue circle on the right.
* To move the people click on them.
* To move the raft click on the pole on the opposite side of the river.
ONE HINT: the policeman and thief is the first move and there must be someone (mother, father, policeman) on the raft in order for it to move.
8th GRADE FINAL EXAM
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts oflie,lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft long at$20 per meter?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for! 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U. S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U. S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln,Penn,and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication? 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, sub vocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name twoexceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling.Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter,mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall & Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.
1. What President was sworn into office by his own father?
2. What President was the first to be assassinated?
3. What President was the first person approved to fill a vacancy in the office of Vice- President?
4. What President was the first to speak live on television?
5. What President won the first election held on the same day in all states?
6. What President was the first to serve a full term and not seek re-election?
7. What President was the only one sworn in by a woman?
8. What President was the first against whom an impeachment attempt was made?
9. What President was the first elected to the presidency while serving in the U.S. Senate?
10. What President was the youngest to die in office?
11. What President served the shortest term?
12. What President was in office the only time the national debt was ever paid off?
13. What President, as Vice-President, presided over the Senate with loaded pistols to protect himself from an assassination attempt?
14. What President had to move out of the White House when it was found too dangerous structurally to live in?
15. What President was the first to visit Europe while in office?
16. What President served as a sergeant in a regiment commanded by another future President?
17. What President gave all his income from the presidency and other government jobs to charity and public service projects?
18. What President was the first to travel by presidential jet?
19. What President never married?
20. What President refused to move into the White House until it was completely redecorated?
21. What President, who was a former Vice-President, did not succeed the President under whom he served?
22. What President started the presidential custom of opening the major-league baseball season by throwing out the "first ball"?
23. What President was the first to live in the White House?
24. What President was the only one to be married in the White House?
25. What President won office by a margin of only one electoral vote in the most disputed presidential election?
26. What President was the youngest to assume office?
27. What President was the first to speak live on radio?
28. What President popularized ice cream?
29. What President was the grandson of another President?
30. What president was the first graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to become Chief Executive?
31. What President was the first to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.?
32. What President was the son of another President?
33. What President was the first to visit China while in office?
34. What President was elected to the Confederate Congress?
35. What President was the only one to campaign for election without a vice- presidential running mate?
36. What President was the oldest to be elected Chief Executive?
37. What President was the only person to serve as both President and Vice-President without having been elected to either office?
38. What President helped firefighters as they tried to control a blaze in the capital?
39. What President was the first to travel out of the country in wartime?
40. What president was the first to grant a reporter a formal interview?
41. What President went to Russia at age 14 as private secretary to the first American diplomat there?
42. What President was the only one to have served as Speaker of the House of Representatives?
43. What President was the first elected by the Republican Party?
44. What President was the first nominated by a national political convention?
45. What President was the last to ride to his inauguration in a horse-drawn carriage?
46. What President invented the swivel chair and dumbwaiter?
47. What President had the most children?
48. What President lived longest?
49. What President was the first whose mother attended his inauguration?
50. What President was the first to ride a train while in office?
51. What President devised the American money system of dollars and cents?
52. What President was the first to visit a foreign country while in office?
53. What President wore an artificial jaw made of rubber?
54. What President was the first West Point graduate to become chief Executive?
55. What President was the largest?
56. What President was the first Vice-President to gain office due to the death of a Chief Executive?
57. What President was the only one sworn in on an airplane?
58. What President served the longest?
59. What President never lost a battle in 40 years as a soldier?
60. What President was the only one to resign?
61. What President, as a Southern senator, refused to leave the Union with his state during the Civil War?
62. What President held the first regular presidential press conference?
63. What President in his early career served as a secretary of state and secretary of war at the same time?
64. What President was the father of the only child of a President to be born in the White House?
65. What President introduced the custom of Easter egg rolling by children on the White House lawn?
66. What President has a toy named after him?
67. What President was the only one to serve two nonconsecutive terms?
68. What President was the only one also to serve as Chief Justice of the United States?
69. What President was the first to die in office?
70. What President was the first one born after the adoption of the constitution?
71. What President was the only Chief Executive to serve in the Senate after leaving the White House?
72. What President is the only one buried in Washington D.C.?
73. What President lost an election even though he received more electoral votes than his opponent?
74. What President ran for office three times but won only the first time?
75. What President was the first to visit Canada and Alaska?
76. What President was the first American to receive the Nobel prize for peace?
77. What incumbent President suffered the worst defeat ever in seeking re-election as Chief Executive?
78. What president had the same opponent politically and romantically?
79. What President received the greatest number of electoral votes?
80. What President was the last to run without an opponent?
81. What President served as brigadier general under the person he later defeated for the presidency?
82. What President was the only one formally inaugurated in two cities?
83. What Presidents were assassinated?
84. What two Presidents in retirement died on the same day?
85. What two Presidents died in the White House?
86. What two Presidents were the first presidential nominees to debate each other on television?
87. What Presidents are buried in Arlington National Cemetery?
88. What two Presidents lived to be 90?
89. What Presidents signed the Constitution?
90. What President never went to school?
ANSWERS
1. Coolidge. His father, a notary public, swore him in when Harding died.
2. Lincoln, in 1865
3. Ford, when Agnew resigned in 1973
4. F. Roosevelt, in 1939
5. Taylor, in 1848
6. Polk
7. L. Johnson, by Judge Sarah T. Hughes
8. Tyler, 1841-1845
9. Harding, in 1920
10. Kennedy, at age 46
11. W.H. Harrison: 30 days
12. Jackson, 1830's
13. Van Buren
14. Truman
15. Wilson, in 1918
16. During the Civil War, McKinley served under Hayes, the regimental commander.
17. Hoover
18. Eisenhower
19. Buchanan
20. Arthur
21. Nixon
22. Taft, in 1910
23. J. Adams
24. Cleveland
25. Hayes, in the election of 1876
26. T. Roosevelt. At 42, he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated.
27. Wilson, in 1919
28. Jefferson
29. B. Harrison, grandson of W.H. Harrison
30. Carter
31. Jefferson, in 1801
32. J.Q. Adams, son of J. Adams
33. Nixon
34. Tyler, after serving as Chief Executive before the Civil War
35. Van Buren, in 1840
36. Reagan, at age 69
37. Ford
38. Fillmore, when the Library of Congress burned in 1851
39. F. Roosevelt, during World War II
40. A. Johnson, 1865-1869
41. J.Q. Adams, with Francis Dana
42. Polk
43. Lincoln
44. Jackson
45. Wilson
46. Jefferson
47. Tyler, with 15 by two wives
48. J. Adams, who died at the age of 90
49. Garfield
50. Jackson, in 1833
51. Jefferson
52. T. Roosevelt, to Panama in 1906
53. Cleveland, because of an operation for mouth cancer
54. Grant
55. Taft, at 6 feet (180 centimeters) tall and over 300 pounds (136 Kilograms)
56. Tyler, when W.H. Harrison died in 1841
57. L. Johnson, on the ground in Dallas after Kennedy was assassinated
58. F. Roosevelt. Elected four times, he served 12 years, 1 month, and 8 days
59. Taylor, known by his troops as "Old Rough and Ready"
60. Nixon
61. A. Johnson
62. Wilson
63. Monroe, under Madison during the War of 1812
64. Cleveland. The child was Esther, born in 1893.
65. Hayes, with his wife Lucy
66. T. Roosevelt. The toy is the teddy bear.
67. Cleveland, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897
68. Taft
69. W.H. Harrison
70. Tyler, 1841-1845
71. A. Johnson
72. Wilson
73. Jackson. In 1824, he received more, but not the majority, of electoral votes over J.Q. Adams. The House of Representatives named Adams President.
74. Van Buren
75. Harding, 1921-1923
76. T. Roosevelt
77. Taft
78. Lincoln. He and Stephen Douglas, his rival in debate and the Northern Democrat who was one of his opponents in the 1860 election, both courted Mary Todd, who became Mrs. Lincoln in 1842.
79. F. Roosevelt, with 523 in 1936
80. Monroe, in 1820
81. Pierce, under General Winfield Scott during the Mexican War
82. Washington, first in New York City and then in Philadelphia, the nation's first two capitals under the Constitution
83. Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy
84. J. Adams and Jefferson, on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence
85. W.H. Harrison and Taylor
86. Kennedy and Nixon
87. Taft and Kennedy
88. J. Adams and Hoover
89. Washington and Madison
90. A. Johnson
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