Presidential Trivia

[J. J.]

All I could find (in addition to TR)

George Washington
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush
Calvin Coolidge

I couldn't even find that, but GWB is related to Franklin Pierce, so you could add that one.

I'd suspect the Harrisons.

[J. J.]

How many Presidents have served as diplomats?

Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Van Buren, Buchanan, Bush I.

Arguably Taft, Eisenhower, and Reagan had at quasi-diplomatic posts.

[J. J.]

How many Presidents have served as diplomats?

Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Van Buren, Buchanan, Bush I.

Arguably Taft, Eisenhower, and Reagan had at quasi-diplomatic posts.

Wasn't Adams II ambassador to Russia?

He might have been Secretary of State too; my bad.

[J. J.]

Thomas Jefferson wrote this while Vice President; it is still used today though it doubtful Jefferson ever used it after he was President.  What is it, what was its intended use when written, and where is it used today (principally)?

[J. J.]

Thomas Jefferson wrote this while Vice President; it is still used today though it doubtful Jefferson ever used it after he was President.  What is it, what was its intended use when written, and where is it used today (principally)?

1)"The wall of separation between church and state"
2) intended to mean that the government should not get involved in church issues
3) now, misinterpreted to mean that anything any government official/employee does that acknowledges a god (generally only applied to Christians) violates this "wall"; most people believe this to be part of the first amendment

Wrong.  He wrote "The wall of separation between church and state" in 1802, after he was President.

[J. J.]

Thomas Jefferson wrote this while Vice President; it is still used today though it doubtful Jefferson ever used it after he was President.  What is it, what was its intended use when written, and where is it used today (principally)?

Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States which is principally used by the House of Representatives these days.

Very good, it is still the basis for US House Rules.

[J. J.]

Filmore?

[J. J.]

Filmore?

As far as I can tell, yes.  Considering the inconvenience of travel until the development of steamships, that's no great surprise.  So unless Van Buren made a brief trip into Upper Canada from New York, I believe that Filmore is the answer.

Tyler was President before Filmore, and Tyler lived and died in the Confederate States, so, again, unless Van Buren went to Canada, Tyler would be the first President to travel outside of the US after serving as President.

And in theory, it was never a foreign country.

[J. J.]

Add the last two names to this list:

Sargent
Frederick
Anne
Millard

[J. J.]

Add the last two names to this list:

Sargent
Frederick
Anne
Millard

What is this a list of?

That is what you have to guess.

[J. J.]

I think we have to figure that out.  I'm thinking it's probably something to do with Vice-Presidential candidates.

Sargent is Sargent Shriver.

Frederick is Frederick Douglass.

Anne I don't know.

And Millard is Millard Fillmore.

You are wrong on two out of the three. 

[J. J.]

Actually, I just wanted the last two names on the list, or:

Joseph Isadore Lieberman
John Reid Edwards

Note that Walter Frederick Mondale was elected Vice President.

[J. J.]

In spite of personal differences what recreation was shared between Washington, Jefferson and Adams?

My guesses would be dancing and playing cards.

[J. J.]

In spite of personal differences what recreation was shared between Washington, Jefferson and Adams?

My guesses would be dancing and playing cards.

In spite of personal differences what recreation was shared between Washington, Jefferson and Adams?

The opera?

Nope, think more.... juvenile.

Washington shot pool (billiards).

[J. J.]

Bringing Richard Henry Lee into this seems a bit unfair.

Which Presidents have also served as the senior officer of one of the Armed Forces?

Define "senior officer?"

[J. J.]

Bringing Richard Henry Lee into this seems a bit unfair.

Which Presidents have also served as the senior officer of one of the Armed Forces?

Washington, Harrison, Grant, and Eisenhower.

If you are defining the senior most officer Harrison was not.  If you are talking about being the ranking officer in a branch, Eisenhower was not.

[J. J.]

Filmore served in NY militia during the Civil War didn't he?

What element is common to the marriages of Washington, Madison and Wilson?

... pretty easy one.

Married widows?

[J. J.]

What Federal Career Program did Bill Clinton create with an Executive Order in August of 2000?

Job corp?

[J. J.]

What was the name of U.S. Grant's war-time horse?

Cincinnati

[J. J.]

I'll ask a question since J.J. forgot to:

Who was the first president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game?

Taft?

This then living president was "seen" in the Star Trek, the Original Series.  Who was it?

[J. J.]

What was the name of U.S. Grant's war-time horse?

Cincinnati

incorrect

Actually, for Ulysses S Grant during the Civil War, that is one correct answer, though he had several horses, including one named Jeff Davis.  Cincinnati was the main horse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_(horse)

[J. J.]

I'll ask a question since J.J. forgot to:

Who was the first president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game?

Taft?

This then living president was "seen" in the Star Trek, the Original Series.  Who was it?

Eisenhower?

Correct.  In the first pilot, "The Cage," which was later re-edited into "The Menagerie," Eisenhower's sketch appears on a view screen while Spock is searching the library computer.

[J. J.]

I'll ask a question since J.J. forgot to:

Who was the first president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game?

Taft?

This then living president was "seen" in the Star Trek, the Original Series.  Who was it?

Eisenhower?

Correct.  In the first pilot, "The Cage," which was later re-edited into "The Menagerie," Eisenhower's sketch appears on a view screen while Spock is searching the library computer.

I would have guessed he appeared in the World War II footage during "The City on the Edge of Forever" which I believe did show FDR (He was at least mentioned)

FDR was not a "then living" president, but you are correct.  Lincoln appeared on one episode, "The Savage Curtain."  IIRC, a sketch of JFK also appeared, but he was dead at that point.

[J. J.]

I also would have accepted LBJ.

[J. J.]

In what movie did Ronald Reagan play "The Gipper"?

Knute Rockne, All American