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« on: June 15, 2010, 05:53:21 AM »
Quote from: The Prince on June 07, 2010, 05:13:34 PM
Which U.S. President did not have enough money to go to his own inauguration, causing him to borrow the money from his neighbour?

Washington.


Who took the oath early?
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« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2010, 05:26:41 AM »
Quote from: The Prince on June 07, 2010, 04:55:39 PM
Quote from: yougo1000 on May 19, 2010, 08:31:23 AM
How many uS Secretaries became President.

2. Taft (in 1908) and Hoover (in 1928)

You're off by at least six.
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« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2010, 05:34:58 AM »
Quote from: Barnes on June 17, 2010, 10:27:48 PM
I can only think of George W. Bush. Who else? Wink

I know that Grant was the first.  Kennedy's were the first to both actually attend the inauguration.  Beyond those three, I have no idea.
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« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2010, 03:54:47 AM »
Quote from: Dean of the Mideast Assembly Ben on June 18, 2010, 07:07:51 PM
Quote from: The Prince on June 18, 2010, 07:02:50 PM
I thought he meant incumbent Secretaries, not former Secretaries.

Madison (1808) and Monroe (1816) and Adams (1824).

Jefferson, Van Buren, and Buchanan are the other three, though they weren't incumbents, obviamente.
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2010, 03:42:57 AM »
Hospers.

Who was the only president to walk both to and from his inauguration?
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2010, 01:58:01 AM »
No to Carter, Washington, and Adams.

You guys want a not-so-helpful hint?
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2010, 01:22:01 AM »
Anybody?
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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2010, 01:30:59 AM »

He spent the night before the inauguration at a boarding house.
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« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2010, 01:53:59 AM »
Hmm...my hint was too helpful after all.  Sad
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« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2010, 02:02:02 AM »
Really?  I seem to remember him saying that it was not catching bin Laden.
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« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2010, 02:32:11 AM »
Kennedy and all of the presidents before Eisenhower.

As for the living former presidents, I know that Bush 41 will be buried behind his library.  Not sure about the others.
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2010, 05:54:28 AM »
Quote from: RosettaStoned on July 10, 2010, 12:55:31 AM
Who was the first President to wear contact lenses?

Reagan.



Who was the first president to meet the Queen of England?
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« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2010, 01:47:24 AM »
Quote from: That Guy on July 10, 2010, 01:31:31 PM
Wait, the current Queen or just the Queen in general?

If the former, FDR or Truman (she met FDR before she became queen, Truman after.)

Any Queen.
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« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2010, 01:56:47 AM »
Quote from: RosettaStoned on July 11, 2010, 05:22:30 PM
Quote from: Magic 8-Ball on July 10, 2010, 05:54:28 AM
Quote from: RosettaStoned on July 10, 2010, 12:55:31 AM
Who was the first President to wear contact lenses?

Reagan.



Who was the first president to meet the Queen of England?

Wrong.

As President, it was Johnson, but the first man to become President who wore contact lenses was Reagan, who started shortly after they went on the market.
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« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2010, 04:11:14 AM »
Quote from: WillK on July 12, 2010, 08:27:56 AM
Quote from: Magic 8-Ball on July 11, 2010, 01:47:24 AM
Quote from: That Guy on July 10, 2010, 01:31:31 PM
Wait, the current Queen or just the Queen in general?

If the former, FDR or Truman (she met FDR before she became queen, Truman after.)

Any Queen.

Probably John Adams while he was ambassador to England. 

Good guess, but no.
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« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2010, 03:20:13 AM »
Quote from: the sweetness of chai and the palliative effects of facts on July 13, 2010, 06:12:42 AM
Quote from: Magic 8-Ball on July 12, 2010, 01:56:47 AM
Quote from: RosettaStoned on July 11, 2010, 05:22:30 PM
Quote from: Magic 8-Ball on July 10, 2010, 05:54:28 AM
Quote from: RosettaStoned on July 10, 2010, 12:55:31 AM
Who was the first President to wear contact lenses?

Reagan.



Who was the first president to meet the Queen of England?

Wrong.

As President, it was Johnson, but the first man to become President who wore contact lenses was Reagan, who started shortly after they went on the market.
Unlikely: "In 1887, the German ophthalmologist Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick constructed and fitted the first successful contact lens."

I think the reference was probably about a specific type of contact lens - most likely corneal lens which became commercially available in 1949 and were a major breakthrough in wearer comfort.

Meh, glass contacts don't count. Tongue
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