JFK's Fun Fact Filled Quiz

[JohnFKennedy]

Let the questions begin!

1 point for the first person to buzz in with the correct answer.

All official questions will be posed by me, any other questions will not count for points.

No googling for answers is allowed, some questions will be easy and some will be hard. Let the questioning BEGIN!


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In the past one hundred and fifty years, one man has run for President for one of the major parties, three times and never been President of the Unted States of America. Can you name that man?

[JohnFKennedy]

Correct! In 1896, 1900 and 1908 in fact.

1 point to PBrunsel.

Next question (btw these aren't all American questions )

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Who was the leader of the Labour party who became the UK Prime Minister during the Yalta Conference after his party took control of the House of Commons away from the Conservatives and thus deposing Winston Churchill?

(HINT: 1945)

[JohnFKennedy]

Clement Atlee?

*ding* Correct!

Tigerfan04 gets the point.

Scores are:

PBrunsel: 1
Tigerfan04: 1

Only the first to answer receives the points guys!

Next question (an obscure one in my opinion)

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What was the minimum wage when Kennedy came to power before he instigated a rise under the New Frontier?

[JohnFKennedy]

*beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

By the way, just to let you know, you have 1 guess each for each question.

By the way, it is spelt Attlee not Atlee

[JohnFKennedy]

50 cents.

*beep* Incorrect.

BTW, I assure you all that I am asking you questions that I know the answer to and not looking for obscure questions online.

[JohnFKennedy]

.25

*beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

1.15

*Beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

1.25

*beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

$1.07

*Beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

$.95

*Beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

I'm guessing $1.

*Ding* Correct! Well Done Beet! BTW, Mr Fresh, $1.25 was the Minimum Wage after Kennedy raised it as part of his New Frontier Programme, under Johnson's Great Society it was raised further to $1.40.

Scores:

PBrunsel: 1
Tigerfan04: 1
Senator Beet: 1

Next question:

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In which city in 1960 did four black students stage a sit-in protest in a Woolworths?

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and, as I have a particularly obscure question in mind, for a bonus 5 points!!!

In which year did the last officially unemployed person in the U.S.S.R. find work?

[JohnFKennedy]

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Greensboro, NC

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LOL, this is probably sometime during the Stalin-Trotsky power struggle, so I'll say 1927

*Ding* Correct on the Protest, it was, in fact, in Greensboro, NC. However, 1927 is not the correct answer.

Scores:

Senator Beet: 2
PBrunsel: 1
Tigerfan04: 1

The bonus question still stands:

In which year did the last officially unemployed person in the U.S.S.R. find work?

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Next question:

Which Doctrine was adopted as Soviet Foreign Policy following the Prague Springs?

Worth 1 point.

[JohnFKennedy]

Potentially many, but... Brezhnev doctrine?

Correct again Mr. Beet

Scores:

Senator Beet: 3
PBrunsel: 1
Tigerfan04: 1

New Question.


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In which years were Start 1 and Start 2 ratified?

Start = Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Your answer will obviously include two different years.

[JohnFKennedy]

The bonus question still stands:

In which year did the last officially unemployed person in the U.S.S.R. find work?

1991?

*Beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

1991 and 1993?

*Ding* Correct.

Scores:

Senator Beet: 4
PBrunsel: 1
TigerFan04: 1

The next question will come tomorrow as I am off to bed but you guys should still keep guessing on my bonus question. If anyone gets it they will instantly take the lead.

[JohnFKennedy]

Bonus question- 1988

*Beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

Bonus Question-1942

*Beep* Incorrect.

[JohnFKennedy]

1990

[JohnFKennedy]

1990

*Beep* Incorrect.

New regular question:

Who wrote the classical poem entitled "Spring and Thoughts of Mortality"?

[JohnFKennedy]

1990

Or to be presice
*Beep* Incorrect.

New regular question:

Who wrote the classical poem entitled "Spring and Thoughts of Mortality"?

Horace

or his real name: Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.)

*Ding* Correct.

Scores:

Senator Beet: 4
PBrunsel: 1
Tigerfan04: 1
Jens: 1

Here is a language question:

What is the formal ending to a letter in French?

[JohnFKennedy]

Senator Beet: 40

Did he get extra points

 - 5 years of french and I have no idea other that "mille amitiés" but that is too friendly, I think - Vive la France!!!

Yes he did for being a UAC'er in the Fantasy Forums . Typo .

*Beep* That is incorrect, it would be acceptable in a letter to a friend or a penpal but by a formal letter I mean something such as having to write a letter of application for a job.

I have studied 5 years of French also, just had my French Writing GCSE today and now I will be learning French no more!

[JohnFKennedy]

Senator Beet: 40

Did he get extra points

 - 5 years of french and I have no idea other that "mille amitiés" but that is too friendly, I think - Vive la France!!!

Yes he did for being a UAC'er in the Fantasy Forums . Typo .

*Beep* That is incorrect, it would be acceptable in a letter to a friend or a penpal but by a formal letter I mean something such as having to write a letter of application for a job.

I have studied 5 years of French also, just had my French Writing GCSE today and now I will be learning French no more!

Good luck. It has been 9 years since I had to take such an exam!! That is my excuse (off topic. What would you use in Britain? and USA?)

In Britain the tradition is to write Yours Sincerely if you are addressing someone you know or know the name of and Yours Faithfully if you don't know them or their name.

Generally the name part isn't used and it is just Yours Sincerely to those you know and Yours Faithfully to those you don't.

Subjects I never have to study again
Latin
English
French
I.C.T (Computing)
Chemistry
Biology
Physics (after next Tuesday that is)

Subjects I am continuing with:
History
Maths

Subjects I am taking up:
Politics
Economics

[JohnFKennedy]

I'm more of a presidential historian. I can tell you things about Franklin Pierce few others could. It's just my hobby.

Well, this isn't just about the Presidency . It is more general knowledge.

[JohnFKennedy]

Can you just give us the answer to the bonus question?

Or at least let us guess again?

BTW, for the french letter:

"ma sincere reconnaissance et a mes sentiments distingues,

(Name)"

obviously there ae little lines aboe certain letters, but you get the point. Sometimes, you add "Ameties" before the name.

That isn't the ending I use but it is correct I believe so

*Ding* Correct

The ending that I personally use is:

Je vois prie d'agréer Monsieur/Madame à l'expression de mes sentiments les plus distingués.

The Standings:

Beet: 4
PBrunsel: 1
Tigerfan04: 1
Jens: 1
Hughento: 1

The correct answer to my bonus question is 1932. No one guessed correctly although some were close.


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New Question:

What was the Senate Vote on the Censuring of Senator Joseph McCarthy in Decemmber 1953. I need both for and against the censure, e.g. 82-7.

HINT: Total Votes cast for and against is 89.