Presidential Trivia

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Fascinating facts, figures, and foibles of the forty-two
U.S. presidents and their first ladies
Do you know.„
Which president could simultaneously write in Greek with one hand
and in Latin with the other?
As a young law student, what president broke into the dean's office at
Duke University Law School?
Which president, at age seventeen, underwent a gall bladder operation
without anesthesia?
?
^^ Who was the first president to be born in the twentieth century?
^fc What was Bill Clinton's name at birth?
^^ When finding himself short of funds during poker games, President
Warren G. Harding sometimes used what White House items with
which to ante?
^^ Which president became stuck in a White House bathtub?
^JT In the May 1995 issue of Outlaw Biker magazine, who was selected as
"First Lady of the Century"?
Early morning skinny-dipping in the Potomac River was a frequent
activity of which president?
^fc Who became president of the United States without having been... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Fascinating facts, figures, and foibles of the forty-two
U.S. presidents and their first ladies
Do you know.„
Which president could simultaneously write in Greek with one hand
and in Latin with the other?
As a young law student, what president broke into the dean's office at
Duke University Law School?
Which president, at age seventeen, underwent a gall bladder operation
without anesthesia?
?
^^ Who was the first president to be born in the twentieth century?
^fc What was Bill Clinton's name at birth?
^^ When finding himself short of funds during poker games, President
Warren G. Harding sometimes used what White House items with
which to ante?
^^ Which president became stuck in a White House bathtub?
^JT In the May 1995 issue of Outlaw Biker magazine, who was selected as
"First Lady of the Century"?
Early morning skinny-dipping in the Potomac River was a frequent
activity of which president?
^fc Who became president of the United States without having been
elected as president or vice president?
In Presidential Trivia more than 1,200 unusual, interest-
ing, and little-known facts are assembled in a volume *
that will tantalize the mind and teach history. It's a *
handy guide offering more than 200 years of facts *
about those who have served in the position that is *
today the most influential one in world politics. *
Presidential Trivia will encourage readers to learn \
more about each of the fascinating individuals who
have served as president of the United States of America.


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Answers: James A. Garfield; Richard Nixon; James K. Polk; John F. Kennedy;
William Jefferson Blythe; pieces of fine china; William H. Taft, who weighed more
than 300 pounds; Barbara Bush; John Quincy Adams; Gerald Ford. Vissza