A non-quiz quiz - Presidential

[conlor]

MORE PRESIDENTIAL NAME-CALLING

1. In a recent quiz, we noted those U.S. presidents whose first and last names had the same initials, such as Herbert Hoover's two names beginning with an "H." Tucson, Ariz., Answer Man-er Kacie Murphy notes that Woodrow Wilson's first name is not Woodrow. Woodrow was what he used as a first name, but it was his middle name. What was Wilson's original first name?

2. Another president with the same first and last name initials used his middle name as his first name. What was Calvin Coolidge's actual first name?

3. Upon leaving the White House when his presidential term had ended, as what rank did Dwight Eisenhower request to be addressed?

4. Name the other president who preferred being referred to as general rather than president upon leaving the chief executive position.

5. What U.S. president was born on the 96th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

6. Who was Lou Henry Hoover?

7. What future presidential relative was Sarah Jane Fulks?

8. Who was the first U.S. president who had a middle name?

9. Which president had a middle name that was a single letter?

10. How many of the eight U.S. presidents who were born as British subjects can you name? For Bragging Rights, name the first president who was not born a British subject.


ANSWERS:


1. Wilson's original first name was Thomas.

2. Coolidge's given name was John Calvin Coolidge.

3. Ike requested congressional return of his five-star general rank in order to be addressed as general. Thanks to Charleston, S.C., Answer Man-er Lt. Col. Frank Thompson (USAF-ret.), a historian, for this question.

4. George Washington asked people to call him General Washington rather than President Washington when he left the chief executive slot.

5. Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4th, 1872.

6. Lou Henry Hoover was Herbert Hoover's wife. Henry was her family name.

7. Sarah Jane Fulks was Ronald Reagan's pre-presidential-term wife, actress Jane Wyman. They were divorced almost four decades before he was elected president.

8. John Quincy Adams, our sixth president, was the first chief executive to have a middle name.

9. Harry Truman had a middle name that was only the letter "S." Just in recent years have most mentions of his middle name included a period. It used to be "Harry S Truman," but is now written in almost all mentions as "Harry S. Truman."

10. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison were born British. Martin Van Buren was the first president born as an American citizen.

[Snowden]

Intresting. I don't think I knew any of the answers!

[conlor]

I did know that about Harry S Truman. Number 3 was easy to guess.

[Snowden]

Well, essentially, I did know about Eisenhower - I remember that. I also knew that John Quincy Adams was the first of our presidents to have three names. And a couple others I remembered after seeing the answers.

But I didn't come up with any right answers. I'll plead exhaustion!

[conlor]

Sound good to me. LOL. For some reason, I was surprised that the first few presidents weren't born here. It's only logical.

[Snowden]

Originally Posted by conlor

Sound good to me. LOL. For some reason, I was surprised that the first few presidents weren't born here. It's only logical.

Well, we'd been self-governed to a great extent for some time, so it was possible that some of them could have been born here.

[conlor]

Born here, but under British rule?