# Trivia question: U.S. Presidents **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 28, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396 "2012-05-28T23:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/21 "2012-05-29T14:58:29Z")
Andrew Johnson served briefly in the US Senate, before his death. Many of the same Senators were still serving, who had sat in judgment during Johnson’s impeachment trial. They say Taft was happier as CJ than as President. His “poor poor pitiful me” attitude as President, after Roosevelt turned against him, was a little bit pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/22 "2012-05-29T15:11:13Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Andrew Johnson served briefly in the US Senate, before his death. Yeah, that’s it. > [@](#): > > They say Taft was happier as CJ than as President. His “poor poor pitiful me” attitude as President, after Roosevelt turned against him, was a little bit pathetic. Roosevelt served McKinley’s 1st term, then elected, but refused another and supported Taft. When TR wanted to run again in 1912, they fought and it split the party and handed the Presidency to Wilson. True, Taft never really liked the office that much and enjoyed his lifelong dream of serving as CJ better, nominated by Harding, another Ohio born Pres. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/23 "2012-05-29T17:34:08Z")
> [@lawbuff](#): > > …[Theodore] Roosevelt served McKinley’s 1st term, then elected, but refused another and supported Taft… TR served the balance of McKinley’s _second_ term (Sept. 1901-March 1905). I’ve always been interested in the Presidency. Some more trivia questions for you: Who’s the only man to be elected directly to the Presidency from the House of Representatives? Who’s the only ambidextrous President who could write Greek and Latin _simultaneously_? Who was shot in the presence of the Secretary of State? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/24 "2012-05-29T18:07:44Z")
1. Hayes (?) 2. Garfield 3. Mckinley ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/25 "2012-05-29T18:15:57Z")
Who had a secretary named Lincoln? Who had a secretary named Kennedy? 😃 mmm ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/26 "2012-05-29T19:02:25Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 1. Hayes (?) > 2. Garfield > 3. Mckinley 1. No 2. Yes 3. No As for Kennedy/Lincoln, that’s been around for awhile, and is false. See about halfway down here: [Are These 'Coincidences' Linking Lincoln to Kennedy Real? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/27 "2012-05-29T20:07:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > As for Kennedy/Lincoln, that’s been around for awhile, and is false. See about halfway down here: [Are These 'Coincidences' Linking Lincoln to Kennedy Real? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp) I guess I should have used :D:D instead of just :D. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/28 "2012-05-29T20:16:11Z")
I gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/29 "2012-05-29T20:26:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > TR served the balance of McKinley’s _second_ term (Sept. 1901-March 1905). Yes, sorry meant 2nd term. > [@](#): > > I’ve always been interested in the Presidency. Some more trivia questions for you: > > Who’s the only man to be elected directly to the Presidency from the House of Representatives? That would be another Ohio native, Garfield. I have also toured his home, Lawnfield, in Mentor on US Route 20. He is buried in Cleveland, in the basement crypt of the visitor center at Lakeview Cemetery. > [@](#): > > Who’s the only ambidextrous President who could write Greek and Latin simultaneously? Without looking I believe Garfield taught the languages, but I don’t know about being able to write with both hands. > [@](#): > > Who was shot in the presence of the Secretary of State? Reagan? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/30 "2012-05-29T20:31:35Z")
Yes, the ambidextrous (and multitalented) President was Garfield. The answer to the last question is not Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/31 "2012-05-29T20:39:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, the ambidextrous (and multitalented) President was Garfield. > > The answer to the last question is not Reagan. Hmm, not that many shot? McKinley in Buffalo? ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/32 "2012-05-29T20:49:25Z")
My final guess, I will say Garfield, as he was shot outside DC in the train station, but not sure? ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/33 "2012-05-29T20:52:55Z")
EL, how many President’s born in Ohio are NOT buried in Ohio? ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/34 "2012-05-29T20:57:02Z")
No peeking! The National First Ladies Museum is in the former home of what 1st Lady, this home was before she married? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/35 "2012-05-29T21:02:49Z")
No Peking! Who was the first President to visit China as President? ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/36 "2012-05-29T21:04:50Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > No Peking! Who was the first President to visit China as President? That one is easy, NIXON! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/37 "2012-05-29T21:18:02Z")
> [@lawbuff](#): > > No peeking! The National First Ladies Museum is in the former home of what 1st Lady, this home was before she married? Lucy Hayes ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/38 "2012-05-29T21:29:31Z")
One of my favorite presidential factoids is that for a few days, we had a sitting President married to a sitting Senator. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/39 "2012-05-30T03:45:35Z")
> [@lawbuff](#): > > My final guess, I will say Garfield, as he was shot outside DC in the train station, but not sure? Correct. All three of my questions had one answer: Garfield. Some more questions for you: - Don’t look: How many stars on the President’s flag, in all? - Don’t look: How many stars on the Vice President’s flag, in all? - What President phoned birthday greetings to what other President’s former VP just before the phoning President died? - Who was that VP? - What President was wearing the wrong shoes during a very important speech? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396/40 "2012-05-30T04:07:54Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > O.K., easy one(s): > > After completing his term in office, which president: > > 1. Served as a member of Congress? Besides John Quincy Adams, there was also John Tyler - sort of. He was a representative the Provisional Confederate Congress and was subsequently elected to the Confederate House of Representatives (but died before being sworn in). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-u-s-presidents/623396.md?page=3)