# U.S. History trivia quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 26, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091 "2007-10-26T12:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/281 "2007-10-30T15:29:44Z")
1. Voorhes? Voorhis? Vorhis? Something like that. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/282 "2007-10-30T15:37:42Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] Hoover? [/QUOTE] Yes, 1933-1964 [QUOTE=Zsofia] 139. Voorhes? Voorhis? Vorhis? Something like that. [/QUOTE] Yes, Jerry Voorhis ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/283 "2007-10-30T15:41:26Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Yes, 1933-1964 [/QUOTE] ::checks calendar:: Hmm. Jimmy Carter may have a shot at that record. January will make it 27 years. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/284 "2007-10-30T15:44:37Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 136. George Washington first used the presidential pardon for individuals involved in what? **Whiskey Rebellion** 137. This Attorney General oversaw notorious roundups of suspected radicals and anarchists in the late 1910s. **Palmer. . . can’t remember his first name though. Oh yeah Alberto Gonzalez Palmer** … [/QUOTE] Correct as to both. I believe Palmer’s first name was William. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/285 "2007-10-30T15:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] … 140. Where was the famous, or infamous Dred Scott Decision handed down?.. [/QUOTE] In the Supreme Court chamber of the U.S. Capitol (the Court didn’t get its own building until the 1930s, IIRC). ---
**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:** [October 30, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/286 "2007-10-30T15:49:51Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] We have a winner! Here is [Robert Lincoln’s account.](http://www.historynet.com/magazines/civil_war_times/3033971.html) [/quote] Interesting account. To avoid temptation in formulating additional questions, though, please don’t provide links in this thread. Thanks! Looks like Leonardo diCaprio could play a young RTL in the upcoming Spielberg movie, though. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/287 "2007-10-30T15:58:32Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] In the Supreme Court chamber of the U.S. Capitol (the Court didn’t get its own building until the 1930s, IIRC). [/QUOTE] Nope. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/288 "2007-10-30T16:23:27Z")
Ok i got one right yahoo!!! Can I ask one now? ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/289 "2007-10-30T16:29:06Z")
Knock yourself out, let’s keep the thread going! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/290 "2007-10-30T16:50:46Z")
Easy-peasy ones for you then: 144. Which “nearly there” astronaut shares his name with a hero of the Irish War of Independence? 1. Which is the third largest state in the Union? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/291 "2007-10-30T17:02:21Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] 1. Which is the third largest state in the Union? [/QUOTE] California? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/292 "2007-10-30T17:04:28Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] California? [/QUOTE] Correct! **Kidchameleon**! ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/293 "2007-10-30T17:29:59Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] 1. Which “nearly there” astronaut shares his name with a hero of the Irish War of Independence? [/QUOTE] This would be Michael Collins. Or Liam Neeson. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/294 "2007-10-30T17:31:19Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Yes, 1933-1964 [/QUOTE] Wait a minute! I thought Ford beat Hoover’s record as the longest-living ex-president shortly before he died??? ---
**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:** [October 30, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/295 "2007-10-30T17:33:59Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Wait a minute! I thought Ford beat Hoover’s record as the longest-living ex-president shortly before he died??? [/QUOTE] The distinction is between (1) the ex-President who lived the longest, from birth to death, as opposed to (2) the ex-President who lived the longest after leaving the White House. Ford won the first title, Hoover the second, I believe. Yes? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/296 "2007-10-30T17:35:19Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Wait a minute! I thought Ford beat Hoover’s record as the longest-living ex-president shortly before he died??? [/QUOTE] Ford was the oldest, beating Reagan. 1933-1964 was Hoover’s term as ex-pres, compared to 1977-2006 for Ford. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/297 "2007-10-30T17:36:37Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Wait a minute! I thought Ford beat Hoover’s record as the longest-living ex-president shortly before he died??? [/QUOTE] IIRC broke Reagan’s record of oldest President, but Ford was ex-Prez from 1977-2007. Hoover was ex-Prez from 1933-1964. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/298 "2007-10-30T17:37:45Z")
The president who lived the longest from birth to death was Ronald Reagan. He beat the long-time record held by John Adams. In fact, until Reagan, Adams was the only president to have made it to age 90. For years, Hoover held the record as longest-living ex-president. As per the rules, I have not looked it up, but I’m certain that Ford beat him. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/299 "2007-10-30T17:39:33Z")
Ah, okay, so Ford did not beat Hoover but came awfully close. But Reagan was the longest lived in absolute terms. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/300 "2007-10-30T18:13:24Z")
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