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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 14 07:57PM +0100

> ** Game 1, Round 9 - History - US Presidential Trivia
 
> 1. Who """has been""" the only president to serve two
> non-consecutive terms?
 
Teddy Roosevelt

> 2. Who """is""" the oldest person to be elected president?
 
Biden

> 3. Who was the first president born outside the area that is now
> the contiguous United States?
 
Obama

> 4. Who """has been""" the only person unanimously elected president
> by the Electoral College?
 
Washington

> 5. Before the 12th Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the
> vice-president determined?
 
Second in the vote

> 6. Which president signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?
 
Jackson

> 7. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to
> the Supreme Court?
 
Carter

> 8. Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
 
Wilson

> 10. By what name is the commission established to investigate John
> F. Kennedy's assassination known?
 
Warren

> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round
 
> A2. In what year was the """most recent""" territory in Canada
> formed?
 
1999
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 14 12:08PM -0800

On 12/13/21 10:23 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> make it clear which one you mean.
 
> 1. Who """has been""" the only president to serve two
> non-consecutive terms?
 
Grover Cleveland
 
 
> 2. Who """is""" the oldest person to be elected president?
 
Joe Biden
 
 
> 3. Who was the first president born outside the area that is now
> the contiguous United States?
 
Obama
 
 
> 4. Who """has been""" the only person unanimously elected president
> by the Electoral College?
 
Washington
 
 
> 5. Before the 12th Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the
> vice-president determined?
 
runner up in the Electoral College vote
 
 
> 6. Which president signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?
 
Andrew Johnson
 
 
> 7. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to
> the Supreme Court?
 
Nixon
 
 
> 8. Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
 
T Roosevelt
 
> which president?
 
> 10. By what name is the commission established to investigate John
> F. Kennedy's assassination known?
 
Warren Commission
 
 
> A1. Canada's 15 highest mountains are all located in what
> *specific* mountain range? The answer """is""" also the
> name of the second-highest peak in that range.
 
Wrangle Range
 
 
> A2. In what year was the """most recent""" territory in Canada
> formed?
 
1998
 
 
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Dan Tilque
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 14 09:35PM


> ** Game 1, Round 9 - History - US Presidential Trivia
 
> 1. Who """has been""" the only president to serve two
> non-consecutive terms?
 
Cleveland
 
> 2. Who """is""" the oldest person to be elected president?
 
Biden
 
> 3. Who was the first president born outside the area that is now
> the contiguous United States?
 
Obama
 
> 4. Who """has been""" the only person unanimously elected president
> by the Electoral College?
 
Washington
 
> 5. Before the 12th Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the
> vice-president determined?
 
person with the second-most electoral votes
 
> 6. Which president signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?
 
Lincoln; Andrew Johnson
 
> 7. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to
> the Supreme Court?
 
Lyndon Johnson
 
> 8. Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
 
Theodore Roosevelt
 
> 9. Walt Whitman's poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" was written about
> which president?
 
Lincoln
 
> 10. By what name is the commission established to investigate John
> F. Kennedy's assassination known?
 
Warren Commission
 
 
> * A. Canadian Geography
 
> A2. In what year was the """most recent""" territory in Canada
> formed?
 
2014; 2010
 
> * B. Canadian History
 
> B1. Who led the M?tis in the rebellions at the Red River in
> 1870 and in the Northwest in 1885?
 
Louis Riel
 
> "House Party", which ran for 25 years on CBC TV and radio,
> and "People are Funny", which ran on NBC for 19 years.
> Name him.
 
Art Linkletter
 
> * F. Canadian Currency
 
> F1. In the 1986 Birds of Canada series of bills, on what
> denomination would you have found the American robins?
 
$5; $10
 
> F2. In the 1986 Birds of Canada series of bills, on what
> denomination would you have found the belted kingfisher?
 
$10; $20
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Dec 14 08:18PM -0600

Mark Brader wrote:
> make it clear which one you mean.
 
> 1. Who """has been""" the only president to serve two
> non-consecutive terms?
 
Cleveland
 
 
> 2. Who """is""" the oldest person to be elected president?
 
Reagan
 
 
> 3. Who was the first president born outside the area that is now
> the contiguous United States?
 
Washington
 
 
> 4. Who """has been""" the only person unanimously elected president
> by the Electoral College?
 
Washington
 
 
> 5. Before the 12th Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the
> vice-president determined?
 
Voted on by the Senate
 
 
> 6. Which president signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?
 
Andrew Johnson
 
 
> 7. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to
> the Supreme Court?
 
Eisenhower
 
 
> 8. Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
 
Obama
 
 
> 9. Walt Whitman's poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" was written about
> which president?
 
Kennedy
 
 
> 10. By what name is the commission established to investigate John
> F. Kennedy's assassination known?
 
Warren
 
 
> A1. Canada's 15 highest mountains are all located in what
> *specific* mountain range? The answer """is""" also the
> name of the second-highest peak in that range.
 
Athabascan
 
 
> * C. Canadian 2010 Olympic Gold Medalists
 
> C1. Name either member of the Canadian ice dance team that took
> gold in Vancouver.
 
Virtue
 
> denomination would you have found the American robins?
 
> F2. In the 1986 Birds of Canada series of bills, on what
> denomination would you have found the belted kingfisher?
 
Pete Gayde
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