| 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 -- 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 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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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