Sunday Special – The Elected

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Sunday Special – The Elected



1. He’s the only Senator from Pennsylvania to become President...
a. – James Polk
b. – Millard Fillmore
c. – James Buchannan
d. – Franklin Pierce
2. – He was a Democratic Senator and a Republican one, and a Cabinet member...
a. – Arlen Spector
b. - Simon Cameron
c. – J. Donald Cameron
d. – William Bigler
3. After leaving the Senate, he served as Ronald Reagan's Secretary of health and Human services...
a. – Hugh Scott
b. – Harris Wofford
c. – John Heinz
d. – Richard Schweiker
4. – He was the only President to serve in both the Revolutionary war and the French and Indian War...
a. – Andrew Jackson
b. – George Washington
c. – James Monroe
d. – Thomas Jefferson
5. He was held captive by the British during the Revolution...
a. – Andrew Jackson
b. – John Adams
c. – James Monroe
d. – William Henry Harrison
6. In the famous painting, “Washington Crossing the Delaware”, this future President is depicted holding the American Flag...
a. - James Madison
b. – John Quincy Adams
c. – James Monroe
d. – William henry Harrison
7. He was a Militia Captain during the Black Hawk War of the 1830’s...
a. – Martin van Buren
b. – Abraham Lincoln
c. – James Buchannan
d. – Franklin Pierce
8. Which of the following did NOT serve in the Mexican-American war?
a. – Franklin Pierce
b. – Zachary Taylor
c. – Ulysses Grant
d. – William Henry Harrison
9. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously in 2004...
a. – Ulysses Grant
b. – Andrew Jackson
c. – Theodore Roosevelt
d. – George Washington
10. He was an Artillery Officer during WWI...
a. – Dwight Eisenhower
b. – Harry Truman
c. – Theodor Roosevelt
d. – Herbert Hoover
11. He was the last Army Veteran to have served as President...
(Hint; I said ARMY veteran...)
a. – George H.W. Bush
b. – Jimmy Carter
c. – Dwight Eisenhower
d. – John F. Kennedy

I give you the Vice Presidential Candidate...... you give me the top of the ticket !
12. Lloyd Benston
13. Bob Dole
14. Jack Kemp
15. Henry Cabot lodge

“Presidents and TV”
16. What Laugh In catchphrase did Nixon deliver in his Cameo Appearance ?
17. Candidate Bill Clinton played his saxophone on what late-might TV show ?
a. – Johnny Carson
b. – Arsenio Hall
c. – Saturday Night live
d. Larry King
18. This President is featured in the theme song of “All in the Family” .....
19. Mobster Nucky Thompson helps him become President in Boardwalk Empire....
20. He’s known as “History’s Greatest Monster” on the “Simpsons” TV show ..........
a. - Jimmy Carter
b. – Ronald Reagan
c. – George h.w. Bush
d. – Richard Nixon
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1. – c
2. – a
3. – d
4. – b
5. – a
6. – c
7. – b
8. - d
9. – c
10. - b
11. - c
12. Michael Dukakis
13. Gerald Ford
14. Bob Dole
15. Richard Nixon – 1960
16.”Sock it to Me”
17. – b
18. Herbert Hoover
19. Warren G. Harding
20. - a
 
Correct in red

1. – c

2. – a
3. – d
4. – b
5. – a
6. – c
7. – b (I learned this reading Abraham Lincoln Vampire hunter)
8. - d
9. – c
10. - b
11. - c
12. Michael Dukakis
13. Gerald Ford

14. Bob Dole

15. Richard Nixon – 1960

16.”Sock it to Me”

17. – b
18. Herbert Hoover
19. Warren G. Harding
20. - a
 
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