August 23, 1996
THE DAILY FED
Think You're A Political Know-It-All?
THE PRESIDENT'S MAN
Each of these Members of Congress had a President among his constituents. Name the President.Hastings KeithKennedyMcKinleyF.D.R.
Homer ThornberryKennedyJohnsonNixon
Elliot LevitasCarterFordReagan
Hamilton FishEisenhowerCoolidgeF.D.R.
J.J. PickleHooverJohnsonTruman
Bill ArcherClintonReaganBush
Richard BollingTrumanHooverEisenhower
SILVER SCREEN
Name the actors who played the following political characters on screen.The Boss in The Great McGintyAkim TamiroffAl Pacino
Willie Stark in All the King's MenJason RobardsBroderick Crawford
The candidate in The CandidateRobert RedfordRichard Gere
Sen. Seabright in Advise and ConsentCharles LaughtonHarvey Keitel
The mayor of Boston in The Last HurrahHumphrey BogartSpencer Tracy
The political boss in Citizen KaneRay CollinsGary Cooper
The President in Dr. StrangelovePeter SellersMel Brooks
PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY
Which President was later elected to the Confederate House of Representatives?PierceFillmoreTyler
Name the two Presidents who never voted in a presidential election until they voted for themselves.
Clinton and Bush, Eisenhower and Taylor, or Kennedy and Nixon
Which President appointed Mormon leader Brigham Young as territorial governor of Utah?
Pierce, Fillmore, or Tyler
Name the two Presidents who died in office in a single decade.
McKinley and Taft, Garfield and McKinley, or William Henry Harrison and Taylor
Two Presidents in a row failed to get their party's renomination for a second term. Who were they?
Pierce and Fillmore, T. Roosevelt and Taft, or Coolidge and Hoover
THE VEEPS
Which Vice President had refused to sign the Constitution and gave as one of his reasons his opposition to the creation of the vice presidency?Elbridge GerryThomas JeffersonJohn Adams
Which Vice President was second in command in a military raid on Washington?
John C. Breckenridge, Thomas A. Hendricks, or William A. Wheeler
Which Vice President posed for Lucky Strike cigarette advertisements while he was in office?
Henry Wilson, Chester Arthur, or Charles Curtis
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