BY JAMES TARANTO
Friday, June 16, 2006 1:00 p.m. EDT
We've gone fishing and will be back to normal Monday. In the meantime, here's a rather difficult presidential trivia quiz. We'll announce the answers soon, but if you know them, write us at opinionjournal@wsj.com. The first reader to get all 12 right wins a "Kerfuffle" T-shirt (and a mention in the column). If you need help, some of the answers can be gleaned from information found in "Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House," which is available from the OpinionJournal bookstore.
1. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common?
Hoover
Truman
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Clinton
2. Fill in the blank and explain:
1972: Massachusetts
1976: Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia
1980: Georgia, Minnesota, Rhode Island
1984: Minnesota
1988: West Virginia
1992: Indiana, Montana
1996: Florida, Indiana
2000: New Hampshire, New Mexico
2004: ___
3. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common?
Washington
Monroe
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Coolidge
Franklin Roosevelt
Truman
Lyndon Johnson
4. Why was the last episode of "Star Trek" aired in June rather than March, as originally scheduled?
5. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common, such that Barry Goldwater would also be on the list had he been elected?
Washington
John Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Jackson
Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
6. In what order are the following states listed?
Maine, Utah
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Georgia
California, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming
Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, West Virginia
Texas
Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Massachusetts, New York, Vermont
7. In what order are the following presidents listed?
Polk
Arthur
Washington
Wilson
Coolidge
Lyndon Johnson
Clinton
Monroe
Andrew Johnson
Buchanan
Benjamin Harrison
Eisenhower
Jackson
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Cleveland
Hayes
Pierce
George H.W. Bush
Reagan
Tyler
Taft
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Madison
Nixon
Truman
Fillmore
Van Buren
John Adams
Carter
Ford
Hoover
8. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common?
John Adams
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Ford
Carter
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush
9. In what order are the following presidents listed?
Nixon
George H.W. Bush
Truman
Coolidge
Lyndon Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Van Buren
Franklin Roosevelt
John Adams
Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams, Reagan
10. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common?
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Lincoln
11. In what order are the following presidents listed?
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Taylor
Garfield
Grant
Madison
Benjamin Harrison
Monroe, McKinley
Hayes
Theodore Roosevelt
Cleveland
Harding
Wilson
Taft
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Coolidge
Arthur
Franklin Roosevelt
Kennedy
Hoover
Eisenhower
Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Reagan
12. Who was the last president to deliver a State of the Union message in writing, and in what year? |
