Quiz on US Presidential Politics, of the past, and a few other countries as well, . 

1 What was unusual about Harry S Truman's  middle name. 

2 Which of these candidates did FDR not defeat in his Presidential election victories, Dewey, Willkie, Landon, Hoover, Harding, 

3 Which of these surnames names has featured the most times on the ticket (Pres and VP) of a ticket that was either first or second in the national vote, 
Roosevelt, Nixon, Bush, Stevenson, Bryan, Jackson, Clinton, Johnson, Harrison, Adams, 

4 Who was the last person born on the 19th Century to be on the ticket of either of the 2 main parties, 

5 I may be a bit wrong here, but anyway. Rev Lawrence Washington was born in 1602 in Essex, his son John Washington was born in 1631, and died in 1677 in Virginia, his grandson Augustine Washington was born in 1694. Whose son future President George Washington was born in the 1730s, and died in 1799. Buchanan who was elected president for 1857, was born in 1791, but died in 1868. FDR's VP John Nance Garner was born in 1868, and left office in 1941. How many presidents as of mid 2021, were born in the 1940s, and by the way all of whom served office in the 3rd Millennium AD 

6 Who was born first Reagan or JFK, 

7 Which of these states was not a independent country for a while, Vermont, Texas, Illinois, 

8 Which one of these as first names, has never been US president, or Vice President, as of 2021. 

Spiro, Zachary, James, Garfield, George, Millard, Ulysses, Rutherford, Gertrude, Chester, Grover, Dwight, Barrack, Donald, Joseph, Ronald, Bill, Jimmy, Gerald, Lyndon, Aaron, Elbridge, Hannibal, Schuyler, Levi, Adlai, Garret, Theodore, Calvin, Hubert, Nelson, Dan, Dick, Al, Kamala, 

9 What was the name of the movie where Chauncey Gardiner, was the political genius, who skilfully manoeuvred his way into becoming the designated candidate of many of the leading lights in Washington. (I am being ironic) 

10 Which of these was not a popular nickname or abbreviation of a US president, JFK, Dubya, LBJ, FDR, The Gipper, Old Abe, Yogi Bear, 

11 What word occurs in both the title of official residence of the USA president, and the name of one of the hillforts known as the Caterthuns in North East Scotland. 

12 What word occurs in both the official retreat of the US president, and the common extra bit of the name of the hillforts where the first name is Caesar's, then Bradbury, then British, 

13 How many US presidents were born on the island of Britain, or country of France, 

14 Who was the first US president to have served in World War Two, 

15 Was Gerald Ford, the first US president with Gerald somewhere in his full name, 

16 Which President of the USA, also was a owner of a haberdashery, and served in World War One, 

17 Nancy, Eleanor, Laura, Michelle, Hilary, Barbara, Jill, Ladybird, Melania, Pat, Jacqueline, Mamie, Betty,  and Bess,  what do these names have that is so significant for post 1940 US presidents. 

18 Richard Nixon, Bob Dole, and Donald Trump all famously referred to themselves for effect or something in the 3rd person, were they of the same party when first standing as president. 

19 JFK, Clinton, Carter, and Obama, all Democratic Presidents elected to their first terms as relatively youthful candidates, Up to 2022, how many Democratic Presidents who were elected other than these, post World War Two, had not been VP beforehand, 

20 From 1952 to 2004, how many times did the Republican ticket, not have a, Nixon,  Bush or Dole on the ticket. 

21 Which one of these leaders of their countries were not born in the USA, Lester Bird of Antigua, Janet Jagan of the Republic of Guyana, Boris Johnson, of the UK, and Eamon De Valera of the Republic of Ireland, and Winston Churchill of the UK,

22 Which of these individuals touted for President was not barred from the presidency as of being born not within the contiguous states of the USA, as of a very correct  technicality, John McCain, Bob Hope, Alexander Hamilton, George Romney (1960s) 

23 From 1992, to 2016, how many times, did the Democratic ticket not have a Gore or a Clinton on the ticket, or as runner up in terms of candidature process at the convention for nominating a candidate.

24 How many times between 1892 and 1956 did the Democrats or Republicans, or a 2nd place ticket,  not have a Roosevelte, a Bryan, a Stevenson, a Wilson, or a Truman, or a Taft. on a party ticket, at the election,

25 And how many of those times did either of those names face another of those names in an  election.

26 Which of these celebrities is not someone famed as being a quite close celeb, with a VP or Pres as a relative,  Gore Vidal, Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife Maria Shriver, successful businessman George Prescott Bush, Jeb Bush, Chelsea Clinton, Ivanka Trump, sportsman of the 19th Century, Robert Barnhill Roosevelt, and  Harold Wilson PM of the 1960s and 1970s UK, 

27 Name the USA president, with a surname, the same, as that of a city in Eastern England, which if you add shire is the name of it's county, sits in the west of that county, and had a cathedral in the Middle Ages which was the tallest building in Europe according to many sources, though sadly some doubt that claim, till the spire collapsed in 1548. 

28 Name the USA president with the same surname as a name of a Newtown in Northern England, near Sunderland, Gertrude Bell, Bryan Ferry, and Toni Halliday are from there, 

29 Name the USA presidents, of the same surname, with the same name as a British consumer electronics brand, founded as *** radio in 1932, but which produces washing machines, and has made video tapes and more. 

30 Which Republican presidential candidate of the early 21st Century had the same surname, as a popular chips producer, in Britain famed for ******'S oven chips. Apparently it is a Canadian mulitnational in 2022.  

31 Which of these candidates for the Republican nomination in 2000, had the term, III after his name, John McCain, or George Bush,

32 What is the name of the character in Bruce Willis movies, that sounds like a major US presidential candidate on the 2008 election.

33 Which US president was a teddy bear named after,

34 Which US president has the same name as a popular 1980-s cat from a cartoon, voiced by Bill Murray 

35 Which 21st US president has the same first name, as the city on North West England, famed as Deva, 

36 What word unites, I a come from a place called ***,  stated by Bill Cinton, Bob ****, the comedian, and a poster styled **** designed by Shepard Fairley for Obama. Plus a town in North East Wales.  

37 Which USA president is this, Gerald Ford Drof Dlareg, 

38 Which US president is this, 

My Tea, McJirr

Which US presidents are these, opposite names,  

39 Metal Column wont daughter

40 Him Ernie Brush

41 Moses Exeter

42 Wrexham Modred 

43 A British PM, Finger Elbow, Whisper

44 And, lastly Night tape Screen Under, 

45 OK, a last a Labour candidate for PM in the late 20th Century, Stand not family, ring, 

46 Very last, G Dro Not Brown  

47 Which sports company, that made team kits for the likes of Stoke City and more in the 2010s, was also the name of a French President. the same century, 

48 Which British nursery rhyme, "olde king ***", so that of the leader of the country, as it was in the 18th Century, is also a similar, infract same pronunciation name as that of a German chancellor of the 1980s, 

Old King *** *was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there's none so rare, as can compare,
With King **** and his fiddlers three, say the name of the surname, of the German chancellor, 

49 Which US president's nickname rhymed with a movie about a sheep pig, 

50 Which child of a president and the first lady, of the second quarter of the 20th century had the same first name as a the name of a English football team, who have won the EPL between 2000 and 2022. 

51 Which president had the same surname as that of a type of hill I mean mountain in Scotland, well not same spelling, and that of a famous American actress of the mid 20th Century. Who herself had her first name given for other types of hills in the UK. 

52 Which US president of the late 20th century was born a king. 

53 Which super famous president of the mid 20th Century, in Western Europe, said I am (the name of the country) , and had a name which if you add le at the end, was so, as that was a old name for the region. 

54 Who of these has never been a US president or FBI boss, Henry Hoover, Hebert Hoover or J Edgar Hoover 

55 Which early 20th Century UK shop, card selling company had the same name as a late 20th Century US president, and early 21st Century candidate, founded in 1968 by a Mr Lewin. 

56 What US president of the 2010s  has the same surname  as a card game, of late 20th century, where kids like me, of the times would have cards and see which value was able to beat others, like for cars, hills, planes and dinosaurs, and has the same name as a top British snooker player of the 2010s, first name Judd

57 Which US president of the early 20th century, inaugurated in 2021, had a surname beginning with the letter B,

58 Which US president had the surname that sounded like he was most honest of the post war to 2024 era. 

59 Which US president candidate of the 2000 to 2024 time, had the same first name as Tony Benn's son who was a 2000s UK minister.  

60 Get ***** was a Michael Caine classic set in North East England, which Jimmy was also a late 20th Century US president of that title name. 

61 Donald Trump's mother was born on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland, but what coincidence exists that his rival at the 2020 Presidential election, Biden, had to do with the naming of his ticket, for that island, that connects The Isle of Lewis and Biden, 

62 Which female singer of the 1980s, Babooskha, and Running up that Hill, a 2020s rehit, has the same surname as the father and son US pre3sidents of the 1990s and 2000s,

63 Opposite name, as in title afore being Pres, 

Very specific Dryinggram 

64 Which UK PM of the 1990s, had a wife called Norma, and chancellor called Norman, 

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The Answers 

1 It was just the letter S. 

2 The first 4, he beat them, the last of them, he was the VP on the ticket which lost to Harding, 

3 Well Jackson is only on 3, Stevenson 4, Bush 6, Nixon 5, the winner Roosevelt 8, Bryan 4, Harrison 4, Adams 6, Johnson, I say 5, as one time, Lincoln, beat  Douglas with both of them having a so named fellow as VP candidate, but I say Douglas did not finish 2nd, so does not count, while Theodore R while not being a Dem or Rep in 1912 had such a named guy and finished 2nd,  Clinton, has 3 recently, but also 1804, 1808 and 1812, saw the name feature in one of the 2 main parties lead tickets, rising it to 6, then 7 as of 1820, if you include the fact that Madison won that election almost unopposed (The last time such a event would occur of 3 times) apart from some sprinklings of votes for the Federalist party which had no effective candidate, and a Clinton, who was a very distant 3rd place, so the highest actual person other the winner., So in a sense 7, there was even a minor party candidate with the name as a Christian name. 

4 Eisenhower

5 4. 

6 Reagan 

7 Illinois, 

8 Gertrude

9 Being There, 

10 Yogi Bear, 

11 It is the White Caterthun, and the White House 

12 It is the word Camp, as in Camp David. 

13 None

14 Dwight D Eiseonhower I mean Dwight D Eisenhower 

15 No, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 

16 Harry Truman

17 They were the 1st ladies of the USA. . 

18 Yes all Republicans, 

19 None, as Truman, LBJ and Biden had all been VP beforehand, at some time. 

20 Just once

21 Winston Churchill, but his mother was an American woman.,.

22 John McCain, as of the canal zone,

23 Twice.

24 Zero times 

25 4 times

26 Harold Wilson PM of the UK, 

27 Abraham Lincoln

28 George Washington

29 George Bush and George Bush

30 John McCain

31 John McCain, 

32 John McLane

33 Teddy Roosevelte

34 Garfield

35 Chester Arthur 

36 Hope,

37 Gerald Ford backwards

38 Anagram, Jimmy Carter, 

39 Opposite names, Woodrow Wilson

40 Herbert Hoover.

41 Abraham Lincoln

42 Chester Arthur

43 Tony Blair

44 David Cameron

45 Neil Kinnock

46 Gordon Brown

47 Macron, 

48 Old King Cole, and Helmut Kohl, 

49 Babe and Abe

50 Chelsea Clinton

51 President Monroe, well a Munro is a type of mountain in Scotland, while the name Marilyn was created for smaller mountains as a pun on Marilyn, Monroe did the Monroe doctrine, of never letting other or European powers get a foothold in the Americas, well it was never called the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine. 

52 Gerald Ford, his mother remarried and so before he was called Gerald King. 

53 Charles De Gaulle

54 Henry Hoover, is a hoover. 

55 Clinton Cards

56 Donald Trump, and Judd Trump and Trump Cards,

57 Joe Biden 

58 Harry Truman, 

59 Hilary Clinton. 

60 Get Carter, Jimmy Carter. 

61 The Isle of Lewis, is called Lewis and Harris, and Biden's running mate was Harris, Kamala Harris. 

62 Kate Bush, 

63 General Washington

64 John Major,