Download or read book The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia written by Smithsonian Institution and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which president holds the record for the most vetoes? Which president had the largest shoe size? Who was the only president to serve in both World War I and World War II? Who was the tallest president? These questions and many, many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia, which has been fully updated to 2024 to include trivia question and answers about every US president to date. Divided into 11 chapters, The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia looks at every aspect of our heads of state and presidential history: Citizens, Officers, Heroes, and Saviors; Stumping: From Front Porch to Facebook; The Pledge and the Parties; Inside the Oval Office; The Perpetual Podium; Home, Hotel, Parlor, Playground; First Families; Impeachment, Controversy, Shame; Assassination; Death, and National Mourning; Presidents in the Popular Imagination; and The Quotable President. Many of the questions are accompanied with photographs of artifacts from the Smithsonian's collections. The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia is sure to puzzle the trivia buff and presidential expert alike!
Download or read book Presidential Trivia written by Richard Lederer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presidential Trivia: The Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of Our American Presidents Revised and Updated from the beloved Richard Lederer comes another kind of trivia book—Presidential Trivia. In it you’ll find all the detailsabout the lives of the United States presidents. It answers such questions as: Who was the first president to be assassinated? Who was the first president to be born an American citizen? Who was the first to be impeached? It also answers less important but certainly interesting questions such as: Who was our fattest president? Our tallest? Who played golf? Who played poker?
Download or read book The President Did What written by Nancy Ragno and published by Nancy Ragno. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go Behind the Scenes at the White House to Uncover Intriguing (Sometimes Startling) Facts About the U.S. Presidents -- Facts Few Others Know Not just another book about the presidents! THE PRESIDENT DID WHAT? is structured as a trivia quiz (multiple choice) to make it interactive and keep you guessing. But that’s not all. Turn the page to check your answer. Each answer page is fully illustrated and provides additional information about the president in question. (Every president is covered, from George Washington to Barack Obama.) Plus, there’s a complete list of the presidents and their vice-presidents for easy reference. THE PRESIDENT DID WHAT? is really two books in one: (1) an entertaining quiz book of surprising, sometimes quirky, facts about the U.S. presidents; and (2) an illustrated, informative guide that helps you gain an insight into what each president was like, his personality, and why he deserves to be remembered (or not). No more drawing a blank at the mention of such presidents as Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, or Benjamin Harrison. Thanks to THE PRESIDENT DID WHAT? you’ll know details about even the “forgotten presidents,” details history buffs may be unaware of. For example, see the sample questions below. What president . . . ? worked as a model in college and was on the cover of "Cosmopolitan"? invented "Baked Alaska" and "Chicken a la King"? made all his own suits and a suit for the governor of Kentucky? was so cheap he served White House guests ice water in paper cups? allowed his son's two pet alligators to roam loose in the White House? ˃˃˃ Who should read this book? U.S. history buffs ... trivia buffs ... students ... teachers ... those looking for a fun, informative read, and those who enjoy an intellectual challenge. Is this book suitable for children? Yes, for those in the middle grades and higher. As one teacher commented: “This book of presidential trivia was fun to read and would make an excellent addition to a history teacher’s bookshelf or to an elementary teacher’s supplemental material.” ˃˃˃ What's more . . . THE PRESIDENT DID WHAT? is a great party book. It’s a rich source of cocktail-party openers. It’s an ideal book for the coffee table ... bedroom ... bathroom. It’s the perfect book to take on a trip. And ... it makes a great gift!
Download or read book The Complete Book of Presidential Trivia written by J. Stephen Lang and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of this “amusing set of questions and answers about America’s leaders”—their families, hobbies, habits, finances, and much, much more (Publishers Weekly). This entertaining collection of questions and answers about America’s leaders provides hours of brain-teasing fun. A wide range of subjects including famous firsts, hidden vices, family relationships, bad habits, strange pets, and last words is covered. Quick quizzes reveal: the only president to earn a Pulitzer Prize who submitted the first trillion-dollar budget to Congress who kept alligators in the White House who was the first to pay federal income tax on his presidential salary who was the first president—and, in fact, the first American—to have a Medicare card, and much more This updated third edition includes information on both Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
Download or read book The Essential Book of Presidential Trivia written by Noah McCullough and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I want everyone to know about the history of the United States and about important political events and issues and how they work.” –Noah McCullough, age ten, 2032 presidential hopeful Noah McCullough may just be this country’s youngest presidential historian ever–and in this delightful volume he gives us hours of entertainment with an illustrated tour of America’s forty-three presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush. The political whiz kid famed for his appearances on “The Tonight Show” offers up brief bios and fun facts about our nation’s leaders, as well as trivia questions such as • Which president could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time? • What do the first president born in Connecticut and the last president born in Massachusetts have in common? • Which president was a Pulitzer Prize winner? Confident about your prez-smarts? Take Noah’s Ultimate Presidential Trivia Quiz and see where you stand. Forget your p’s and q’s; know your stars and stripes. If you love your country, you will love The Essential Book of Presidential Trivia.
Download or read book Extreme Presidential Trivia written by Bradley W. Rasch and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From George Washington to Barack Obama, Extreme Presidential Trivia offers an array of trivia and facts about the forty-four men who have been presidents of the United States. Researcher and author Bradley W. Rasch presents a variety of lists, followed by fairly well-known trivia, and finally venturing into the obscure and little-known facts.
Download or read book The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia written by Smithsonian Institution and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which president holds the record for the most vetoes? Which president had the largest shoe size? Who was the only president to serve in both World War I and World War II? Who was the tallest president? These questions and many, many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia, which has been fully updated to 2021 to include trivia question and answers about every US president to date. Divided into 11 chapters, The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia looks at every aspect of our heads of state and presidential history: Citizens, Officers, Heroes, and Saviors; Stumping: From Front Porch to Facebook; The Pledge and the Parties; Inside the Oval Office; The Perpetual Podium; Home, Hotel, Parlor, Playground; First Families; Impeachment, Controversy, Shame; Assassination; Death, and National Mourning; Presidents in the Popular Imagination; and The Quotable President. Many of the questions are accompanied with photographs of artifacts from the Smithsonian's collections. The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia is sure to puzzle the trivia buff and presidential expert alike!
Download or read book Presidential Trivia written by Ph D Patrick Babin and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating little-known tidbits of interest about America's First Families. These trivia items are intended to amuse, inform, and surprise. The spotlight is on the most exclusive affiliation in the world-the Executive Branch. Find out which President won the Medal of Honor. Which First Lady was foreign-born? Which Chief Executive experienced more than one assassination attempt? Which President's wife was dubbed Lady Presidentess? The aforementioned are but a few of the multifarious entries featured in this publication.
Download or read book Presidential Trivia 3rd Edition written by Richard Lederer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A freshly updated look at everything you never knew you wanted to know about our country’s illustrious line of commanders in chief—updated to include fascinating facts on our brand new 45th president, Donald Trump. You’ll find more than 1,000 fun and engaging facts in this book about each and every one of America’s forty-four different presidents (forty-five if you count Grover Cleveland, with his two nonconsecutive terms, twice). This revised edition has been updated to include new facts about our most recently elected president. Want to know which president appeared on the nation’s very first TV broadcast? (Herbert Hoover, before he was president, in 1927.) How about George Washington’s presidential salary? (An exorbitant, at least in eighteenth-century dollars, $25,000.) Who first pardoned a presidential turkey? (Harry Truman, in a debilitating fit of guilt.) We don’t know about you, but we can’t get enough of this stuff! Richard Lederer is the author of more than thirty-five books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series. He is founding cohost of A Way with Words on public radio, and his syndicated column “Looking at Language” appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International’s Golden Gavel winner.
Download or read book 101 Amazing Presidential Facts written by Children's History Press and published by Children's History Press. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's History Press presents: 101 Amazing Presidential Facts! Great presidential trivia and little known facts about the all of the United States Presidents! This book is a great way to introduce the American Presidents to young readers. But this book isn't just for kids! There is a lot of great trivia here that parents will love too! By the way, there are a lot more than 101 bits of presidential trivia here! In fact there are now over 200 presidential facts in this book! (But hey, "101" makes for a catchier title!) Here's just a sample of what what is inside: Learn which American President had installed a soda machine in the oval office Discover who liked to go skinny dipping in the Potomac River Find out which president sold off the White House furnishings in a yard sale! And much, much more!
Download or read book Presidential Foreign Language Trivia written by Gregory J. Nedved and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ive seen trivia books about presidents covering every topic imaginableexcept for foreign languages. Now we have a presidential trivia book for that! This book provides at least two language-related trivia items for every US president. Samples were easy to find for many of them (e.g., Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt) while harder for others (Rutherford Hayes, William McKinley, William Howard Taft). I provide a source, at least one, for every item in this book. Enjoy.
Download or read book Presidential Trivia written by Richard Lederer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Presidential Elections written by Syl Sobel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers will find all kinds of interesting facts as they learn who can run for president, who can vote, and what the Electoral College is and how it works.
Download or read book The Big Book of Presidential Trivia written by Cheryl Pryor and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Big Book of Presidential Trivia' is a fun way to test your knowledge about the presidents. You'll find a variety of easy questions to that are easy to real brain teasers. You'll definitely find yourself saying, "I didn't know that." Do you know... Which president had to scrub toilets while in the military... Who was the only American president to have headed two branches of government - executive and judicial... Which president was a fashion model.... Which president was the last of the Founding Fathers... Do you know which president was victim to a Wall Street scam leaving him and his wife in financial ruin... Do you know which president was a park ranger at Yellowstone National Park feeding the bears... Which president could write Greek with one hand while writing Latin with the other hand at the same time... Which president was a direct descendant of William Brewster, the Pilgrim leader who arrived on the Mayflower... This president killed a man in a duel with a man who dishonored his wife... Which president could sometimes be found walking the streets of Washington, D.C. at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning... Which president said, "Blessed are the young; for they shall inherit the national debt...". Which president said, "I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli...". Which was the first sitting president to own an iPod... Who was the first president to travel in a submarine... Which president rode in Al Capone's limousine... Which president started the tradition of throwing out the first ball for the opening of baseball season... Which president was a runaway indentured servant... Which president sent his mistress a ticket to his inauguration?... How many U.S. presidents are known to have smoked marijuana?... 'The Big Book of Presidential Trivia' covers everything from campaign slogans, facts about elections, accomplishments and failures of the presidents, what they did before and after they were president, fun facts, bad boys that got caught, illnesses, deaths and more. A fun, entertaining, and educational trivia book about the presidents that's guaranteed to leave you saying, "I never knew that!"
Download or read book Presidential Trivia Quiz Book written by William C. MacKay and published by Barnes & Noble. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Presidents Tidbits Trivia written by Sid Frank and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exclusively Presidential Trivia written by Anthony Pitch and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
