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ON WEDNESDAY, JOE Biden will be inaugurated as President of the United States.
It follows the recent turmoil in the US as incumbent Donald Trump has stoked conflict, culminating in the violent riots at Capitol Hill in Washington earlier this month.
This quiz is all about American presidents – past, present and future.
Best of luck.
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I thought the last word of the oath was ‘God’, as in ‘so help me….’
@Greg Ward: “So help me God” is not actually part of the oath and is only said if it is sworn on a Bible. They can also do an affirmation rather than an oath where the closing phrase is not used.
@Greg Ward: here’s the keys to the nut house
@Greg Ward: That caught me out too, & I’ve watched enough of them. It wasn’t in the list of options though.
Bit of trivia, Grover Cleveland was the only US president to serve non consecutive terms, 20th & 22nd US president
@Richard Cronin: so far…….
@Richard Cronin: 22 & 24
@lambda sensor: you are quite right, I stand corrected
@Richard Cronin: He slapped Abraham Simpson on 2 non-consecutive occasions as well.
A bit of trivia. John Tyler, 10th president of the United States, born in 1790 when George Washington was president. He still has a grandson alive today – Harrison Tyler born 1928
They left out the question what president has a crack head son that will sell time with his father to the highest bidder ?
@Leo The Liar: Don Jr is a bit of a crackhead. I presume that’s who you’re talking about.
@Leo The Liar: Was it the one that beat Trump?
@Leo The Liar: His son can sell all the time he wants, he is not the president elect.
@JusticeForJoe: Two beat Trump. I mean beat in the old fashioned democratic getting more votes sort of way
@Greg Ward: “And I’m Eric!”
@Leo The Liar: trump sons sold access to him all the time
@Leo The Liar: You’ve got the lines off to a T. You’re a good soldier/minion.
@Leo The Liar: presisent go f…. yourself…hugs and kisses love joe.
10 out of 10. Too much West Wing and Simpsons in my life…
@David Clements: No such thing as too much West Wing
@David Clements: Never saw the west wing. How has it aged? Still worth a watch post Trump?
@Peter Cavey: yes
William Henry harrsion “I died in 30 days!” We are the mediocre presidents! Thanks again the Simpsons!
@Lisa Quinn: Eat dirt, Lisa
@michael: hope you are referencing!
@Lisa Quinn: Course ;)
@Lisa Quinn: Lisa needs braces
@Crocodylus Pontifex: dental plan
Aren’t the answers to 5 and 7 wrong? In terms of consecutive presidents, Reagan is the correct answer for 7 and Biden would be the 46th, but as far as I know, US presidents are counted in terms so if we assume Trump was the 45th,( which he isn’t) this is the way it ought to have been counted:
Trump was the 45th
Obama was the 43rd and 44th (2 terms)
Bush Jr. was 41st and 42nd (again 2 terms)
Clinton was 39th and 40th (again 2 terms)
I am open to correction on this. It was an old yank engineer I used work with years ago told me that.
@Joe_X: I have never heard this before. And I lived in America for most of my life.
If you do the math in that instance, 46 presidential terms x 4 years = 184 years and that only takes you back to 1837.
@Joe_X: no. Its not terms. Its unbroken stints in the job. Reagan was 40, Bush1 = 41, Clinton = 42, bush2 = 43, Obama = 44, Trump = 45. It doesn’t matter if they served 1 or 2 terms. Grover Cleveland was 22 AND 24 as he didn’t win reelection, came back and won 4 years after defeat.
@Seeking Truth: That is why I put in the statement in brackets. But as I said I was open to correction on the matter. It was an old Texan engineer that used to work with me told me this.
Next. How much do you know about Irish presidents?
Kennedy quoted George Bernard Shaw, not Patrick Kavanagh!!
@Ｋｅｒｒｉｇａｎ: Wasn’t that the point, that he only missed quoting from any of Kavanagh’s work. Léigh go cúramach an ceist :-)
7/10 dreadful.
@Madra: Don’t be so hard on yourself! If it’s any consolation, with 7/10 you know far more about American presidents than Americans know about anything…….
From ‘Elected’ by Alice Cooper (spoken lines) – ‘I know we have problems/We got problems right here in Central City/We have problems on the North, South, East and West/New York City, Saint Louis, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago/
Everybody has problems/And personally, I don’t care…’ Best and most honest Presidential speech ever…
9/10 lost out on oath. Will that not change because of Trump POLICES introduced into his inauguration 4 years ago
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were 2nd and 3rd Presidents respectively. Both were founding fathers. Both died on the same day within hours of each other on 4th July 1826 , the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on 04th July 1776.
8/10 surprised myself with that score
I bet the question-setter, like most Americans, probably thinks Benjamin Franklin, one of the options in the first question, was president.
9. Flunked a few though.
Who was the worst President of america between Bush sr and Bush jr.
Kennedy quoted George Bernard Shaw, not Patrick Kavanagh you dopes!!
@Ｋｅｒｒｉｇａｎ: ?
@Ｋｅｒｒｉｇａｎ: Remember when your mom said you’d go blind if you didn’t stop doing that ? Bet you’re sorry now you didn’t listen, huh ?
@Ｋｅｒｒｉｇａｎ: would you like to read the question again and back peddle or are you just going to leave your statement sitting out there??
@Ｋｅｒｒｉｇａｎ: He quoted Shaw, Joyce and Yeats, the question was which of the four did he NOT quote.
@Ｋｅｒｒｉｇａｎ: RTFQ
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