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Every four years powerful politicians spend millions of dollars vying to be President of "the land of the free". It is a serious job, but being US President does have its quirky moments. Here are some for you to identify.

A multiple-choice quiz by darksplash. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
darksplash

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5 mins

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353,515

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. When asked during a debate between candidates for the presidency if he was not too old at 73, which incumbent hoping for a second term said: "I want you to know that, also, I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience"? Hint

Herbert Hoover

Ronald Reagan

John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 2 of 10

2. To be president you have to have a thick skin; be prepared for all the character assassinations...and worse. Which president survived an attack by an angry rabbit? Hint

Jed Bartlett

Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter

Richard Nixon

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Question 3 of 10

3. The televised debates between presidential candidates have produced some great moments over the years, but what did George W. Bush do when Al Gore suddenly homed in aggressively on his podium in 2000? Hint

Punched him in the face

Nodded at him

Threw water over him

Ran screaming from the auditorium

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Question 4 of 10

4. Presidents like to travel and when they do, the presidential motorcade goes with them. What embarrassing moment occurred to Barack Obama's limousine on a visit to Dublin in May 2011? Hint

It got stuck in a gateway

It ran over the Irish President's pet cat

It ran out of gas

It ran over the Irish President's right foot

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Question 5 of 10

5. When you become president, people will fall over themselves to make you happy. What was created just to put a smile on Ronald Reagan's face? Hint

Cowboy boots with the Presidential crest

A chair shaped like a cowboy saddle

Blueberry flavour jelly beans

A stetson with the Presidential crest

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Question 6 of 10

6. The President of the United States can usually count on getting some pretty neat gifts presented. What did Franklin D. Roosevelt receive in 1937 that might have created a stink in the White House? Hint

A skunk on heat

Twenty-nine trout

A 100-year-old block of cheddar cheese

100 tons of natural fertilizer

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Question 7 of 10

7. Pearls of wisdom often tumble from the lips of the Commanders-in-Chief. But for every Gettysburg address, there is a blooper. Which American football-loving president opined: "If Lincoln were alive today he'd probably roll over in his grave"? Hint

George H. W. Bush

Harry S. Truman

Gerald Ford

Bill Clinton

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Question 8 of 10

8. There must be many perks in being president of the free world - not least the chance to press a few buttons and blow up half of the unfree world. It is a serious, responsible job, however. But which president summed it up thus: "All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway"? Hint

Woodrow Wilson

John Adams

Mackenzie Allen

Harry S Truman

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Who's a pretty boy"? What might Andrew Jackson's pet have done to annoy him - if he'd been around to see it? Hint

Chased the Canadian premier's cat up a tree

Left a 'calling card' in the middle of the Oval Office

Cursed at his funeral

Made puppies with the Mexican President's chihuahua

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Question 10 of 10

10. When you are president you can do pretty much what you want. What did William Taft do to ensure his favorite sustenance was always freshly served? Hint

Flew peaches in daily from Georgia on Air Force One

Stocked the White House swimming pool with salmon

Kept cows on the White House lawn

Installed a chicken coop at the White House

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Answer: Ronald Reagan

Reagan made the quip during a televised debate with Walter Mondale in 1984. Mondale later said that was the point he knew his campaign was doomed.

For someone who was berated so much for being, well, a bit thick, Reagan had some nice sound bites, including: "I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting" and "Thomas Jefferson once said, "We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."

2. To be president you have to have a thick skin; be prepared for all the character assassinations...and worse. Which president survived an attack by an angry rabbit?

Answer: Jimmy Carter

In April 1979, Carter was on a solo fishing expedition in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. when a rabbit being chased by hounds jumped into the water and swam towards his boat. Carter later said: "I splashed some water with a paddle." Some people did not believe Carter, but a White House photographer caught all the action and you can catch it on the internet.

Tom Paxton, that folksy chronicler of all things American for 50, years got a song out of it:
"I don't want a bunny wunny in my widdle wow boat
In my widdle wow boat in the pond
For the bunny might be cwazy and he'd bite me in the fwoat
In my widdle wow boat in the pond."

Answer: Nodded at him

Gore, it seems, had been instructed that looking powerful and aggressive would intimidate Bush and earn approval among voters.

Whether Bush could think of nothing better to do or whether it was a deliberate dismissal, that nod made him look cool and Gore the fool.

4. Presidents like to travel and when they do, the presidential motorcade goes with them. What embarrassing moment occurred to Barack Obama's limousine on a visit to Dublin in May 2011?

Answer: It got stuck in a gateway

The Secret Service, of course, denied that President Obama and the First Lady were in the car - known as The Beast - when it grounded on a ramp leaving the US Embassy.

The BBC reported: "A witness said that as it drove out, the car appeared to get its low underbelly caught on a piece of metal sticking up that a gate might lock into."

5. When you become president, people will fall over themselves to make you happy. What was created just to put a smile on Ronald Reagan's face?

Answer: Blueberry flavour jelly beans

Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans, and, it was said, he made it mandatory for jelly beans to be served in the Oval Office and on Air Force One. The manufacturers created the blueberry flavour for his inauguration in 1981.

Answer: Twenty-nine trout

Don't believe me do you? Well, it's all there and recorded by the Library of Congress.

A sportsman called Erdorn W. Wood caught 29 trout at a pond in New Hampshire in May 1937. He then took them down to Washington for FDR to savour.

Answer: Gerald Ford

Some rather unkind critics have commented that Ford perhaps played too much college football without wearing a helmet.

Ford was quite a sportsman in his younger years and captained his team at Grand Rapids South High School. He retained a lifelong love of the game and, as President, persuaded the Navy band to play the University of Michigan fight song, 'The Victors' at White House social occasions.

Ford also said: "I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators" and "Things are more like they are now than they have ever been."

Answer: Harry S Truman

Other notable Truman quips included: "A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." and "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

9. "Who's a pretty boy"? What might Andrew Jackson's pet have done to annoy him - if he'd been around to see it?

Answer: Cursed at his funeral

Jackson had a pet parrot imaginatively named Poll.
Rev. William Menefee Norment quoted in volume three of Samuel G. Heiskell's book "Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History" said: "Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household pet, got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house."

10. When you are president you can do pretty much what you want. What did William Taft do to ensure his favorite sustenance was always freshly served?

Answer: Kept cows on the White House lawn

classroomhelp.com noted that Taft liked milk so much he brought his own cow to the White House. Mooly Wolly was succeeded by Pauline. Taft left office in 1913.

Source: Author darksplash

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