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Which of King Henry viii's legitimate children succeed him? |
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All three - King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I. |
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Whose nickname is "old hickory"? |
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Andrew Jackson.
His toughness and determination reminded his troops of a firmly rooted hickory tree. |
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Which founding father was the oldest? |
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| Benjamin Franklin, who was 70 years old on July 4, 1776. |
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Who is the only US President from Georgia? |
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Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.) 39th President of the United States, was born October 1, 1924 in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia. |
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| He was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore and map Australia and New Guinea. |
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Who invented the stethoscope? |
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Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laënnec (1781-1826) ,a French physician, invented the stethoscope in 1816 |
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Which country had the only U-Boat ( underwater boat) during WW1? |
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Number of presidents who served two full terms in office |
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13 - FDR, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Ulyesses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. |
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Number of Presidents who died in office |
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8
1841: William Henry Harrison (Pneumonia)
1850: Zachary Taylor ( unknown illness)
1865: Abraham Lincoln ( Assassinated)
1881: James A. Garfield ( Assassinated)
1901: William McKinley ( Assassinated)
1923: Warren G. Harding ( Heart attack)
1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt ( Stroke)
1963: John F. Kennedy ( Assassinated) |
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Number of presidents who served two full terms in office non-consecutively |
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1- Grover Cleveland was president from 1885-1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 |
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What state are most presidents born in? |
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Virginia.
The eight men that were born there are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson |
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