Presidential Trivia Answers (Feb. 21 & 22)

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(1) QUESTION: One President had a custom bathtub built for a trip aboard USS North Carolina. Which President?

ANSWER: William H. Taft. The tub was 7 feet, 1 inch long and 41 inches wide. It weighed one ton. Taft was then traveling to inspect the Panama Canal construction.

(2) QUESTION: Who was President when the United States briefly tried permanent Daylight Savings Time? Was the same man President when permanent Daylight Savings Time was repealed as a failed experiment?

ANSWER: Richard Nixon. No. Permanent DST was tried beginning in January 1974. In August 1974, Nixon resigned. Permanent DST was repealed in October 1974 and the bill was signed by Gerald Ford.

(3) QUESTION: Which President(s) have appeared on television or radio game shows?

ANSWER: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump.

• Ford: “What’s My Line” (CBS; 1969)

• Carter: “What’s My Line” (CBS; 1974)

• Reagan: “I’ve Got a Secret” (CBS; 1961)

• Clinton: “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!” (NPR; 2012)

• Trump: “The Apprentice” (NBC; 2004-17)