Presidential Trivia Answers (Jan. 24 & 25)

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(1) QUESTION: Which President signed the law creating the first national park?

ANSWER: Ulysses S. Grant. The law was the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act.

(2) QUESTION: True or False? At 6 foot, 3 inches, Donald Trump is our tallest President.

ANSWER: False. The tallest President was Abraham Lincoln (6’ 4”). Some people claim that LBJ was just as tall as Lincoln, while others claim that he was about 1/2 inch shorter.

(3) QUESTION: Which President briefly worked as a journalist at the end of World War II?

ANSWER: John F. Kennedy. He’d already been injured while serving, and he had received an honorable discharge. During the final months of the war, he was a foreign correspondent for Hearst Newspapers, and he covered events such as the Potsdam Conference.