Presidential Trivia Answers (Jan. 3 & 4)

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(1) QUESTION: One President was watching Sunday football when he choked on a pretzel and briefly fainted. Which President?

ANSWER: George W. Bush. He fell off the couch and suffered an abrasion on his cheek but was otherwise fine.

(2) QUESTION: Which Presidents have served as Grand Marshall for the Rose Bowl and parade? (I am counting service before or after their presidential tenure.)

ANSWER: Herbert Hoover (1945); Richard M. Nixon (1953, 1960); Dwight D. Eisenhower (1964); Gerald R. Ford (1978)

(3) QUESTION: How many 20th and 21st century Presidents played football in college? Which Presidents? I am using the NCAA definition of “presidents who competed in intercollegiate sports fielded by their university athletics departments.”

ANSWER: Six. Dwight D. Eisenhower (West Point), John F. Kennedy (Harvard), Richard M. Nixon (Whittier), Gerald R. Ford (Michigan), Ronald Reagan (Eureka), and Joe Biden (Delaware).