Presidential Trivia Answers (Oct. 13-14)

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(1) QUESTION: Which Presidents (if any) have personally led troops into battle or potential battle? (The question is about while they were an incumbent President, not in the years before they were elected. I’m sorry for the confusion yesterday!)

ANSWER: George Washington.  In 1794, he put down the Whiskey Rebellion when he led a march of nearly 13,000 militia toward western Pennsylvania.

(2) QUESTION: One President turned a doctoral thesis into a book.  Which President?

ANSWER: Woodrow Wilson. He obtained a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University. His doctoral thesis, “Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics,” was published as a book in 1885.

(3) QUESTION: One President was called “Napoleon of the Stump” because he was a great orator.  Which President?

ANSWER: James K. Polk.