| onigame ( @ 2008-02-04 10:16:00 |
Super Tuesday Trivia
Okay, a bit early, but what the heck.
(1) In this year's Democratic primary, the three front-runners are all U.S. Senators. None of the front-runners have ever held any high-level executive position -- by which I mean State Governor, Vice President, or President.
Before this election, when was the last time this happened?
(2) If you look at all the jobs that each of our prior 42 presidents held prior to becoming President, you'll see a lot of public service jobs, unsurprisingly. In a few cases, you'll see some private job (e.g., Lincoln was a lawyer before running for President) but go back a bit further and you'll see a public service job (Lincoln was a Representative from Illinois before going into private practice). Match the numbers with the jobs:
14 of them were ___.
10 of them were ___.
5 of them were ___.
5 of them were ___.
4 of them were ___.
2 of them were ___.
2 of them were ___.
Cabinet Secretaries
Diplomats
Generals
Governors
Representatives
Senators
Vice Presidents
Okay, a bit early, but what the heck.
(1) In this year's Democratic primary, the three front-runners are all U.S. Senators. None of the front-runners have ever held any high-level executive position -- by which I mean State Governor, Vice President, or President.
Before this election, when was the last time this happened?
(2) If you look at all the jobs that each of our prior 42 presidents held prior to becoming President, you'll see a lot of public service jobs, unsurprisingly. In a few cases, you'll see some private job (e.g., Lincoln was a lawyer before running for President) but go back a bit further and you'll see a public service job (Lincoln was a Representative from Illinois before going into private practice). Match the numbers with the jobs:
14 of them were ___.
10 of them were ___.
5 of them were ___.
5 of them were ___.
4 of them were ___.
2 of them were ___.
2 of them were ___.
Cabinet Secretaries
Diplomats
Generals
Governors
Representatives
Senators
Vice Presidents