History Quiz

[5stringJeff]

OK... freeandfun's turn!

 

[freeandfun1]

Who were the only two signers of the Declaration of Independence to actually sign on July 4th?

 

[5stringJeff]

Who were the only two signers of the Declaration of Independence to actually sign on July 4th?

John Hancock and Charles Hamson?

 

[freeandfun1]

John Hancock and Charles Hamson?

IF we were playing Jeapordy.... I would have to say you are wrong....

Hint.... Hancock is right, half of the other one is right....

 

[5stringJeff]

IF we were playing Jeapordy.... I would have to say you are wrong....

Hint.... Hancock is right, half of the other one is right....

Charles Thomson... sorry.

 

[freeandfun1]

Charles Thomson... sorry.

Correct.

 

[5stringJeff]

Woo-hoo!

OK: This institution of higher learning was founded in 1802. Its graduates include two U.S. Presidents, the builder of the Panama Canal, and the man popularly credited with inventing baseball.

 

[freeandfun1]

Woo-hoo!

OK: This institution of higher learning was founded in 1802. Its graduates include two U.S. Presidents, the builder of the Panama Canal, and the man popularly credited with inventing baseball.

Boston College? (just a guess)

 

[freeandfun1]

Actually..... knowing a bit about you....

West Point!

 

[5stringJeff]

Actually..... knowing a bit about you....

West Point!

Good call!

Presidents were Grant and Eisenhower, for those keeping track at home.

 

[freeandfun1]

Good call!

Presidents were Grant and Eisenhower, for those keeping track at home.

I knew IKE, but Grant kept slipping my mind.....

 

[USViking]

Actually..... knowing a bit about you....

West Point!

Free!- your turn to ask, but you let it slide, so I'm cutting in.


Question:
This US President was the most recent not to gradualte from college.

 

[Comrade]

Ahem, I think Dillo copied my answer!

But he can go ahead anyway.

Correct spelling is required.

 

[Comrade]

Free!- your turn to ask, but you let it slide, so I'm cutting in.


Question:
This US President was the most recent not to gradualte from college.

Does a military school count as a college?

//still don't know the answer, unless it's Polk, that stupid arse.

 

[Hobbit]

Does a military school count as a college?

//still don't know the answer, unless it's Polk, that stupid arse.

Yes, as military schools grant B.A.s to their graduates and are accreditted universities.

 

[USViking]

Does a military school count as a college?

Yes- West Point and Annapolis have always required engineering degrees, and I am sure the Air Force Academy also requires a technical degree of similar rigor.

//still don't know the answer, unless it's Polk, that stupid arse.

Polk just happens to be the only President who graduated from my own alma mater- the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He got us Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado- sounds good to me!



Let me repost the
Question:
This US President was the most recent not to gradualte from college.

 

[KarlMarx]

Yes- West Point and Annapolis have always required engineering degrees, and I am sure the Air Force Academy also requires a technical degree of similar rigor.





Polk just happens to be the only President who graduated from my own alma mater- the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He got us Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado- sounds good to me!



Let me repost the
Question:
This US President was the most recent not to gradualte from college.

Harry S. Truman?

 

[USViking]

Harry S. Truman?

I don't think you've gotten a single answer wrong here.

When your boss isn't looking you must spend half your time
memorizing encyclopedias!

 

[USViking]

Karl- Forgive me!

I promised someone I would make sure there was a question waiting when I logged off. I'll pass a Question to you sometime.


Question:
Canadian General- he was commander of Canadian forces which landed on D-Day.

 

[KarlMarx]

I don't think you've gotten a single answer wrong here.

When your boss isn't looking you must spend half your time
memorizing encyclopedias!

no.... just writing them!