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Ross and Burbank weekly knowledge-off quiz: Vice Presidents

October 12, 2012 @ 11:47 am (Updated: 4:41 pm - 10/12/12 )

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This week Producer Andrew tests Ross and Burbank, Tom Tangney, and Ursula Reutin on their knowledge of vice presidents.

1. When Calvin Coolidge was Vice President, what was he known as?

A. The angriest VP
B. The hungriest VP
C. The sleepiest VP
D. The veepiest VP

2. Vice President William R. King -- who served under Franklin Pierce - was rumored to be what?

A. Gay
B. Related to a slave
C. Addicted to laudanum
D. A heck of a dancer

3. Daniel D. Tompkins served under James Monroe (1816). He was the only Vice President in history to what?

A. Switch parties
B. Die in office
C. Work for free
D. Do yoga in the West Wing

4. Richard M. Johnson was Martin Van Buren's V.P. He wasn't popular for several reasons, including the fact that he dressed like a what?

A. A dandy
B. A farmhand
C. A Frenchman
D. A dog

5. Andrew Johnson's vice presidency started off on the wrong foot when he did what?

A. Tried to start a war
B. Tried to start a fire in the oval office
C. Tried to fire the secretary of state
D. Took the oath of office drunk as a skunk

Answers: 1. B, 2. A, 3. C, 4. B, 5. D

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  • urvile wrote...
    in before The Obama
    October 13, 2012 2:50 am
    blah blah Obama blah blah [/derail]
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  • rational wrote...
    3/5
    October 13, 2012 9:27 am
    I got 3 of the answers correct. I did notice that with just 1 exception you went back over 150 years...you didn't really expect products of the US education system to have even heard of most of these dead dudes now did you?
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  • Mapper wrote...
    The best one yet
    October 13, 2012 8:27 pm
    Franklin Roosevelt was a pervert. You want to know how this country got so screwed up look no further than our 32 president.
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  • mayday56 wrote...
    FDR
    October 13, 2012 9:40 pm
    Hey mapper, ever hear of WWII. Once again it had nothing to do with the GOP cult. Amazing
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