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Presidential trivia, in honor of Gerald R. Ford's birthday!

metsguyinmichigan Jul 14 2008 06:29 AM

Good Monday morning. Gerald Ford's family is in town today to mark what would have been his 95th birthday, and will lay a wreath at his gravesite across the street. And that fits in perfectly with today's presidential calendar trivia. Only one president in buried in Washington, D.C. Who is it? Edgy, no fair!

AG/DC Jul 14 2008 06:31 AM

OK, but you've got to disqualify bmfc and Valadius also.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Jul 14 2008 06:38 AM

Hola bambe, hungala dimba [url=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22gerald+ford%22+snl&sitesearch=#]Gerald Ford[/url].. *click* *click* *click* *click* ..hola bambe, allah bumba bubba hulla humba hey. Oh, and it's Woodrow Wilson.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 14 2008 06:50 AM

Correct! He's interred at the Washington National Cathedral, which had visions of being an American Westminster Abbey for a while. A bit of a trick question because folks sometimes forget that Arlington National Cemetery -- where Kennedy and Taft are buried -- is in Virginia.

Rockin' Doc Jul 14 2008 06:52 AM

John F. Kennedy and William H. Taft is buried at Arlington National Cemetary. I guess that doesn't count as officially being in D.C. It just seems like it's in D.C. when you're driving around there.

Frayed Knot Jul 14 2008 06:57 AM

GWB has been buried there for some time now.

RealityChuck Jul 14 2008 07:28 AM

What president's last surviving child died almost 103 years after her father left office? Who is the only president to have both a city and a province named after him in a country outside the US? What other president has a city named after him outside the US?

AG/DC Jul 14 2008 07:36 AM

Number 1 is likely Teddy Roosevelt. Number 2 or 3, I expect, would be Washington.

Frayed Knot Jul 14 2008 07:38 AM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Jul 14 2008 07:46 AM

Going with Monroe on #2 ... or maybe #3

AG/DC Jul 14 2008 07:39 AM

Ooooh, Monrovia.

Frayed Knot Jul 14 2008 07:44 AM

#1 can't be TR since he hasn't been out of office 103 years yet (100 next March) Cleveland had a kid while in the WH I think, I'll go with him.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 14 2008 08:14 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: #1 can't be TR since he hasn't been out of office 103 years yet (100 next March) Cleveland had a kid while in the WH I think, I'll go with him. Baby Ruth Cleveland, as in the candy bar. I bet that's correct. John Tyler had something like 15 kids, including some later. Good question!

SteveJRogers Jul 14 2008 09:42 AM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Baby Ruth Cleveland, as in the candy bar. I bet that's correct. Can't be as the legend has it, the bar was named after she died.

RealityChuck Jul 14 2008 10:16 AM

="Frayed Knot"]Going with Monroe on #2 ... or maybe #3 #3. As AG/DC pointed out, there's Monrovia. ="metsguyinmichigan"]John Tyler had something like 15 kids, including some later. Tyler is correct. His youngest daughter, Pearl, was born in 1860 and lived until 1947. Her father left office in 1844. Still no answer to the President who has both a province and a city named after him in a country outside the US. As a hint, he has no such honor within the US. In fact, he's barely honored at all.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 14 2008 11:40 AM

Ah! Hardingville! :) Good question.

RealityChuck Jul 16 2008 08:56 PM

Well, since nobody has cared to guess, I'll flip all the cards and give the answer: Rutherford B. Hayes. Yup. And you'd probably never guess the country, either. It's Paraguay. There is the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_Hayes]Presidente Hayes[/url] province. Its largest city and former capital is [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Hayes]Villa Hayes[/url], just north of Ascuncion. Why Hayes? Why Paraguay? Well, after the War of the Triple Alliance (where Paraguay lost up to 90% of its population), the victors (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) couldn't come to an agreement over what to do about some of the disputed land. Eventually, Hayes was called in to arbitrate the dispute. He found for Paraguay. The country was so delighted they named their new province after Hayes and renamed the city for him (the city's nickname is "City of the Five Names," so evidently another name change was taken in stride).

Frayed Knot Jul 17 2008 06:35 AM

I was going to guess President Manitoba but after that I was stumped.