CHRIS CRUCIAL: Trivia time!

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Every Friday this summer, I am having a little fun with this nightly newsletter. I’m making it into a political trivia contest! Below, 10 questions to challenge your mind. And feel free to re-use them to amaze your friends and vanquish your enemies!

Answers are at the bottom of this post! Happy weekend!

1. Which of the first 12 presidents was the first to not own slaves?

2. The author Nathaniel Hawthorne (he of “The Scarlet Letter”) died on a hiking trip through the White Mountains with this president.

3. One state has BOTH Senate seats up for election this year. Which state is it?

4. Joe Biden (81) or Donald Trump (78) would be the oldest person ever elected president. Who is the oldest person ever elected vice president?

5. How many electoral votes did Joe Biden win in 2020?

6. How many presidents have been assassinated?

7. The birthday of which president is a state holiday in Texas?

8. Who was the longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court?

9. Who was the first president to fly in a plane?

10. What is Hunter Biden’s actual first name?

ANSWERS

1. John Adams

2. Franklin Pierce

3. Nebraska

4. Alben Barkley, who was 71

5. 306 electoral votes

6. Four (Lincoln, Kennedy, Garfield, McKinley)

7. Lyndon Johnson (August 27)

8. John Marshall

9. Theodore Roosevelt (the plane was built by the Wright Brothers)

10. Robert