Month: October 2025

1.The comedic play seen by Abe Lincoln on the last night of his life at Ford Theatre was called:

2. The president’s airplane is typically known as “Air Force One.” What similar callsign is typically given to the helicopter carrying the president?

3. Serving as the 13th president (1850-53), Millard Fillmore was the last president to represent which now-defunct political party?

ANSWERS

1. “Our American Cousin”
2. Marine One
3. The Whig Party

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1. What were the “border states”?
2. The highest number of casualties during one Civil War battle was nearly 24,000. What was the battle?
3. What was the first ironclad warship to engage in the war?

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1. Answer: Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri
2. Answer: The Battle of Shiloh
3. Answer: The CSS Manassas

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1. Also known for playing Thanos in the Avengers movies, what actor played President George W. Bush in the 2008 film “W.?”
2. Played by Harrison Ford, one of the White House’s most popular fictional residents is President James Marshall, who attempts to retake the title plane from terrorists in what 1997 film?
3. Rated by the Wall Street Journal as #2 on the list of best fictional presidents, Josiah “Jed” Bartlet was the POTUS played by Martin Sheen on what long-running series?
4. (Answer: Josh Brolin)
5. (Answer: Air Force One)
6. (Answer: The West Wing)

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*1912: Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee
*1962: Soviet missiles photographed in Cuba
*1964: Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize
*1964: Nikita Khrushchev ousted as premier of Soviet Union

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