(H/t In The Agora) Here is a little timed name the Presidents quiz. I got them all in 3 minutes, 23 seconds. (I’d like to thank my Richmond High School AP U.S. History Teacher, Ed Johns, whose teaching style fairly burned many details of American history into my brain. He’d probably think my time was a bit slow given that I would be competing against all the rich kids at the prep schools out East when I took the AP test — nice “us” versus “them” motivational technique.) I also have a bit of a leg up in that my grandparents happened to live across the street from the old house of Rutherford B. Hayes, the most forgotten President.
It took me 7:14 – I was spacing on Pierce and just couldnt recall the name of that newspaper dude from Marion Ohio
4:33. I was breezing along in order until Pierce, then I panicked and started going backwards from Eisenhower, and missed Hoover, then I stared at those two blank spaces for a bit. I still wouldn’t have beaten your time.
Chet Arthur took me a few minutes. How could I forget that facial hair?
Arthur came to mind when I recalled the assassination of Garfield and the assassin saying, “I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts . . . Arthur is President now!” (Can’t remember the assassin’s name though). I got Pierce because I remembered that “Hawkeye’s” real name on MASH had a President’s name in it.
My brain works kind of funny.
2:30, baby. Even though you mentioned Hayes he was the last one I got.
1 minute, 84 seconds (second try)