Trivia questions

[xiphias]

I'm doing a trivia game for the kids tonight at our indoor-because-it's-raining Lag B'Omer party at the shul.

I really ought to write some questions for it.

So therefore, I turn to you, my friends -- any good suggestions for trivia questions, on any subject, suitable for an audience ranging in age from, oh, five or so to, oh, maybe thirteen or so?

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[xiphias.livejournal.com]

The first President of the United States was John Hansen.

[mattblum.livejournal.com]

Hanson, actually. But he was only President of Congress, really, and it was under the Articles of Confederation, which provided such a weak federal government that Hanson probably couldn't have issued an order that he be given the time of day.

Come to think of it, that probably is what I'd've responded to that question when I was young. But I was/am a smartass, and a student of Presidential trivia.

If somoene gives that answer, ask them "Who was the 12th President of the U.S.?" If they say "Zachary Taylor," they're technically right but sorta kinda wrong, depending upon who you ask. If they say "David Rice Atchison," they're even more of a smartass than I was at that age, which I'm pretty sure is an accomplishment.