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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think I figured out tonight's Jeopardy question in "20th century presidential elections" but I
won't tell and be a spoiler. Besides, I may be wrong.
Took me long enough just to figure out how to Google it.
Here it is in case you want to give it a try
"In this year, there were no pres's or vp's running, but 3 of the 4 men on the 2 major party ballots would become president."
Whew. How anyone can get that in 30 seconds I'll never know...
Little Star
(17,055 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)other every morning when we read the Times. The answer is posted at the bottom of the page the next day. Sometimes this makes for a lot of Google research time but luckily we're retired...
Little Star
(17,055 posts)keep that bit of info in my pocket. My family will be surprised when I know more answers than usual. Don't tell on me.
malaise
(269,024 posts)Too good
Little Star
(17,055 posts)Even with just one good question I bet I can have some fun It'll shock the sh*t out of them after a few times.
malaise
(269,024 posts)from my porch!!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)version of the NYT because we like the paper each day. We're old...
tritsofme
(17,379 posts)Maybe I should go meet Alex Trebeck?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)My first guess was 1960 but that was wrong because Nixon had been a VP.
I see that it was 1920.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I finally just Googled all the candidates for pres and vp in the 20th century and scanned all of them and the answer popped out...
malaise
(269,024 posts)Julia Collins, Arthur Chu and Ben Ingram.
http://www.jeopardy.com/minisites/tournamentofchampions/
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)BTW: I was actually ON "Jeopardy" once upon a time.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)was in that year's presidential election, but 3 of the 4 candidates who had been on the major party tickets went on to become President.
In 1920, Warren Harding won the election and when he died in 1923, his Vice President Calvin Coolidge became President. Neither of them had previously served in either office. The man who had been the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1920 went on to be elected President in 1932. That man was, of course, Franklin Roosevelt.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Takket
(21,573 posts)1960? Kennedy defeats Nixon and Johnson is pres after the assassination.