Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Columbia County on Jeopardy!

Gossips learned from a reader that, last night, the Final Jeopardy answer was: "Although born in the United States, he was the only president who spoke English as a second language."
The correct question, of course, was: "Who was Martin Van Buren?" Apparently, at the end of the 18th century (Van Buren was born in 1782), they were still speaking Dutch in Kinderhook.
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3 comments:

  1. unheimlichDecember 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM

    Is it too easy a clue, "First POTUS born in the US"?

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  2. signifierDecember 11, 2013 at 3:13 PM

    Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born a US citizen. The previous 7 were all born British subjects, though on North American soil.

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  3. unheimlichDecember 11, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    Seinfeld: The Van Buren Boys? There's a street gang named after President Martin Van Buren?

    Kramer: Oh yeah, and they're just as mean as he was!

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