1. Trivia Quiz

1.3. The Presidents' Education

Name the presidents who ...

1. Received his law degree from Duke University.

2. Graduated from Yale Law school.

3. Was a Rhodes Scholar.

4. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy.

5. Graduated from Princeton University.

6. Turned down an honorary degree from Oxford.

7. Graduated from William and Mary College.

8. Graduated from the University of North Carolina.

9. His college mates included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

10. Was expelled from college after one year.

Section 1.3 ANSWERS

ANSWERS to Section 1.3.

1.3. The Presidents' Education

Name the presidents who ...

1. Received his law degree from Duke University. Richard Nixon in 1937 [AP 328]

2. Graduated from Yale Law school. Gerald Ford [AP 365], William Clinton [Time Magazine, Nov 16, 1992, TM 95]

3. Was a Rhodes Scholar. William Clinton [Time Magazine, Apr 5, 1993, p39 TM 95]

4. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. Ulysses S. Grant in 1843 (21st in a class of 39) and Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1915 (61st of 168). [BOL 36]

5. Graduated from Princeton University. James Madison in 1771 [AP 39] and Woodrow Wilson in 1879 [AP 224] graduated from the "College of New Jersey at Princeton" as it was then called. The college was renamed to Princeton University in 1896 in a ceremony at which Wilson spoke. [WWS 101]

6. Turned down an honorary degree from Oxford. Millard Fillmore. Because, he said that he could not read the degree. [EPT 63-64]

7. Graduated from William and Mary College. Thomas Jefferson [AP 26] and John Tyler [AP 90]. James Monroe also attended this college but his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the Revolutionary War [AP 49].

8. Graduated from the University of North Carolina. James K. Polk [AP 94]

9. His college mates included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Franklin Pierce [AP 112]

10. Was expelled from college after one year. James Buchanan. However he was re-admitted to Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania after promising to settle down and work hard. [AP 120]