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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
Ever wonder how ex-presidents spent their twilight years? After reading Mark Updegrove’s fascinating book Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House last year, we assembled this quiz on the subject. Let’s see how well you know your former Commanders-in-Chief.
Take the Quiz: Life After the Presidency
6/10. I only knew two for sure. Reagan because the other two answers were patently untrue, and John Quincy Adams because I’ve seen Amistad quite a few times!
posted by Johnny Cat on 10-6-2008 at 11:17 am
7/10. Not bad for a lot of SWAGs
posted by Fran on 10-6-2008 at 1:48 pm
I don’t know if this would be worth the effort, but I would love it if you made a special part of your site where you had a list of books mentioned and a link to the blogs they were mentioned in. I have read a couple books from the MF blog in the past (I just finished Lies my Teacher Told Me/ Lies Across America; and I am starting on “Second Acts” tonight.) I had to hunt around for the name of this book. Anyway, just something to consider.
posted by Witty Nickname on 10-14-2008 at 8:38 pm