Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Polk. Taft. Ford. Bush.
by Sandy Wood - January 7, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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Very soon, we’ll be referring to President Obama instead of President Bush. All politics aside (please), Obama will also join the Reasonably Long List of Presidents with Three-Syllable Last Names. He’ll take his place alongside such well-known presidents as Washington, Jefferson, and Kennedy.

So today’s Brain Game:

Only one name appears on
The Very Short List of U.S. Presidents
with a Four-Syllable Last Name.

What’s the name?

Here’s the SOLUTION.

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Comments (12)

  1. GEN (R)/ President Dwight D. Eisenhower
    (Ai-Zen-How-Ehr). Do I win free stuff now? Do’hh!

    posted by ed k on 1-7-2009 at 8:16 am

  2. Sweet another one for the win pile!

    posted by Tricia on 1-7-2009 at 8:34 am

  3. Eisenhower! Yay!

    reCaptcha: too Gordian. As in, not like this puzzle. :D

    posted by Allison on 1-7-2009 at 8:57 am

  4. Eisenhower

    posted by Cassie on 1-7-2009 at 9:19 am

  5. I love how people submit the solution to the brain games everyday even though the answer is given on this page. Nobody else finds this a little bit pointless?

    posted by Gary on 1-7-2009 at 10:10 am

  6. Yay! I get to pick a grammar nit!

    “Very soon, for the first time since 2001, we’ll be referring to President Obama instead of President Bush”

    I don’t think may people were referring to “President Obama” in 2001, except maybe Michelle.

    posted by Jack on 1-7-2009 at 10:55 am

  7. Very good point, Jack. While I knew what I meant, the sentence didn’t come across like I intended. I’ve removed the “since 2001″ phrase. Thanks!

    posted by Sandy on 1-7-2009 at 11:07 am

  8. not very challenging

    posted by Ian on 1-7-2009 at 11:26 am

  9. What about John “Quin-cy Ad-ams”?

    posted by SeanO. on 1-7-2009 at 2:28 pm

  10. What about Grover Cleveland
    Al-ex-and-er?

    posted by Larry U on 1-7-2009 at 3:02 pm

  11. eisenhower

    posted by Isaac on 1-7-2009 at 3:06 pm

  12. “that moron Bush” is also four syllables

    posted by mark on 1-7-2009 at 4:05 pm

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