Friday, April 20, 2018
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Congratulations to Donald Mccormick who won this week's "Mind Scrambler". Here was the scrambler:
I sit on a bridge. Some people will look through me while others wonder what I hide.
What am I?
ANSWER: Sunglasses.
Enjoy!
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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Now it's just an oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for president or to elect the president. And the same thing applies to governors, and U.S. senators and congress members."
HINT: This world leader received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his work "to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
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RANDOM TIDBITS
You don't vote for the President or Vice President of the United States. Citizens cast ballots for a set of members of the U.S. Electoral College. These electors then cast direct votes for the President and Vice President.
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If a majority of electors do not vote for President, the House of Representatives chooses the President; if a majority of electors do not vote for Vice President, the Senate votes.
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In 1945, Congress voted to commemorate the work FDR did for the March of Dimes by putting his profile on the coin.
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President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) is the only president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms. He was the 22nd and 24th president.
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In 1978, President Jimmy Carter, the first Southerner elected to the presidency following the Civil War, restored U.S. citizenship to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America.
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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Now it's just an oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for president or to elect the president. And the same thing applies to governors, and U.S. senators and congress members."
ANSWER: Former President Jimmy Carter