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Think you know your US presidents? See if D.C. Decoder can stump you!
Who pays for the president's food? Which president has a sport named after him? Match wits with a master of useless (but entertaining) presidential information.
1. Which president burned the first shipment of Japanese cherry trees to Washington?
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John Tyler, because he was out of firewood |
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William Taft, because they were full of bugs |
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Franklin Roosevelt, because of Pearl Harbor |
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Gerald Ford, by accident |
