100 Years of 100 Things Quiz: Democratic Presidential Candidates

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Today's pledge drive quiz focuses on Democratic presidential candidates.

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0:00.0	It's the Brian Ameris Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. And as I said before the news,
0:16.7	this week during our membership drive, We're having our latest quiz series.
0:26.3	It's 100 Years of 100 Things quiz series, questions drawn from our 100 years of 100 Things history series.
0:27.8	Hope you've been appreciating the series.
0:29.9	Today, it's 100 years of Democratic candidates for president.
0:34.0	And get two in a row right.
0:36.0	You'll win a WNYC Stanley Cup, the limited edition Centennial
0:41.5	Stanley Cup. That's our new membership drive thank you gift as well. 212-433. WNYC, if you want to get in
0:50.1	line and try your hand, and our lines are full for the moment, so you can call that number when people finish up.
0:55.8	And we will start with Dale and New Rochelle on line one.
0:59.6	Hi, Dale.
1:00.1	Ready to play?
1:02.0	Hi, I am ready, Brian.
1:03.5	Okay.
1:04.2	FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was elected four times.
1:09.0	Can you name all four years?
1:12.8	Yes, that would be 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944.
1:18.8	That's exactly right. One more for the Stanley Cup.
1:22.5	True or false, FDR's vice president, Harry Truman, went on to be elected president in his own right in
1:29.4	1948 and 1952.
1:33.0	That is false.
1:34.3	Harry Truman was only elected in 1948.
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