I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios. It's Wednesday,

December 30th.

Today we have a special treat for you as one of our last shows of the year. It's none other

than historian Kenneth C. Davis

with an end of year news and history quiz prizes included, which we'll tell you about in a minute.

Ken's classic book, don't know much about history, has just been reissued in a 30th anniversary

edition. If you're not already a history buff, the book's Q&A format will get

you reading history for fun for the first time. And even if you're already into American

history, you'll probably learn a lot from the way Ken frames things up. And Ken has constructed a

news and history quiz for us in a few relevant categories that tie yesterday to today, categories

including one-term presidents and inaugurations and pardons and a few other things as well as some

general U.S. history questions and more. And here's how it'll work. Each caller will get three questions. Get two out of the

three right and we'll send you a copy of Don't Know Much About History and for good measure

of Brian Lairr Show, Remote Learning Mug. The book and the mug for getting two out of three

rights. Ken, thanks so much for doing this with us and writing all these quiz

questions. Welcome back to WNYC. Good morning, Brian. It's a great pleasure to be with you. And, you know,

teachers used to say pop quiz clear off your desks. Now they say put away your phones. Joe in Staten

Island, you're on WNYC. Ready to play, Joe? Well, you know, Brian, I think I am, so let's give it a shot.

Okay, you need to get two out of three.

Right.

So, Ken, let's see what we can do with Joe on Staten Island.

What are the first three words of the Constitution?

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