On 7-8-2009 20:14, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:35:41 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> I remember that....and now I wonder what it was, too. :-/
>> There are lots of strange trick questions, some of which depend on
>> knowing technical definitions, some which depend on simply answering the
>> question that was asked rather than what it sounds like.
>>
>> What color was George Washington's white horse?  Grey. (Technically,
>> it's not a white horse unless it's albino, according to breeders.)
>>
>> Where is Grant buried?  Not in Grant's Tomb. (Grant is entombed there.)
>>
>> Who was born on Washington's Birthday?  Not Washington. (The calendar
>> changed between his birth and his death.)
> 
> Yeah, but I don't think it was actually this kind of trick question.  
> I'll have to find the episode if I have a few hours to spare (we still 
> have many of the XL episodes from the last series to go through anyways) 
> and see what the answer was.

I remember something along the lines of somebody else being appointed as 
a president of america before the independence war or something like that.

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