Herbert Hoover Trivia II

HERBERT HOOVER TRIVIA II

11) What language did Hoover speak in the White House when he wanted a private conversation with his wife?

Having lived in China from April 1899 to August 1900, both Hoovers spoke some Mandarin Chinese. Although the President confessed that he "never absorbed more than a hundred words," Lou Hoover was more fluent, and the two would converse in their limited Mandarin when they wanted to keep their conversations private from guests or the press.

12) How many bills did Hoover veto while he was president?

16 5 37 79

Hoover vetoed a total of 37 bills (21 regular vetoes and 16 pocket vetoes), with three of these being overruled by Congress.

13) Hoover was the first U.S. president to _______.

HAVE BEEN A BOY SCOUT BE ASSIGNED A SECRET SERVICE CODENAME HAVE A TELEPHONE ON HIS DESK BE ISSUED A MEDICARE CARD

Telephones and a telephone switchboard had been in use at the White House since 1878, when President Rutherford B. Hayes had the first one installed, but no phone had ever been installed at the president's desk until Hoover's administration.

14) What was Herbert Hoover's presidential nickname?

"THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN""THE PHRASEMAKER""THE TRUST BUSTER""THE HUMAN ICEBERG"

Hoover was credited with saving 10 million lives during World War I as the leader of U.S. government efforts to send food supplies to war-torn areas of Europe, earning a nickname, "The Great Humanitarian", which would later be used facetiously in reference to his perceived indifference to the hardships faced by his constituents during the Great Depression.

15) How did one man try to assassinate Hoover during his 1932 presidential campaign?

WITH POISON DARTS WITH AN AIRPLANE WITH DYNAMITE WITH SMALLPOX

In his campaign trips around the country, Hoover was faced with perhaps the most hostile crowds ever seen by a sitting president. Besides having his train and motorcades pelted with eggs and rotten fruit, he was often heckled while speaking, and on several occasions, the Secret Service halted attempts to kill Hoover by disgruntled citizens, including capturing one man who tried to approach Hoover with sticks of dynamite, and another who removed several spikes from the rails in front of the president's train.

16) Who defeated Hoover in the presidential election of 1932?

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT WOODROW WILSON HARRY S. TRUMAN ALF LANDON

Hoover was widely seen as the cause of the Great Depression and as being indifferent to the suffering of millions, while Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt had established a reputation for being favorable toward government interventionism to help the needy during the economic crisis. Roosevelt won by a landslide in both the electoral and popular vote, carrying every state outside of the Northeast and receiving the highest percentage of the popular vote of any Democratic nominee up to that time.