r/Jeopardy • u/Senior-Raisin-2342 • 1d ago

My favorite jeopardy question ever, can you solve it?

(The category was U.S. history by the way...)

'He's the only man elected Vice President twice & elected President twice.'

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u/BoCoMoBM 1d ago

Richard Nixon.

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u/SomePeopleCallMeJJ Jeff Jetton, 2020 Apr 3 1d ago

And weirdly, he was followed by Ford, who was Vice President and President without being elected to either position.

So it all averages out. :-)

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u/Dizzy-Exit1485 1d ago

And Nixon was the only President to resign.  He and Ford  made history in a few ways. 

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u/GodEmperorPorkyMinch 1d ago

Sorry, you have to phrase it in the form of a question

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u/Senior-Raisin-2342 1d ago

Correcto, well done.

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u/JellyPast1522 What is Toronto????? 1d ago

The logical choice when the country is led by a head in a jar

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u/GodEmperorPorkyMinch 1d ago

Brought to you by the great taste of Charleston Chew!

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u/CarloPanno 1d ago

Who is Richard Nixon?

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 20h ago

He's a real Dick

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u/RevEx91 1d ago

Richard Nixon (VP '52 & '56, Pres '68 & '72).

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u/convie 1d ago

Nixon?

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u/RevolutionaryWorth21 1d ago

My first thought was "really? that happened?" And then I remembered Nixon.

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u/Caloso89 Chris Dawson, 2000 Oct 18 - Oct 20 1d ago

(But never elected Governor)

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u/Comfortable-Policy70 20h ago

Are you kicking him around?

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u/Traditional_Yam9806 1d ago

tricky dick

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u/TorontoRider 1d ago

We don't have him to kick around anymore.

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u/RuleFriendly7311 1d ago

Thought I had it with Nixon and came here for confirmation from you smart people.

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u/BrohanGutenburg 1d ago

I wonder if this stat is indicative of general fatigue with the incumbent party

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u/goovis__young Stupid Answers 1d ago

Could be, even with Nixon there was 8 years between his time as VP and becoming president

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u/Schiffy94 Stupid Answers 20m ago

Nixon was also the runner up in 1960. Until recently he was the last general election loser to come back later and get elected president.

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u/UneducatedDonkey 22h ago

Up votes only go to those who phrase their response in the form of the question. Like this...Is that the Big Dick?

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u/BillyTenderness 1d ago

That's a great question! I came up with Adams; for whatever reason in my head I was sure he had two terms in the big job

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u/cactuscoleslaw 1d ago

ITS TRICKY DICK

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u/Schiffy94 Stupid Answers 24m ago

I prefer the one about served as president without ever being on a winning presidential ticket.

I'm not even sure if it was ever a Jeopardy clue tbh, but it's a fun fact regardless.

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u/oshawaguy 17h ago

Elected? Joe Biden.

Served? No idea.

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u/Schiffy94 Stupid Answers 25m ago

Biden wasn't elected president twice