Aug. 4, 2026

Barack Obama's birthday.

Barack Obama's birthday.

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Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme is Barack Obama's birthday,

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US Presidents, the White House and historic election moments. Question one,

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Barack Obama was born on August fourth, nineteen sixty one,

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making him the first US president born outside the contiguous

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forty eight states in Which state did he enter the world?

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Question two? Speaking of presidential birthdays, which US president is

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the only one born on Independence Day?

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July fourth? Question three?

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Though the President's House had been painted white since the

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seventeen nineties, which president officially made the White House the

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building's formal name in nineteen oh one by putting it

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on official stationery. Question four, in a modern election cliffhanger

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remembered alongside Obama's historic two thousand and eight victory. What

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Supreme Court case effectively ended the Florida recount and decided

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the two thousand US presidential election. Question five. During Barack

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Obama's first inauguration in two thousand and nine, a slight

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wording stumble led to the Oath of Office being readministered

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the next day at the White House? Who delivered both

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versions of the oath? We'll be right back with these

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answers after this break welcome back. Question one in which

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state was Barack Obama born? Answer? Hawaii. Obama was born

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in Honolulu, Hawaii. His birthplace made him the first president

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born in Hawaii and the only one born outside the

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contiguous United States. Question two, Which president was born on

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July fourth?

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Answer? Calvin Coolidge.

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Calvin Coolidge was born on July fourth, eighteen seventy two,

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in Plymouth, notch Vermont. While John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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both died on July fourth, Coolidge is the only president

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born on that date. Question three Who officially named it

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the White House in nineteen oh one?

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Answer? Theodore Roosevelt.

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In nineteen oh one, Theodore Roosevelt directed that the executive

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mansion be officially called the White House. The name became

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standard on stationary and in public usage thereafter. Question four

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Which Supreme Court case decided the two thousand election?

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Answer? Bush v. Gore. Bush v.

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Gore two thousand halted the Florida recount, effectively awarding the

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state and the presidency to George W.

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Bush.

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The decision was issued on December twelfth, two thousand. Question five,

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who readministered Obama's two thousand and nine Oath Answer Chief

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Justice John Roberts. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath

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on January twentieth, two thousand and nine, and again the

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next day in the White House map Room to ensure

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complete accuracy. The repeat was done out of an abundance

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of caution. That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm

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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help

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of AI technology.

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See you tomorrow.