Trivia 9-17-19 5 things in common

[Trivia Master]

What 3 things do US Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley have in common?

credit: @wingatecivilwar5

Edit - The title of the thread indicates it's asking for five things in common, but the question says it's only asking for three. I do not know what the author of the question intended, but because of the confusion, I will grade the answers on the assumption that players need to name only three things in common to get credit for a correct response.

hoosier

 

[Kurt G]

1. All were born in Ohio
2. All served in the Union army
3.All became president

 

[DBF]

Off the top of my head I'd say -

1. All served in the Union Army
2. All served as President of the United States
3. All were born in Ohio

 

[Ethan S.]

All three were presidents, all three were in the Union Army, and.....hmm...

 

[FarawayFriend]

1) They were all born in Ohio.
2) They have US counties named after them
3) They were Civil War veterans


Sources:

Which Presidents Are From Ohio?

Ohio is the birthplace of seven presidents of the United States: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding.

www.worldatlas.com

The US presidency in numbers

www.independent.co.uk

Presidents Who Were Civil War Veterans - Essential Civil War Curriculum

Edit - There are eight counties in the United States named Harrison County, but none are named for President Benjamin Harrison. Four are named for President William Henry Harrison. Two are named for men named Benjamin Harrison, but neither of those two men was the president (though one of them was his great-grandfather). The other two are named for Jonas Harrison and Albert Harrison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.ph...esidents_of_the_United_States&oldid=869233703

hoosier

 

[Michigander]

1. They were all Presidents of the United States.
2. They were all veterans of the Civil War.
3. They were all born in Ohio.

 

[gentlemanrob]

1. All President of United States
2. All Served in Union Army
3. All Republicans

 

[SWMODave]

Kind of a wide open question. Besides the numerous obvious that we all share, they were all born, they all died, they all drank water, etc, ....

1. All were Union Generals
2. All became US Presidents
3. All were born in Ohio

Source

Edit - McKinley never rose to the rank of general.

hoosier

 

[captaindrew]

all born in Ohio, all served in the Civil War, all became President

 

[TnFed]

From Ohio, fought in Civil War, Presidents.

 

[connecticut yankee]

All were Presidents of the United States. Is this a trick question?

 

[connecticut yankee]

Oh now I see---question asks for three things in common. I guess the other two things would be they were all males and thirdly, they all lived through the time of the Civil War. Wow---quite an open ended question!

 

[3rd North Carolina]

All were presidents of the United states

Edit - Sorry, drjekyll76, the question asked for three things that the men had in common.

Welcome to the trivia game, anyway. Hope you'll come back and play again.

hoosier

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

Born in Ohio, served in the Civil War, became President. (Four of them were bearded, and two were assassinated...)

 

[Stony]

1. All 5 were U.S. presidents.
2. All 5 served in the civil war.
3. All 5 were born in Ohio.

 

[Pollaco]

I Union Officers
2 Republicans
3 Presidents

 

[Seduzal]

They were all elected Presidents of the USA.
All fought for the North

Edit - The question asked for three things that the men had in common.

hoosier

 

[Wallyfish]

1) All were Born in Ohio
2) All were Civil War Veterans
3) All were Republicans

The source I used have these 3 traits in common for the question presidents. There are many lists of presidential commonalities but these should be enough (such as mountains or counties named after them).

I did find out that Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre. The car in which Kennedy was shot was a Lincoln, made by Ford. Both were shot by three-named assassins – John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald and both were murdered before they could be tried. Trivia abounds. Carry on.


Source

 

[Ole Miss]

1) All served as President of the United States
2) All served as officers in the US Army during the ACW
3) All were members of the Republican Party
Regards
David

 

[JOHN42768]

From 1869 to 1901, five U.S. Presidents were Civil War veterans: U.S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley. All were born in Ohio. Three (Hays, Harrison, and McKinley) were lawyers. All were Republicans
source: www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com