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On what date did Eisenhower deliver his presidential farewell address?
January 17, 1961
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Why political movement was named for Joseph McCarthy?
McCarthyism
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What political theory did Eisenhower use to oppose McCarthy?
executive privilege
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Who served as Eisenhower's vice president?
Nixon
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What sort of conservative was Eisenhower?
moderate
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What does DARPA stand for?
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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What book did Eisenhower's parents read every day?
Bible
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What Mennonite sect did Eisenhower's mother initially belong to?
River Brethren
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What is another name for the International Bible Students Association?
Jehovah's Witnesses
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What university did Eisenhower attend?
West Point
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What church did Eisenhower join in 1953?
Presbyterian
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In what year did Eisenhower graduate from high school?
1909
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What high school did Eisenhower go to?
Abilene
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What was the name of Eisenhower's brother?
Edgar
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In what year of high school did Eisenhower suffer a groin infection?
freshman
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What high school year did Eisenhower have to repeat?
freshman
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Where did Eisenhower work during his brother's first year of college?
Belle Springs Creamery
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What was Eisenhower's job title during the first year his brother went to college?
night supervisor
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Who was Eisenhower's senator?
Joseph L. Bristow
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Why couldn't Eisenhower attend Annapolis?
beyond the age limit
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In what year did Eisenhower matriculate to West Point?
1911
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What was Doud Eisenhower's nickname?
Icky
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What killed Icky Eisenhower?
scarlet fever
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In what city was John Eisenhower born?
Denver
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What was John Eisenhower's final rank in the military?
brigadier general
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David Eisenhower married the child of what US President?
Nixon
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What sport did Eisenhower notably enjoy?
golf
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What color were Eisenhower's winter golf balls?
black
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Who was the Chairman of Augusta National and friend to Eisenhower?
Clifford Roberts
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What was Clifford Roberts by profession?
investment broker
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When did Eisenhower join Augusta National?
1948
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What was Eisenhower's favorite hobby other than golfing?
oil painting
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Who notably painted a picture of Mamie Eisenhower?
Thomas E. Stephens
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What was the main type of oil painting painted by Eisenhower?
landscapes
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What car did Eisenhower compare modern art to?
Tin Lizzie
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Who called Eisenhower's art "simple and earnest"?
Wendy Beckett
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What was Eisenhower's favorite film?
Angels in the Outfield
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Who was Eisenhower's favorite author?
Zane Grey
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What genre did Zane Grey write in?
Western
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Where did Eisenhower learn to play poker?
Abilene
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At West Point, what game did Eisenhower play six nights a week for five months?
contract bridge
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What military installation was Eisenhower assigned to when the United States entered the First World War?
Ft. Leavenworth
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What unit did Eisenhower serve with at Camp Meade?
65th Engineers
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To what rank was Eisenhower brevetted after being transferred to the tank corps?
Lieutenant Colonel
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What famous military event occurred at the site of Camp Colt?
Pickett's Charge
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In what state was Camp Meade located?
Maryland
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How long before Eisenhower was to be transferred to France did World War I end?
week
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What decoration did Eisenhower receive as a result of his First World War service?
Distinguished Service Medal
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What notable Second World War commander disparaged Eisenhower for his lack of combat experience?
Montgomery
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What was Eisenhower's Camp Meade unit equipped with?
tanks
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When did Eisenhower leave Camp Meade?
1922
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Along with Patton, who was a notable interwar tank leader?
Sereno E. Brett
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What was the traditional doctrine on the use of tanks?
supportive role for the infantry
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What happened when Eisenhower was threatened with a court martial for his support for offensive tank tactics?
he relented
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What role did Eisenhower serve under Fox Conner?
executive officer
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Where did Eisenhower serve under Conner?
Panama Canal Zone
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What notable military treatise was authored by von Clausewitz?
On War
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During what period did Eisenhower attend the Command and General Staff College?
1925–26
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How many people were in Eisenhower's class at the Command and General Staff College?
245
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Who was the head of the American Battle Monuments Commission during this period?
Pershing
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During the 1920s, for what federal department did Milton Eisenhower work?
Agriculture
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In what year did Eisenhower graduate from the Army War College?
1928
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What was the office held by George Mosely?
Assistant Secretary of War
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What was Eisenhower's rank in 1933?
Major
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What event made war planning difficult in this period?
Great Depression
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What position was held by General MacArthur at this point in time?
Army Chief of Staff
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What encampment was attacked in 1932 by soldiers including Eisenhower?
Bonus March
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What sort of people did the Bonus March consist of?
veterans
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What rank was Eisenhower promoted to in 1936?
lieutenant colonel
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What license did Eisenhower receive in 1939?
pilot's
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Who was president of the Philippines circa 1939?
Manuel L. Quezon
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What is the current name of the capital city that was under construction in the Philippines in 1939?
Quezon City
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How did Eisenhower respond to the offer to become a Philippine police chief?
declined
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What unit did Eisenhower serve with upon his return to the United States?
15th Infantry
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At what military installation was the 15th Infantry based?
Fort Lewis
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In the spring of 1941, who commanded IX Corps?
Kenyon Joyce
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In what city was the 3rd Army based in June of 1941?
San Antonio
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What event contributed to Eisenhower receiving a promotion to brigadier general?
Louisiana Maneuvers
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To what body was Eisenhower assigned after Pearl Harbor was attacked?
General Staff in
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Who headed the WPD before Eisenhower?
Leonard T. Gerow
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What body replaced the War Plans Division?
Operations Division
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What was Eisenhower's title in the Operations Division?
Assistant Chief of Staff
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Who was the Chief of Staff who promoted Eisenhower?
George C. Marshall
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As of May 1942, who commanded the Army Air Forces?
Henry H. Arnold
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To what city did Eisenhower travel to May 1942?
London
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Who commanded the English theater in May 1942?
James E. Chaney
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What appointment did Eisenhower receive on June 23, 1942?
Commanding General, European Theater of Operations
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To what rank was Eisenhower promoted on July 7, 1942?
lieutenant general
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What appointment did Eisenhower receive in November of 1942?
Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force of the North African Theater of Operations
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What was the code name of the North African campaign?
Operation Torch
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At what location was the North African campaign planned?
Rock of Gibraltar
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How many years before Eisenhower's command had a non-Briton commanded Gibraltar?
200
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What geographic area was the primary objective of Eisenhower?
Tunisia
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Who initially served as High Commissioner of North Africa?
François Darlan
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Who killed François Darlan?
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
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Who served as High Commissioner of North Africa after Darlan's death?
Henri Giraud
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On what day did Darlan die?
December 24
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What was Rommel's rank?
Generalfeldmarschall
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Who commanded II Corps before being removed by Eisenhower?
Lloyd Fredendall
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Who commanded the UK's Eighth Army?
Bernard Montgomery
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