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Take the Father’s Day Challenge
Honoring our dads goes way beyond giving socks and neckties. Find out how much you really
know about this popular holiday
by John Murph, AARP, June 12, 2015
1. Which state hosted the first citywide Father’s Day celebration of the modern era?
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California
Washington
Arkansas
New Hampshire
West Virginia
2. This U.S. president signed the bill that made Father’s Day a national holiday.
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Woodrow Wilson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Harry S. Truman
3. How does Father’s Day rank among U.S. holidays with the largest number of greeting cards
exchanged?
10th
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7th
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4th
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11th
4. Which government agency commissioned a 30-minute episode of Father Knows Best called
“Twenty-Four Hours in Tyrantland,” which was created to promote the buying of saving bonds?
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U.S. Department of Treasury
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U.S. Federal Reserve System
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Internal Revenue Service
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Small Business Administration
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
5. In the mid-1960s this jazz pianist composed and recorded “Song for My Father,” which has
since become a world-renowned standard.
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Herbie Hancock
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Bud Powell
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Thelonious Monk
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Bill Evans
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Horace Silver
5. In the mid-1960s this jazz pianist composed and recorded “Song for My Father,” which has
since become a world-renowned standard.
6. How many pairs of fathers and sons have served as president of the United States?
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
7. Who is the patriarch of the famous Marsalis jazz dynasty?
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Wynton
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Branford
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Ellis
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Jason
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Delfeayo
8. English author A.A. Milne created this fictional character as a gift to his son, Christopher.
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Winnie-the-Pooh
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Donald Duck
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Foghorn J. Leghorn
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Papa Smurf
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Uncle Remus
9. Who invented and patented the 1912 drinking water fountain as a tribute to his father?
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George Washington Carver
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Thomas Edison
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Garrett Morgan
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Benjamin Franklin
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Halsey W. Taylor
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