QUESTIONS:
1. With the death of Bob Hope at age 100, it was frequently pointed out that the comedian played golf with every President from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton except one. Who was the one President he didn’t play golf with?
2. Hope avoided endorsing and campaigning for candidates until later in life. Who was the first Presidential candidate he openly supported?
3. Hope was introduced to Delores, his wife of 70 years, by a future U.S. Senator. Can you name him?
4. What current member of the House first won his seat by defeating Bob Hope’s son?
5. In the early 1950s, noting his popularity with veterans, many admirers urged Hope himself to run for President. What precluded him from ever being a candidate for President?
ANSWERS:
1. Jimmy Carter, who didn’t play golf.
2. Richard Nixon in his race for re-election in 1972.
3. George Murphy, Republican U.S. Senator from California from 1964-70.
4. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R.-Calif.), who first won the Republican nomination for his Southern California seat in 1986 over lawyer Tony Hope.
5. The English-born Hope was not a natural-born U.S. citizen and therefore was ineligible to be President.
