QUESTIONS:
1. With the death of President Ronald Reagan, it was noted often that he was the oldest living former President. What other former Presidents lived beyond 90?
2. While he was governor of California in 1974, Ronald Reagan served as vice chairman of a commission to study the operations of the Central Intelligence Agency. Who was chairman of the commission?
3. When Reagan left the governorship in 1974, he was offered a lucrative contract with CBS-TV delivering commentary on the evening news as the opposite number of a well-known liberal commentator. (Reagan declined the offer and instead did his own daily radio commentary.) Can you name the liberal?
4. As California??¢â???¬â???¢s favorite son candidate for President at the 1968 GOP convention, Reagan has the distinction of being the first candidate for President from any major party to be placed in nomination by a woman. What woman gave the nominating speech for Reagan in ??¢â???¬â???¢68?
5. When Reagan announced his candidacy for governor in 1965, he was succeeded as host of TV??¢â???¬â???¢s ??¢â???¬?????Death Valley Days??¢â???¬ by another well-known conservative Republican from Hollywood. Can you name him?
ANSWERS:
1. Gerald R. Ford, who is now 91. (Two other former Presidents, John Adams and Herbert Hoover, both lived to be 90.)
2. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.
3. Eric Sevareid.
4. California State Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest.
5. Robert Taylor.
