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Richard Nixon Quiz: Legendary Challenge

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In which California town was Nixon born?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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He was born at Yorba Linda in 1913, in a house his father built.

What did Nixon’s audited accounts put his net worth at in 1969?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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The returns he released showed 307,141 dollars as he entered the White House.

By the same accounting, what was Nixon worth on 31 May 1973?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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988,522 dollars, a tripling in four and a half years on a fixed salary, driven almost entirely by property.

How much did Nixon pay for the Key Biscayne properties in December 1968?

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The Florida houses cost 253,455 dollars, and he sold them after 1974 to clear his debts.

Which friend lent Nixon much of the money to buy the San Clemente estate?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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Robert Abplanalp, who had made his fortune inventing an aerosol valve, provided the loans.

How much was Nixon paid for the Frost interviews, before his share of the profits?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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600,000 dollars plus a fifth of the profits, at a point when he badly needed the money.

How much did Nixon contribute to his own presidential library in 1992?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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He gave 1.45 million dollars in 1992 and pledged a further 1.2 million the following year.

How much did Nixon leave each surviving grandchild in his will?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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Fifty thousand dollars each, with larger sums to two of them.

What was the title of Nixon’s 1962 book about his own political career?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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Six Crises was written between his two defeats and long before the memoirs.

In which New Jersey town did Nixon finally settle?

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 – 05/15/1984) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
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He moved from Manhattan to Saddle River in 1981 and on to Park Ridge at the end of his life.

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