Previous President? Or Next President?
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
They call me the Fathead. I attribute it to a typographical error whereby I lost the C in my nickname; it should have been "Facthead". But it stuck.
Anyway, a friend of mine asked for my help once in the spring of 2007, knowing about my head of facts. I told him what a nice day it was, and he said:
"Yeah, whatever. You recognize this guy here?" At which point my friend indicated a picture of a President of the United States. It took me a moment.
"Yeah, I know that one. What about him?"
"Well, who came before him as President? No, I meant after him. No, wait, before--"
"Actually, it doesn't matter what you meant, because the answer is the same no matter what." And I told him the answer, and it was true, and he remembered it well.
What was my answer?
HintWhy would the answer be the same no matter what? Remember that each President can serve two terms, and note that what I'm talking about happened with only one President.
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Answer
Grover Cleveland. He was the 22nd and 24th President, and both succeeded and preceded President Benjamin Harrison, who was pictured in my friend's text. That was why it didn't matter which my friend meant.
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cuteandditzy   
Sep 26, 2007
| I learn something new everyday. Nice teaser!  |
calmsavior
Sep 26, 2007
| That, and if the pic were of Bill Clinton. |
FatHead
Sep 26, 2007
| You have a point, calmsavior, but I said that the answer would be the same, and not merely have the same name.
*Shrug.* I dunno, could it have been worded better? In which case, I could fix it. |
luckylefty 
Sep 27, 2007
| I was able to get it after I read the hint. Nice job! |
princesspt
Sep 27, 2007
| yeah i was thinking of Clinton too but nice riddle  |
dddlite
Oct 11, 2007
| I, too, had Clinton. Never knew that about the other guy.  Thanks! Good one. |
sweetpretty1
Jan 12, 2008
| Ah... I'm not American so i have no idea who your presidents are but i once read about that guy and that's who i was thinking of. |
CatsAreCute
Jan 12, 2008
| Too easy!
But fun! |
Hufflepuffle
Jan 15, 2008
| Nice puzzle! Good thing I remembered I still remember the names of the presidents to the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from back in 6th grade. |
Matttoy
Feb 03, 2008
| I thought that you meant george bush because he came before and after clinton but those were different bush's. Nice teaser! |
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