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1. She was born Martha Custis in 1731 and was the first of our First Ladies. Martha married her husband in 1759 and they were together until his death in 1799. What was the name of her husband and the first president of the United States?
2. Our next First Lady is probably best known for her gallant rescue of Gilbert Stuart's painting of George Washington when the White House was being burnt by the British during the War of 1812. She was raised a Quaker and married her future President in 1794. Which First Lady was this?
3. John Tyler's reign as president was not that memorable except for his annexation of Texas. However, he had the most children of any president. His first wife, Letitia, bore him eight children before she died of a stroke in 1842, while he was president. He remarried in 1844 to another woman who would give him seven more children. Do you remember what her name was?
4. Abraham and Mary Lincoln had been married in 1842 and by time he became president in 1861, they had four children. Two had already died by the time Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. Due to all these tragedies, Mary suffered from extreme migraines and depression for the remainder of her life. She came from a very prominent banking family in Lexington, Kentucky. Hmmmm, trying to remember what that last name was. Can you help me?
5. The 19th President of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, met the love of his life in 1847. Lucy Webb and Rutherford were married in 1852 and he was subsequently elected president in 1877. The First Couple did not allow alcoholic beverages to be served at the White House. Lucy served other refreshments to guest and acquired a nickname that was what?
6. Grover Cleveland is well known as the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. He is also recognized for being the first president to get married in the White House. During his first term, he met the young daughter of a close friend. She was attending Wells College and in 1886, they were married in the Blue Room. She was 21 and he was 49. What was the maiden name of his beautiful bride?
7. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor married in 1905. She was actually a fifth cousin of her husband and shared a family relationship with a previous president, Theodore Roosevelt. What was that connection?
8. Dwight Eisenhower met his wife in 1915 and they were married the following year. Her family, the Douds, had made their fortune in the meat packing business in Iowa, Colorado and Texas. What was her unique first name?
9. Ah, the years of Camelot! John Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier married in 1953 and were the darlings of the press until his shocking assassination in 1963. Five years later, she married which shipping magnate?
10. Ronald and Nancy Reagan were married for 52 years before he died in 2004. However, he had a nine year marriage to an actress during the 1940s. Which of the following actresses is the correct one?
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