Which president loved golf so much that he had a putting
Chapter 1

Morning routines and wardrobe secrets

Chapter 2

Bizarre culinary choices and dining quirks

Chapter 3

Unusual White House pets and animal encounters

Chapter 4

Eccentric hobbies and unusual pastimes

YOUR GOAL

Master of Strange habits of US presidents

Ch 4 · Eccentric hobbies and unusual pastimes
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Riding Thunderbolt inside his dressing room, An electric wooden horse to chase away the gloom.

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hank Teddy Roosevelt and his intense boxing matches

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Warren G. Harding and his high-stakes poker games

hank Warren G. Harding hosted twice-weekly poker games and once gambled away White House china.

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Teddy Roosevelt and his intense boxing matches

hank Theodore Roosevelt sparred in the White House until a punch detached his retina.

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Oddly Presidential
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Fun Fact

Hoover's medicine ball: President Herbert Hoover played a game called 'Hooverball' every morning at 7:00 AM, throwing a heavy medicine ball over a net to stay fit.

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Glossary
skinny-dipping (noun)
The act of swimming in the nude. President John Quincy Adams famously practiced this routine at dawn in the Potomac River.

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Gossip

Would you play poker with a president if they bet historical artifacts?

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Quiz

Which president loved golf so much that he had a putting green installed on the White House lawn in 1954?

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hank Abraham Lincoln and his wrestling legacy

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Quiz

What did President Warren G. Harding reportedly lose during one of his high-stakes White House poker games?

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hank Calvin Coolidge and his motorized mechanical horse

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Quiz

Which president was an obsessive bowler who had a one-lane bowling alley built in the basement of the White House in 1969?

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Quiz

Why did Theodore Roosevelt suddenly stop boxing while serving as president in the White House?

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Quiz

Before his presidency, Abraham Lincoln was an elite competitor in which sport, losing only one of about 300 matches?

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Quiz

Which president was an accomplished classical pianist who played the piano on national television during his presidency?

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Quiz

What was the name of the sport invented by a White House physician to keep Herbert Hoover fit, involving a heavy medicine ball?

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Quiz

What was the nickname of the electric mechanical horse that Calvin Coolidge rode three times a day?

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