Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 14/Answers/Question 6

Answer...
All of them died in office. Found at this place, then clicked on each of the listed presidents. Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 22:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry no. It didn't help at all that I got my numbers wrong. The question has now been corrected (although there is still room to argue about the exact numbers) --Spondoolicks 23:06, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Venezuela?
I Googled Wikipedia for "45th President" and the only relevant hit I got was a Venezuelan. The List of Presidents of Venezuela gives 3 different ordering systems. I didn't see a connection using the first column, but along the 2nd column:


 * 9 - Jose Antonio Paez
 * 11 - Jose Tadeo Monagas
 * 13 - Jose Tadeo Monagas
 * 15 - Julian Castro
 * 19 - Jose Antonio Paez
 * 23 - Jose Ruperto Monagas
 * 25 - Antonio Guzman Blanco
 * 27 - Jose Gregorio Varela
 * 35 - Joaquin Sinforiano de Jesus Crespo
 * 37 - Cipriano Castro Ruiz
 * 45 - Romulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello

seem to be connected. All but Betancourt Bello were military generals (most listed on the page, José Gregorio Varela I had to click through). Betancourt Bello fits into the group because he, like many of the later ones in this group, also took power through a coup d'etat. (ESkog)(Talk) 11:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not Presidents of Venezuela. In fact the presidents I'm thinking of aren't in a numbered list and I had to count down to them myself. --Spondoolicks 12:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * He's joking. The hint is very wrong. - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here) | HISTORY 22:52, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Huh? --Spondoolicks 11:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * See, the answer was from the Mexican presidents list, disproving the hint. - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here) | HISTORY 12:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Answer
They were all Governors. - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here) | HISTORY 20:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

A (probably wrong) guess
Taking Clinton as a hint I would guess they are US Presidents that only served one term (or less). This leaves #45 unaccounted, so I guess this is not really correct, but hey, It's worth a shot. Charon X /talk 22:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Just saw the hint that they are not in numbered lists, so disregard the guess above. Charon X /talk 22:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that's incorrect. - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here) | HISTORY 21:43, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Colombia?
I am assuming that the "quite a lot in common" means that this is the same person served as President eleven times? Is it Domingo de Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría, the Vice-president of Greater Colombia and the Republic of New Granada, who served as (acting) President eleven times during the absence of the actual President? (I can't find a list to verify - List of Presidents of Colombia does not help). -- ALoan (Talk) 14:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it's not the President of Columbia I'm after. Nice try though. --Spondoolicks 15:06, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Paraguay? If so, still not enough help for me...
Hint 2 makes me think that these are presidents of Paraguay, but I still don't know what the answer might be. As you say, the numbering is debatable - does the triumvirate count as one president, or three, or none at all? Zoicon5 17:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Mexico?
Aha - thanks for hint 3! Valentín Gómez Farías? See List of Presidents of Mexico. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Or not. My mistake.  Antonio López de Santa Anna? -- ALoan (Talk) 11:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, if you count the triumvirate of Pedro Vélez, Lucas Alamán and Luis de Quintanar as one president, Antonio López de Santa Anna is 9th, ..., etc, on List of Presidents of Mexico.  He has a lot in common with the other presidents, being the same man.  The above three governed together, and the "memorable battle" is Battle of the Alamo (February/March 1836, after the end of his 15th presidency, which ended in January 1835, and before his 19th, which began in March 1839).  The "knifeman" is Jim Bowie (with his eponymous Bowie knife). -- ALoan (Talk) 11:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Hooray! Correct answer. I thought we might work our way right around South and Central America before we got up to Mexico. I make that 5 points to ALoan --Spondoolicks 11:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

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