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White House
This category is for questions and answers about the White House, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500. The White House is the home and workplace of the American president. It is also a major icon of American government.
2,080 Questions
Did John Adams celebrate Christmas in the white house?
John Adams did celebrate Christmas in the White House. He, along with his wife, hosted the very first White House Christmas party.
Why would your power go out to your garage but not to your house and no fuses be blown?
Does the garage have a separate breaker box or fuse box inside? Is there a separate power feed for the garage? In the 70's and 80's some cities were allowing aluminum wiring INSIDE residences. If the wire from the main fuse/breaker panel is aluminum there is a real possibility that you might have a bad connection between the fuse box or breaker panel and the outlets in the garage.
What is a Hotel switchboard operator?
A hotel switchboard operator is a person who answers call that come into the hotel. They the re-route the call to the department or room that the caller requests.
What is the nearest big city to Karlsborg Sweden?
It depends which Karlsborg, there are two of it, on in the northern Sweden near the finnish border and one in southern Sweden. The one in the north isn't very far from torneå in finland, and not either from luleå in sweden. The one in southern sweden, is close to Skövde, Linköping and Norrköping.
What beers did obama gates and crowley drink at the white house?
They had their 'beer summit' - including VP Joe Biden over a Bud Light.
Can a president's mom live in the White House?
Certainly. The White House is the president's home and he can share it with anybody he likes, including his mother and grown children and their families. It is also large enough to accommodate a large group.
Who won election to the White House and was seen as a powerful presence in the Oval Office?
That would be all 44 Presidents. Including the 44th, Barack Obama.
Is there a video of the underground bunker in the white house?
Yes - but if we show it to you - we have to kill you...
What is the name of the cemetery located on Watt Avenue near PFE Road in Roseville Ca?
It is the Roseville Cemetery #2. The main Roseville Cemetery is located by the Roseville High School on Berry Street. The Roseville Cemetery #2 has some historical early settlers buried there and it is an awesome view from the top. It's actually called the Union Cemetery. It's located on Watt Avenue just past PFE Road. See link below.
What did Richard Nixon do to FDR's swimming pool at the White House?
He converted the indoor pool to a press room.
What objects are in the Vermeil Room in the White House?
Urmmm... I am not sure but is it an Chair like the seat?
What is the email address of a peer at the House of Lords?
That depends upon which peer: http://www.parliament.uk/about/contacting/lord.cfm says that "Many Peers do not have public email addresses". I'd advise you see this list: http://www.parliament.uk/directories/house_of_lords_information_office/alphabetical_list_of_members.cfm for those who have websites and go from there. Or send a snail mail (see the first link)
Where did Stephanie Grisham go to college?
Stephanie Grisham went to Colorado Mesa University (attended)
Edgar Allan Poe
What year did president Franklin Pierce put a Christmas tree up in the White House?
Pierce had a tree outside in the White House lawn decorated for Christmas in either 1853 or maybe 1856. He did not have a tree put up inside the White House. The first indoor White House Christmas tree was sometime around 1888.
In Barefoot Contessa Family Style, Ina writes "It's about relationships. It's about people who are bound together by love and a sense of being responsible for one another. It's spouses with no children, like Jeffrey and me; it's a group of women who meet to cook dinner together once a month; it's a one-parent family with adopted children; and it's two men who've made a life together."
This would imply that she has no children.
Who painted the lanscape printing in the white house called ''landing of the pilgrims''?
Michele Felice Corne
What does Adams ask her daughter to keep secret in Letter to Her Daughter from the New White House?
She asks that her comments on the unfinished condition of the house not be revealed.
