6.2 Million

Amount (in U.S. dollars) that Donald Trump paid for his 776-acre Virginia wine estate, nearby Monticello where President Thomas Jefferson attempted, but failed, to make wine. The Trump winery is the former Kluge winery, which Trump bought out of foreclosure in 2011 for a tiny fraction of its value. (BELIEVE ME). The Kluge wines were among those Chelsea Clinton served at her wedding rehearsal dinner.

Each Thanksgiving holiday, the President of the United States spares the life of a turkey. Which President informally began the tradition of pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving?

A. Alexander Hamilton

B. Harry S. Truman

C. John F. Kennedy

D. George Washington

The tradition began with President John F. Kennedy, even though President Truman is often thought to have been the creator of the tradition after crates of live turkeys were sent to the White House in protest of “poultry free Thursdays” (which, in 1947 post World War II, the government encouraged). Alexander Hamilton, currently off-the-charts in popularity thanks to the Broadway musical Hamilton (tickets are $1000 each by the way), was not a president. And George Washington probably dined on too many turkeys to be in a position of pardoning them.

“In Spain, no matter if you make screwdrivers, at some point after you have saved a little money, the first thing you want to do is own a winery. It is very important to the Spanish soul.”

—Yolanda Carcía Viadero
Winemaker, Bodegas Valduero

6.2 Million

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