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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Question 1016: This is one for the books!



Easy sitter...
On November 3, 1948 this famous picture of a jubilant Harry Truman was taken right after he won the presidential election. What are the three words that have been blanked out from the headline?


Answer: quoting Rahul Varma, "
Dewey Defeats Truman" was a famously inaccurate banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States President Harry S. Truman beat Republican challenger and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election in an upset victory." The title is, by the way, Truman's words.
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17 comments:

  1. Siddarth PaiFebruary 16, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    Dewey Defeats Truman
    False defeat

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  2. UDitFebruary 16, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    Dewey Defeats Truman

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  3. rishwinFebruary 16, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    dewey defeats truman

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  4. ArchimondeFebruary 17, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    Dewey defeats Truman!

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  5. SudiptoFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    Dewey defeats Truman

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  6. appuchinFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    dewey defeats truman

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  7. indianFebruary 17, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    dewey defeats truman.

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  8. Rahul VarmaFebruary 17, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    Dewey Defeats Truman" was a famously inaccurate banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States President Harry S. Truman beat Republican challenger and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election in an upset victory.

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  9. Aditya D aka TEOFebruary 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    )a big mistake made y that newspaper) neways the ans is - Dewey Defeats Truman


    P.S. : A sitter is Easy, isn't it?

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  10. abhimanyuFebruary 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMANN

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  11. SaswatFebruary 18, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Its "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"
    Thomas Dewey was expected to be the winner & the Tribune wanted to be the 1st to publish the result by publishing even before the actual result came up..

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  12. CharuFebruary 18, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Dewey defeats Truman

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  13. UnknownFebruary 18, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Dewey Defeats Truman

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  14. Vijin VenuFebruary 19, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    Dewey defeats truman

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  15. anahasFebruary 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    Dewey beats truman

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  16. SukantoFebruary 19, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    Dewey defeats Truman.. famously inaccurate.. :)...absolute sitter!

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  17. sowrickFebruary 20, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN

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