How is Philip K Dick the lowest?!?! He was only one of the best sci-fi writers ever. The movies Total Recall, Blade Runner, The Adjustment Bureau, Minority Report, Next, A Scanner Darkly, and Paycheck were all based on his works.
No, because Ulysses S Grant was originally Hiram Ulysses Grant(yes, his initials were HUG), but somebody accidentally messed up his name as Ulysses S Grant, and he decided to keep that to help his campaign, because now his initials were USG, and that could be United States, or Uncle Sam, anything but HUG. So the S really doesn't stand for anything.
I don't know about Grant, but I thought that Truman added the "S" to sound more presidential. (And thus, not standing for anything, it read Harry S Truman.) (But now I just did a little checking, and while it stood for nothing, he usually signed his name S-dot. So I don't know.)
Hiram Ulysses Grant became Ulysses S. Grant due to a typographical error. The S came from his mother's maiden name Simpson. Harry S. Truman's middle name was just "S."- it wasn't to sound more presidential that's what he was actually named. Both of his grandfathers had "S" names and it was meant to honor them both.
When I came to 'James K', my initial thought was, of course, the famous New Zealand poet of the mid 20th century, James K Baxter, who is always regarded with the initial, making him a suitable candidate for this quiz. When I typed him in I was not wrong, I just picked the wrong James K. I think this should therefore be removed from the quiz to avoid further confusion.
By the way, James K Baxter is an awesome poet. Would recommend any of his work; Ballad of Calvary Street, Maori Jesus, Wild bees, On the death of her body, the list goes on.
I was just thinking of Robert E. Howard and typing it over and over again and thinking there was a bug or something. Then it turned out it was another guy entirely. :(
to beam you up.
The "S" in Ulysses S Grant does not stand for anything, so the period should be removed...
This nerd is sad.