Here's today's trivia contest...

[brooklynite]

Without cheating and looking anything up, who's the first who can name every ANNOUNCED and READY TO ANNOUNCE Republican Presidential candidate (all 17)?

(I missed two when I thought through it)

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. I ran dry around the baker's dozen mark. They all sound alike after a while.

Christie, Walker, Pataki, Jindal, Perry

Bush, Fiorina, Graham

Cruz, Santorum, Carson, Trump, Huckabee

I'm sure I'd recognize the rest as soon as I saw their names again, but all I got is current/former Govs, corporate establishment types, total nutcases.

(Edit, oh, good grief, I forgot my own gov, Kasich.)

[lastlib]

2. Crap--I was able to come up with sixteen, but #17 eludes me.

my list:

1. Jeb
2. Walker
3. Perry
4. Carson
5. Santorum
6. Fiorina
7. Trump
8. Cruz
9. Paul
10. Jindal
11. Rubio
12. Graham
13. Huckabee
14. Christie
15. Pataki
16. Kasich
17.

[TlalocW]

4. I think there's only 16

Or at least 16 "big-name" candidates. According to this site there's actually more than 16.

http://2016.republican-candidates.org/#Declared-Republican-Candidates

I mixed up Pataki with Pawlenty and forgot Santorum, so I got 14.

TlalocW

[Person 2713]

3. I don't care to recall they all make me want to puke

[lastlib]

5. In a way, this is like answering, "How many nukes on an ICBM?"

The true answer is, it doesn't matter--Just one is all it takes to get you.

[brooklynite]

6. Hint: you're missing the newest ready-to-announce candidate...

[CBGLuthier]

7. Well, there is dumbass, NJ dumbass, Texas Dumbass, Trumpass, Sneezy, Doc,

Pretend hispanic Bush, real Hispanics Cruz and Rubio, and who really gives a fuck rounds out the class.

Third Base!!

[Capt. Obvious]

8. I'll give it a shot

Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Walker, Trump, Jindal, Gilmore, Pataki, Christie, Fiorina, Carson, Graham, Kasich,

and I'm tapped out at 14 :-\

[brooklynite]

9. You missed the two that I missed...plus one more.

Try thinking geographically.

[Capt. Obvious]

10. After hitting post I remembered big names

Huckabee, Santorum, Perry.

[bluedigger]

11. I'm not too good at hitting moving targets.

By the time I finish my list, someone new will be jumping in the clown car.

[Snobblevitch]

12. A few weeks ago

I looked up the list of announced Republican candidates and at that time there were already 23.