Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Question: What president was given two grains of rice as an official gift?

Answer: President Richard Nixon was presented with two grains of rice in a plush blue velvet box by Pakistani artist S. Nabi Ahmed Rizvi. Alongside the pair of rice grains was a magnifying glass that allowed Nixon to see that the artist had painted portraits on each grain: one of Nixon as a young man in the Navy and one of Nixon as president.