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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Who was a peanut farmer?






2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






3. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






4. Who did the Banking Holiday?






5. James Madison's wife is famous for...






6. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






7. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






8. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






9. Who is the current Vice President?






10. Do we vote directly for the president?






11. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






12. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






13. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






14. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






15. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






16. How many presidents died in office?






17. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






18. How many kids did George Washington have?






19. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






20. What was the league of nations?






21. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






22. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






23. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






24. How many rooms in the white house?






25. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






26. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






27. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






28. How many rooms in the white house?






29. Who had the first death in office?






30. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






31. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






32. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






33. Who was the youngest elected president?






34. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






35. How many presidents were killed in office?






36. What college did George Washington go to?






37. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






38. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






39. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






40. Where did the civil war begin?






41. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






42. Which presidents were cousins?






43. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






44. How many years is a presidential term?






45. Which president was the youngest to serve?






46. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






47. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






48. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






49. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






50. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?