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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
The Vice President
Lee Harvey Oswald
14
2
2. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
35
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Thus always to tyrants
Revolutionary War
3. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Germany invaded Poland
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
4. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?
7; 11
Monroe
Teddy Roosevelt
John Adams
5. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Lyndon Johnson
John Quicy Adams
14
7; 11
6. What is the command of army act?
Harry S Truman
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
27
7. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
George Washington
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2
8. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
A support group of countries
Harry S Truman
20
Monticello - Virginia
9. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
George W. Bush
A support group of countries
14
Teddy Roosevelt
10. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Dental; medical
Conspiracy
William Henry Harrison
11. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
Civil War
Harry S Truman
Eleanor
7; 11
12. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
Germany invaded Poland
Jimmy Carter
14
538
13. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
270
Jimmy Carter
He was shot
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Richard Nixon
Yes
George Washington
April 1917- November 1918
15. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
Andrew Johnson
5
Jimmy Carter
The Confederate States of America
16. How old do you have to be to be president?
December 7th - 1941
Jimmy Carter
35
Monticello - Virginia
17. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
England; sailors; products
Thomas Jefferson
4th
Daniel Inouye
18. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Massachusetts
Ronald Reagan
The south
19. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
South; north
Harry S Truman
0
James Madison
20. What are the people in the electoral college called?
Electors
7; 11
The government
1814
21. What was the nullification crisis?
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22. Who introduced surviver benefits?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
270
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George W. Bush
23. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
Robert E. Lee
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
No
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
24. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Ronald Reagan
350
George Washington
25. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
The Vice President
26. What are surviver benefits?
Harry S Truman
270
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Teddy Roosevelt
27. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
Dallas - Texas
Since birth
French and Indian War
350
28. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
60; unconstitutional
Gerald Ford
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
29. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?
World War I
$400000
John Adams
William Howard Taft
30. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Social Security
Andrew Jackson
31. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
Eleanor
30
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
James Madison
32. Who did fireside chats?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
William Howard Taft
George H. W. Bush
33. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
350
Barack Obama
Harry S Truman
34. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.
Buffalo - New York
1 million
Dwight David Eisenhower
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
35. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?
Civil rights
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Zapruder film
John Tyler
36. Who is the current secretary of state?
Maine and Nebraska
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Hillary Clinton
Since birth
37. John Adams went to what college?
William Henry Harrison
Harvard
September 1st - 1939
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
38. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
William Jefferson Clinton
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Thus always to tyrants
A gun
39. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
The government
8
Teddy Roosevelt
South; north
40. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
The government
The Vice President
Conspiracy
George W. Bush
41. Who invaded Iraq?
George W. Bush
George Washington
1814
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
42. Who balanced the budget?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Massachusetts
William Jefferson Clinton
Barack Obama
43. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
No
Speeches given for hope
Europe
His wife
44. What is the address of the white house?
Speeches given for hope
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
45. How many years is a presidential term?
1914-1918
4
James Madison
World War I
46. When did we enter WWII?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
He gets shot
December 7th - 1941
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
47. Who did the Banking Holiday?
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Self
Lyndon Johnson
48. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
444
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Massachusetts
George Washington
49. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Ulysses S. Grant
Lyndon Johnson
George Washington
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
50. Where does the president live for free?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
The White House
Harry S Truman
January 1st - 1863