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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






2. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






3. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






4. Why did we enter WWII?






5. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






6. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






7. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






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






9. What president had the watergate scandal?






10. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






11. Sedition acts






12. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






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






14. Who balanced the budget?






15. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






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






17. How old do you have to be to be president?






18. What were the years of WWI?






19. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






20. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






21. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






22. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






23. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






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






25. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






26. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






27. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






28. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






29. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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30. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






31. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






32. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






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






34. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






35. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






36. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






37. Why did WWI happen?






38. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






39. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






40. Who was the only president to resign?






41. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






42. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






43. What is the inauguration date?






44. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






45. How many presidents died in office?






46. Who invaded Iraq?






47. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






48. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






49. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






50. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?