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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does NATO stand for?
6'4'
30
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
James Madison
2. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
The government
Teddy Roosevelt
6'4'
6'4'
3. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
132
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Polio
Europe
4. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
The Gettysburg Address
John Tyler
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
0
5. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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6. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Richard Nixon
Revolutionary War
The Korean War
7. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
8
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Thomas Jefferson
8. Who is the current Vice President?
4th
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Joe Biden
April 1917- November 1918
9. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
Teddy Roosevelt
Yes
The president
No
10. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
Jefferson still survives
18
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barack Obama
11. Sedition acts
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
A support group of countries
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
12. What are disability benefits?
Teddy Roosevelt
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
15 million
13. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Free the slaves in the south
James Madison
William Jefferson Clinton
14. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Ulysses S. Grant
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
The White House
15. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
$150000
George H. W. Bush
England - France - Russia - USA
East of Africa
16. What is the Truman Doctrine?
William Jefferson Clinton
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
17. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Abraham Lincoln
Harry S Truman
November
Dallas - Texas
18. Who was the first President during WWII?
November
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
George H. W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
19. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Robert E. Lee
30
20. What was the New Deal?
Harvard
Abigail
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
21. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Conspiracy
George H. W. Bush
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
22. How many presidents were killed in office?
William Jefferson Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt
4
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
23. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
$150000
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
24. What is the command of army act?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
George W. Bush
William and Mary College
25. What was the camp david accords?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Thomas Jefferson
$400000
James Madison
26. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
South; north
Harry S Truman
William Henry Harrison
4
27. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
William Howard Taft
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
28. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Thus always to tyrants
April 1917- November 1918
Dwight David Eisenhower
29. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Ulysses S. Grant
Enola Gay
Jimmy Carter
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
30. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barack Obama
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.
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
31. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
Teddy Roosevelt
John Hinkley Jr.
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
32. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Andrew Johnson
Barack Obama
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
33. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Daniel Inouye
Medical insurance for all americans
John Adams
34. How many former vice presidents have become president?
4
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14
Robert E. Lee
35. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
The north were comunists and the south were not
Conspiracy
The south
36. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
William Jefferson Clinton
444
Monticello - Virginia
Andrew Johnson
37. What were fireside chats?
James Madison
James Madison
Free the slaves in the south
Speeches given for hope
38. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?
6'4'
Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Universal health care
39. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
William Henry Harrison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
40. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
Zapruder film
Thomas Jefferson
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
The Confederate States of America
41. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
7; 11
South; north
Social Security
42. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
Richard Nixon
4
Polio
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
43. James Madison's wife is famous for...
James Madison
Monroe
George W. Bush
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
44. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
Dwight David Eisenhower
The White House
Richard Nixon
Enola Gay
45. Where do electors vote?
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46. Where was William McKinley killed?
Buffalo - New York
Self
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
47. which president was former head of CIA?
George H. W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
48. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
George H. W. Bush
Barack Obama
John Wilkes Booth
September 1st - 1939
49. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Peterson House; the next morning
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
270
Dwight David Eisenhower
50. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
They were classmates in college
Teddy Roosevelt
His wife
John Adams