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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






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






3. What was the league of nations?






4. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






5. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






6. how many years is a score?






7. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






8. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






9. What was the Banking Holiday?






10. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






11. Where does the president live for free?






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






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






14. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






15. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






16. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






17. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






18. What was reconstruction?






19. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






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






21. What are surviver benefits?






22. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






23. What is the command of army act?






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






25. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






26. How many kids did John Tyler have?






27. How was James Garfield killed?






28. Who introduced surviver benefits?






29. What date did WWII begin?






30. What is the command of army act?






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






32. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






33. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






34. Why did WWI happen?






35. What was the most terms served by a president?






36. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






37. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






38. Who was the first African American President?






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






40. Alien Acts






41. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






42. What was the New Deal?






43. Why did WWII begin?






44. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






45. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






46. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






47. Which president was former ambassador to China?






48. Who did the Banking Holiday?






49. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






50. How did William McKinley die?