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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 are disability benefits?






2. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






3. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






4. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






5. Which president was the youngest to serve?






6. What is the inauguration date?






7. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






8. Where was George Washington born?






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






10. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






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






12. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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13. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






14. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






15. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






16. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






17. John Adams went to what college?






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






19. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






20. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






21. Which president created the University of Virgina?






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






23. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






24. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






25. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






26. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






27. What were fireside chats?






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






29. What were the years of WWI?






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






31. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






33. What month is the election in?






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






35. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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






37. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






38. Who did the Banking Holiday?






39. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






40. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






41. Who had the first death in office?






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






43. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






44. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






45. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






46. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






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






48. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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






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