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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 is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






2. which president was former head of CIA?






3. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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4. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






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






6. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






7. How many kids did George Washington have?






8. What state was John Adams from?






9. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






10. This president helped write the federalist papers.






11. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






12. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






13. Who had the first death in office?






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






15. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






16. Why did WWII begin?






17. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






18. Who introduced surviver benefits?






19. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






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






22. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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23. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






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






25. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






26. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






27. Who had the shortest presidency?






28. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






29. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






30. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






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






32. How many electors are in the electoral college?






33. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






34. Where was George Washington born?






35. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






36. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






37. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






38. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






39. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






40. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






41. Which president was former ambassador to China?






42. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






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






44. Who supported manifest destiny?






45. which president was former head of CIA?






46. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






47. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






48. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






49. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






50. What was the Berlin Airlift?