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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






2. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






3. What state is Camp David in?






4. How many presidents died in office?






5. Who supported manifest destiny?






6. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






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






8. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






9. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






10. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






11. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






12. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






13. Why did we invade Iraq?

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14. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






15. What transportation does the president get?






16. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






17. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






18. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






19. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






20. Who did fireside chats?






21. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






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






23. Who is the current Vice President?






24. How many former vice presidents have become president?






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






26. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






27. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






28. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






29. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






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






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






32. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






33. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






34. What was reconstruction?






35. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






36. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






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






38. How many presidents were killed in office?






39. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






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






41. What were John Adams's last words?






42. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






43. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






44. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






45. Who did fireside chats?






46. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






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






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






49. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






50. Who passed Universal health care?