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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
The Vice President
Self
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
2. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
Polio
November
Woodrow Wilson
Abigail
3. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Civil War
Maryland
4. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
Zapruder film
538
Dolley
Lyndon Johnson
5. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?
Dwight David Eisenhower
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
James Madison
Teddy Roosevelt
6. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
James Madison
Acting
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Dolley
7. What was the most terms served by a president?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
4
French and Indian War
Teddy Roosevelt
8. Do we vote directly for the president?
No
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
$150000
Georgia
9. Which president created the University of Virgina?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Thomas Jefferson
Sexual harrassment
10. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Woodrow Wilson
35
11. What president had the watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1 million
Maine and Nebraska
12. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
Mom
William Jefferson Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt
22 - 24
13. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
Barack Obama
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
September 1st - 1939
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Peterson House; the next morning
East of Africa
Harry S Truman
15. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
1814
Since birth
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
April 12th - 1861
16. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Sexual harrassment
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
George Washington
England
17. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
The Korean War
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
18. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
April 1917- November 1918
Ulysses S. Grant
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
19. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Harry S Truman
The Vice President
20. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
35
James Madison
100
None
21. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Barack Obama
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
William Howard Taft
22. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Georgia
Barack Obama
John Tyler
Ronald Reagan
23. Where does the president live for free?
December 7th - 1941
Georgia
25
The White House
24. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
George Washington
Social Security
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Wilkes Booth
25. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
Peterson House; the next morning
Lyndon Johnson
England
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
26. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
Germany was attacking ships
8
27. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
14
John Hinkley Jr.
Dwight David Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
28. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
Ford's Theater
14
1
William Howard Taft
29. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
William Jefferson Clinton
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Robert E. Lee
Buffalo - New York
30. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
Teddy Roosevelt
Daniel Inouye
132
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
31. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
Alien and sedition acts
Harry S Truman
New Mexico to California
Barack Obama
32. How was James Garfield killed?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Harry S Truman
Gerald Ford
The south
33. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
$150000
Perjury and obstruction of justice
William Jefferson Clinton
34. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?
Maine and Nebraska
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1 million
35. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
Abigail
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
36. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
January 20th
4
Teddy Roosevelt
John Wilkes Booth
37. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Peterson House; the next morning
Dallas - Texas
4
8
38. Who did the Banking Holiday?
World War I
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Conspiracy
George W. Bush
39. What was the nullification crisis?
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40. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
November 22nd - 1963
41. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
New Mexico to California
Conspiracy
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
42. 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 ________.
Dwight David Eisenhower
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Revolutionary War
Kentucky; Log cabin
43. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
George H. W. Bush
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
44. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
Barack Obama
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
350
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
45. What are surviver benefits?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Yes
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
46. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
Ulysses S. Grant
Mount Vernon - Virginia
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Mom
47. 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 ________.
6'4'
The fourteen points
William Jefferson Clinton
No
48. Who had the first death in office?
William Henry Harrison
7; 11
1914-1918
Harry S Truman
49. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Since birth
1814
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
50. 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)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Mom
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
William Henry Harrison