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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. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






2. What was the Bay of Pigs?






3. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






4. Who was the youngest elected president?






5. Which president started the two term tradition?






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






7. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






8. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






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






10. how many years is a score?






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






12. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






13. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






14. Why did WWI happen?






15. Why did we invade Iraq?

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16. What is the command of army act?






17. James Madison's wife is famous for...






18. Who was the first VP?






19. How many years is a presidential term?






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






21. Where was George Washington born?






22. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






23. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






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






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






26. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






27. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






28. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






29. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






30. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






31. What was the camp david accords?






32. which president was former head of CIA?






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






34. What was the Bay of Pigs?






35. Why did WWI happen?






36. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






37. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






38. What were the years of WWI?






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






40. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






41. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






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






43. When did we enter WWII?






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






45. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






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






47. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






48. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






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






50. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?