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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
Harvard
Peterson House; the next morning
Free the slaves in the south
25
2. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
8
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Dwight David Eisenhower
30
3. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
7; 11
Thomas Jefferson
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
20
4. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Hillary Clinton
They were classmates in college
Teddy Roosevelt
5. how many years is a score?
Jimmy Carter
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
20
George Washington
6. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thus always to tyrants
2
4th
7. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
William and Mary College
350
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Harry S Truman
8. Who was Deep Throat?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
November
9. Who introduced surviver benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
6'4'
John Tyler
April 1917- November 1918
10. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
270
John Tyler
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
11. What are the people in the electoral college called?
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Electors
George Washington
12. What college did George Washington go to?
George W. Bush
James Madison
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
None
13. What is universal health care?
18
Medical insurance for all americans
Harvard
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
14. Who supported manifest destiny?
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
James Polk
Jimmy Carter
April 1917- November 1918
15. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
William Jefferson Clinton
X-ray
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
1803
16. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.
Peterson House; the next morning
George Washington
Richard Nixon
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
17. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Harry S Truman
Europe
Teddy Roosevelt
18. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?
1814
Woodrow Wilson
Buffalo - New York
Zapruder film
19. What is Camp David?
He was shot
A 2nd home for the president
Free the slaves in the south
4
20. Who invaded Iraq?
X-ray
George W. Bush
A gun
George Washington
21. What was the New Deal?
A support group of countries
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
22. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
George Washington
Electors
Social Security
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
23. What is the inauguration date?
January 20th
They were classmates in college
George Washington
Alien and sedition acts
24. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Johnson
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Harry S Truman
25. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
Jimmy Carter
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
John Quicy Adams
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
26. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He gets shot
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
27. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
4
John Boehner
George Washington
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
28. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Germany was attacking ships
Self
29. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
Jefferson Davis
Maryland
Robert E. Lee
William and Mary College
30. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
4
The Civil War
Thomas Jefferson
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
31. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Monticello - Virginia
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Gerald Ford
South; north
32. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
1914-1918
Jimmy Carter
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
33. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
2
William Henry Harrison
18
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
34. How many electors are in the electoral college?
His wife
Jimmy Carter
538
Medical insurance for all americans
35. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Dwight David Eisenhower
Eleanor
36. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
He gets shot
Social Security
Dwight David Eisenhower
Mary Todd-Lincoln
37. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
William Howard Taft
38. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Teddy Roosevelt
They were classmates in college
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
39. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
The Korean War
The White House
14
40. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
The Korean War
December 7th - 1941
John Quicy Adams
No
41. Which president was the youngest to serve?
Teddy Roosevelt
Self
His wife
No
42. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?
They were classmates in college
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
538
November 1863
43. When did we enter WWII?
He was shot
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
World War I
December 7th - 1941
44. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Martha
Ulysses S. Grant
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Robert E. Lee
45. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
George Washington
No
William Jefferson Clinton
46. What date did the civil war begin?
John Boehner
Buffalo - New York
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
April 12th - 1861
47. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Richard Nixon
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Barack Obama
The north and the south were split up
48. What was the Banking Holiday?
Maine and Nebraska
Richard Nixon
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
18
49. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Lyndon Johnson
Peterson House; the next morning
Germany invaded Poland
Richard Nixon
50. What are disability benefits?
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Maine and Nebraska
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
15