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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 the shortest presidency?






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






3. What is Camp David?






4. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






5. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






6. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






7. What transportation does the president get?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. What were the years of WWI?






15. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






16. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






17. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






18. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






19. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






20. How many former vice presidents have become president?






21. What president did the Berlin airlift?






22. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






23. Where did the civil war begin?






24. What college did George Washington go to?






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






26. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






27. Who was our president during the Korean war?






28. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






29. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






31. which president was former head of CIA?






32. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






33. Where was William McKinley killed?






34. Why did WWI happen?






35. Who was the only president to resign?






36. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






37. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






38. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






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






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






41. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






42. How many kids did John Tyler have?






43. How many electors are in the electoral college?






44. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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45. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






46. What was the nullification crisis?

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47. Who is the current speaker of the House?






48. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






49. What were fireside chats?






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