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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. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






2. What was the league of nations?






3. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






4. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






5. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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6. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






7. What were John Adams's last words?






8. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






9. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






10. What transportation does the president get?






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






12. What is the inauguration date?






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






14. How many former vice presidents have become president?






15. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






16. Who balanced the budget?






17. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






18. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






19. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






20. What are disability benefits?






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






22. Do we vote directly for the president?






23. Who is the current secretary of state?






24. Which president was former ambassador to China?






25. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






26. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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27. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






28. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






30. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






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






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






33. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






35. Who was our president during the Korean war?






36. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






37. What was reconstruction?






38. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






39. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






40. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






41. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






42. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






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






44. What president had the watergate scandal?






45. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






46. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






47. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






48. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






49. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






50. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?