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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. What was the Berlin Airlift?






2. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






3. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






4. Who was Deep Throat?






5. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






6. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






7. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






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






9. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






10. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






11. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






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






13. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






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






15. Which president was former ambassador to China?






16. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






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






18. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






19. What president did the Berlin airlift?






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






21. 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)






22. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






23. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






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






25. What was the New Deal?






26. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






27. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






28. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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29. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






30. 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)






31. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






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






33. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






34. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






35. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






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






37. What were the years of WWI?






38. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






39. Who was the only president to resign?






40. Who was George Washington's wife?






41. Who was the only president to resign?






42. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






43. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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44. How many presidents were killed in office?






45. What is universal health care?






46. What president had the watergate scandal?






47. Who supported manifest destiny?






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






49. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






50. Which presidents were cousins?