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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






2. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






3. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






4. What transportation does the president get?






5. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






6. How many kids did John Tyler have?






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






8. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






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






10. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






11. Who was the first President during WWII?






12. Why did we invade Iraq?

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13. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






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






15. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






16. John Adams went to what college?






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






18. Which president was the youngest to serve?






19. Who was the youngest elected president?






20. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






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






22. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






23. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






24. Where do electors vote?

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25. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






26. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






27. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






28. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






29. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






30. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






31. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






32. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






33. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






34. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






35. How many kids did John Tyler have?






36. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






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






38. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






39. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






40. Who is the current secretary of state?






41. What were the years of WWI?






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






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






44. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






45. What was the most terms served by a president?






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






47. What is the Truman Doctrine?






48. What was the camp david accords?






49. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






50. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?