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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. which president was former head of CIA?






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






3. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






4. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






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






6. Why did WWI happen?






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






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






9. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






10. What president did the Berlin airlift?






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






12. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






13. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






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






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






16. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






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






18. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






19. Which president was the youngest to serve?






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






21. Alien Acts






22. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






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






24. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






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






26. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






27. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






28. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






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






30. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






31. What is the Electoral College?






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






33. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






34. 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)






35. What was the Bay of Pigs?






36. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






37. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






38. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






39. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






40. What were John Adams's last words?






41. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






42. What is the address of the white house?






43. What were the years of WWI?






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






45. Who passed Universal health care?






46. What are the people in the electoral college called?






47. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






49. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






50. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?