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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
April 12th - 1861
South; north
Ulysses S. Grant
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
2. What transportation does the president get?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Hillary Clinton
444
Mom
3. What are disability benefits?
England - France - Russia - USA
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Barack Obama
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
4. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
None
60; unconstitutional
Dwight David Eisenhower
5. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Thomas Jefferson
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Confederate States of America
6. How many presidents died in office?
2
His wife
8
John Adams
7. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
James Madison
4
England; sailors; products
15 million
8. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
John Hinkley Jr.
William and Mary College
Dwight David Eisenhower
In their state's capital
9. Who introduced surviver benefits?
In their state's capital
The south
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Monticello - Virginia
10. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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11. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
Thomas Jefferson
William Jefferson Clinton
132
November 22nd - 1963
12. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
Germany was attacking ships
William Jefferson Clinton
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
William Howard Taft
13. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
A support group of countries
William Jefferson Clinton
Jefferson still survives
4th
14. how many years is a score?
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
20
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
1814
15. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
April 1917- November 1918
November
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
16. What is the address of the white house?
A gun
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
8
17. What transportation does the president get?
Dallas - Texas
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
James Madison
John Adams
18. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
Jefferson Davis
Teddy Roosevelt
Social Security
Dental; medical
19. Who supported manifest destiny?
James Polk
22 - 24
World War I
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
20. Which president was former ambassador to China?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
William and Mary College
The north and the south were split up
George H. W. Bush
21. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
No
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
John Adams
22. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?
Woodrow Wilson
15
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
23. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
100
Acting
George Washington
24. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Thomas Jefferson
25. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
The fourteen points
Ulysses S. Grant
John Adams
The Gettysburg Address
26. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Barack Obama
Sexual harrassment
Abigail
15 million
27. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
James Madison
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
The Gettysburg Address
January 1st - 1863
28. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Abigail
Thomas Jefferson
None
29. Which president was the youngest to serve?
Harry S Truman
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
The north and the south were split up
Teddy Roosevelt
30. Who introduced social security?
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Perjury and obstruction of justice
31. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
James Madison
The south
Perjury and obstruction of justice
William Jefferson Clinton
32. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
18
Maine and Nebraska
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
George Washington
33. How was James Garfield killed?
Teddy Roosevelt
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
25
34. 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 ________.
Thomas Jefferson
Thus always to tyrants
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
35. What are the people in the electoral college called?
January 20th
French and Indian War
Electors
George Washington
36. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
1814
X-ray
Barack Obama
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
37. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
Maryland
A support group of countries
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
1
38. Who was the first President during WWII?
60; unconstitutional
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
November
39. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?
Zapruder film
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
December 7th - 1941
40. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
John Hinkley Jr.
Barack Obama
John Quicy Adams
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
41. Where was George Washington born?
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
His wife
England - France - Russia - USA
Mount Vernon - Virginia
42. Where do electors vote?
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43. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
1 million
George Washington
William McKinley
The Gettysburg Address
44. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
The north were comunists and the south were not
Hillary Clinton
Andrew Johnson
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
45. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Europe
Alien and sedition acts
England - France - Russia - USA
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
46. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
Abraham Lincoln
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
England - France - Russia - USA
47. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
John Tyler
Maryland
Andrew Jackson
Georgia
48. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
East of Africa
4
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Daniel Inouye
49. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Gerald Ford
Germany was attacking ships
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
50. How much money does the president earn per year?
$400000
Maryland
John Quicy Adams
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii