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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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2. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Electors
George Washington
18
3. which president was former head of CIA?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George H. W. Bush
George Washington
New Mexico to California
4. What were John Adams's last words?
John Quicy Adams
Jefferson still survives
Kentucky; Log cabin
Mom
5. Who was the first African American President?
Barack Obama
Enola Gay
A gun
Andrew Johnson
6. How did William McKinley die?
He was shot
Teddy Roosevelt
Social Security
Teddy Roosevelt
7. Who did the Banking Holiday?
A gun
Richard Nixon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
England; sailors; products
8. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Maine and Nebraska
35
9. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
35
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Monroe
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
10. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
Teddy Roosevelt
December 7th - 1941
England - France - Russia - USA
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
11. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He gets shot
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
12. Who is the current speaker of the House?
35
John Boehner
The Vice President
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
13. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
A support group of countries
1
Medical insurance for all americans
William Henry Harrison
14. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
January 20th
No
Woodrow Wilson
18
15. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
East of Africa
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Thomas Jefferson
16. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
60; unconstitutional
Harry S Truman
No
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
17. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
Harry S Truman
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Dwight David Eisenhower
George Washington
18. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
James Madison
1803
Gerald Ford
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
19. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
15 million
Ronald Reagan
Civil rights
September 1st - 1939
20. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
He was shot
2
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25
21. Who was our president during the Korean war?
New Mexico to California
November
New Mexico to California
Dwight David Eisenhower
22. Which president made the panama canal?
Barack Obama
Teddy Roosevelt
Civil War
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
23. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?
September 1st - 1939
Teddy Roosevelt
Lee Harvey Oswald
In their state's capital
24. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
The president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
22 - 24
25. What president did the Berlin airlift?
1803
Maryland
Harry S Truman
John Quicy Adams
26. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Harry S Truman
1803
27. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Teddy Roosevelt
Electors
Richard Nixon
28. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
4
Sexual harrassment
5
Polio
29. Why did WWI happen?
Barack Obama
Germany was attacking ships
England - France - Russia - USA
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
30. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Barack Obama
John Hinkley Jr.
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
31. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Alien and sedition acts
Lee Harvey Oswald
Europe
George Washington
32. What are disability benefits?
7; 11
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Perjury and obstruction of justice
33. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Lyndon Johnson
William Henry Harrison
East of Africa
34. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
James Madison
6'4'
14
They were classmates in college
35. Who introduced social security?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Medical insurance for all americans
15
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
36. How many kids did George Washington have?
John Quicy Adams
0
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
He resigned before the impeachment trial
37. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
He gets shot
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mom
Teddy Roosevelt
38. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
November 22nd - 1963
39. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
Mom
Kentucky; Log cabin
Eleanor
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
40. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Jimmy Carter
Woodrow Wilson
132
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
41. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
His 5th cousin
George H. W. Bush
30
15 million
42. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?
Acting
Dwight David Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
43. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
Jimmy Carter
Germany was attacking ships
Jimmy Carter
The Gettysburg Address
44. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
John Hinkley Jr.
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
7; 11
45. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
East of Africa
7; 11
George Washington
46. Which president served the most terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25
5
Martha
47. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
270
350
England
X-ray
48. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
William Jefferson Clinton
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Thomas Jefferson
Ulysses S. Grant
49. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
Ronald Reagan
4
James Madison
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
50. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Georgia
2
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement