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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. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






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






3. how many years is a score?






4. What college did George Washington go to?






5. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






6. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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7. How many presidents died in office?






8. How many presidents died in office?






9. What war was George Washington in the military for?






10. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






11. Where was George Washington born?






12. Who was president during the Great depression?






13. Which presidents were cousins?






14. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






15. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






16. Who did the Banking Holiday?






17. This president helped write the federalist papers.






18. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






20. How many rooms in the white house?






21. How many former vice presidents have become president?






22. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






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






24. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






25. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






26. How much money does the president earn per year?






27. What does NATO stand for?






28. Why did WWI happen?






29. What is universal health care?






30. When did we enter WWII?






31. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






32. What was the Berlin Airlift?






33. What are disability benefits?






34. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






35. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






36. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






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






38. Where was William McKinley killed?






39. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






40. Who was the first African American President?






41. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






42. What is Camp David?






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






44. Who was the first VP?






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






46. Who was Deep Throat?






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






48. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






49. Where was William McKinley killed?






50. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?