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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






2. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






3. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






4. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






5. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






6. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






8. Do we vote directly for the president?






9. Which president created the University of Virgina?






10. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






11. What president had the watergate scandal?






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






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






14. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






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






16. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






17. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






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






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






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






21. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






22. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






23. Where does the president live for free?






24. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






25. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






26. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






27. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






28. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






29. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






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






31. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






32. How was James Garfield killed?






33. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






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






35. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






36. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






37. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






38. Who did the Banking Holiday?






39. What was the nullification crisis?

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40. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






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






42. 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 ________.






43. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






44. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






45. What are surviver benefits?






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






47. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






48. Who had the first death in office?






49. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






50. 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)