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






2. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






3. What are disability benefits?






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






5. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






6. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






7. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






8. Who introduced social security?






9. What date did WWII begin?






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






11. What state is Camp David in?






12. Who was the first President during WWII?






13. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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






15. What does NATO stand for?






16. This president helped write the federalist papers.






17. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






18. Why did we enter WWII?






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






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






21. Who's son is Camp David named after?






22. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






23. How many presidents died in office?






24. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






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






26. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






27. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






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






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






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






31. Who was George Washington's wife?






32. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






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






34. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






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






36. Which president served the most terms?






37. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






38. Who introduced surviver benefits?






39. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






40. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






41. John Adams went to what college?






42. Which president created the University of Virgina?






43. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






44. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






45. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






46. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






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






48. How many years is a presidential term?






49. Who was the first President during WWII?






50. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?







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