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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
November
November 22nd - 1963
Civil War
Polio
2. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
18
Joe Biden
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
3. What was the league of nations?
The Vice President
Massachusetts
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
William Henry Harrison
4. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Thus always to tyrants
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
132
5. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
Bad
Harry S Truman
Lyndon Johnson
John Adams
6. how many years is a score?
7; 11
Abraham Lincoln
2
20
7. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
William and Mary College
0
2
4th
8. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Europe
His 5th cousin
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
9. What was the Banking Holiday?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
George H. W. Bush
$150000
10. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
South; north
East of Africa
George H. W. Bush
The Vice President
11. Where does the president live for free?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
James Madison
The White House
12. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
Barack Obama
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
$150000
Harry S Truman
13. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
The government
Abigail
John Adams
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
14. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
William Jefferson Clinton
Europe
USA
Harry S Truman
15. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
His 5th cousin
Dwight David Eisenhower
Teddy Roosevelt
John Adams
16. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Ulysses S. Grant
Maryland
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
17. 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 ________.
4th
George Washington
New Mexico to California
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
18. What was reconstruction?
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
1 million
15
6'4'
19. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Harry S Truman
4
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
20. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
Teddy Roosevelt
The president
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
21. What are surviver benefits?
Maryland
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
60; unconstitutional
Harry S Truman
22. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
French and Indian War
Abraham Lincoln
William and Mary College
Perjury and obstruction of justice
23. What is the command of army act?
Maine and Nebraska
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Peterson House; the next morning
John Quicy Adams
24. How old do you have to be to be president?
35
Harry S Truman
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
25. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
Yes
They were classmates in college
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
26. How many kids did John Tyler have?
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
They were classmates in college
15
27. How was James Garfield killed?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Buffalo - New York
132
Zapruder film
28. Who introduced surviver benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Dallas - Texas
15
29. What date did WWII begin?
The Civil War
September 1st - 1939
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
270
30. What is the command of army act?
2
Harry S Truman
April 1917- November 1918
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
31. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Barack Obama
Mom
Civil rights
32. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Kentucky; Log cabin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1
33. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
Jefferson still survives
John Quicy Adams
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
April 1917- November 1918
34. Why did WWI happen?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
The fourteen points
Germany was attacking ships
2
35. What was the most terms served by a president?
December 7th - 1941
William Jefferson Clinton
4
George Washington
36. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
George Washington
James Madison
Mary Todd-Lincoln
William Henry Harrison
37. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
1803
Buffalo - New York
38. Who was the first African American President?
November 22nd - 1963
Barack Obama
Self
Medical insurance for all americans
39. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
Ronald Reagan
Social Security
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
40. Alien Acts
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
John Quicy Adams
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
538
41. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
6'4'
Free the slaves in the south
Georgia
James Madison
42. What was the New Deal?
George Washington
Civil War
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
43. Why did WWII begin?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
60; unconstitutional
Germany invaded Poland
44. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
Enola Gay
The Vice President
He was shot
Barack Obama
45. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
Eleanor
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4th
He was shot
46. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
No
November 1863
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
47. Which president was former ambassador to China?
England - France - Russia - USA
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
George H. W. Bush
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
48. Who did the Banking Holiday?
4
England; sailors; products
Daniel Inouye
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
49. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
Teddy Roosevelt
Medical insurance for all americans
Thus always to tyrants
27
50. How did William McKinley die?
4th
Medical insurance for all americans
He was shot
James Madison