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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
None
350
William Jefferson Clinton
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
2. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
John Quicy Adams
September 1st - 1939
William Henry Harrison
Jimmy Carter
3. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
The north were comunists and the south were not
William Henry Harrison
Ulysses S. Grant
William Jefferson Clinton
4. Who did the Banking Holiday?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Wilkes Booth
November
Teddy Roosevelt
5. Where did the civil war begin?
Enola Gay
4th
Harry S Truman
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
6. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
Harry S Truman
X-ray
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
The Korean War
7. Which president made the panama canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
John Quicy Adams
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
8. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?
30
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
9. Which president was former ambassador to China?
In their state's capital
George H. W. Bush
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Teddy Roosevelt
10. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Lee Harvey Oswald
20
Bad
11. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
1
Harry S Truman
Free the slaves in the south
November 1863
12. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
William Jefferson Clinton
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Thomas Jefferson
Acting
13. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Conspiracy
Zapruder film
Abraham Lincoln
14. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
Jimmy Carter
Woodrow Wilson
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
John Wilkes Booth
15. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Revolutionary War
South; north
Jimmy Carter
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
16. How did William McKinley die?
Bad
Dwight David Eisenhower
He was shot
14
17. John Adams went to what college?
Harvard
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1803
England; sailors; products
18. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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19. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
4th
Revolutionary War
Ronald Reagan
East of Africa
20. 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)
William and Mary College
Harry S Truman
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Dwight David Eisenhower
21. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
George Washington
William Henry Harrison
22. How old do you have to be to be president?
John Adams
George H. W. Bush
35
$150000
23. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Andrew Jackson
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
George Washington
24. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
November
Germany invaded Poland
James Madison
Europe
25. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Conspiracy
Woodrow Wilson
George H. W. Bush
26. What is Camp David?
A support group of countries
A 2nd home for the president
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams
27. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
William Henry Harrison
Harvard
28. What does NATO stand for?
Buffalo - New York
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Yes
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
29. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
350
Social Security
15
Alien and sedition acts
30. Who is the current speaker of the House?
John Boehner
35
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
No
31. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
8
No
Georgia
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
32. Where do electors vote?
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33. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
34. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
Massachusetts
Barack Obama
The president
The Confederate States of America
35. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
Richard Nixon
15
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
John Wilkes Booth
36. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
James Madison
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Woodrow Wilson
The Vice President
37. What are disability benefits?
John Wilkes Booth
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
A support group of countries
38. Which president served the most terms?
Dental; medical
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
39. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
$400000
Jefferson still survives
The south
20
40. Who did fireside chats?
George Washington
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
27
41. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
South; north
1803
John Quicy Adams
Speeches given for hope
42. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
William and Mary College
1 million
Teddy Roosevelt
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
43. What does NATO stand for?
Germany was attacking ships
25
Alien and sedition acts
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
44. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
January 20th
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
He was shot
45. Who had the shortest presidency?
William Henry Harrison
In their state's capital
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Perjury and obstruction of justice
46. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
2
Revolutionary War
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
James Madison
47. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
1 million
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
48. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
He resigned before the impeachment trial
1914-1918
Barack Obama
49. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Europe
Yes
18
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
50. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dwight David Eisenhower
Mom
2