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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






2. Who is the current secretary of state?






3. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






5. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






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






7. Who was the first President during WWII?






8. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






9. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






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






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






12. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






13. Which presidents were cousins?






14. James Madison's wife is famous for...






15. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






16. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






17. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






18. Which president made the panama canal?






19. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






20. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






21. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






22. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






23. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






24. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






25. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






26. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






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






28. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






30. What president had the watergate scandal?






31. Which president served the most terms?






32. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






33. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






34. Why did WWI happen?






35. What year was the White House burnt down?






36. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






37. How many electors are in the electoral college?






38. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






39. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






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






41. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






42. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






43. Did we win the Spanish American War?






44. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






45. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






46. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






47. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






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






49. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






50. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?