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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was a peanut farmer?






2. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






3. What president had the watergate scandal?






4. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






5. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






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






8. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






9. Who was our president during the Korean war?






10. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






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






12. Who was the first VP?






13. Who is the current Vice President?






14. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






15. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






16. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






17. How old do you have to be to be president?






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






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






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






21. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






22. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






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






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






25. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






26. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






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






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






29. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






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






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






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






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






34. What are disability benefits?






35. 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 ________.






36. What was reconstruction?






37. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






38. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






39. 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 ________.






40. Who was the first African American President?






41. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






42. Where do electors vote?

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43. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






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






45. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






46. What was the camp david accords?






47. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






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






49. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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50. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?