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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






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






3. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






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






5. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






6. Why did WWI happen?






7. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






8. Where did the civil war begin?






9. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






10. How many years is a presidential term?






11. What was the camp david accords?






12. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






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






15. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






16. How many kids did John Tyler have?






17. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






18. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






19. Alien Acts






20. Who was our president during the Korean war?






21. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






22. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






23. Who was the first African American President?






24. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






25. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






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






27. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






28. Who passed Universal health care?






29. Who was president during the Great depression?






30. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






31. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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






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






34. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






35. Why did we invade Iraq?

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






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






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






39. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






40. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






41. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






42. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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43. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






44. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






45. How many electors are in the electoral college?






46. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






47. 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 ________.






48. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






49. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






50. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?