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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. John Adams went to what college?






2. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






3. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






4. What is the Truman Doctrine?






5. How many years is a presidential term?






6. What is the address of the white house?






7. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






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






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






10. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






11. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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12. Who supported manifest destiny?






13. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






14. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






15. Who was the first African American President?






16. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






17. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






18. What was the Banking Holiday?






19. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






20. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






21. Who was a peanut farmer?






22. What was reconstruction?






23. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






24. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






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






26. What college did George Washington go to?






27. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






28. Who had the shortest presidency?






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






30. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






31. What is the inauguration date?






32. What were the years of WWI?






33. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






34. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






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






36. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






37. How many presidents died in office?






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






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






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






41. Why did we invade Iraq?

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42. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






43. Who had the first death in office?






44. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






45. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






46. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






47. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






48. What was the camp david accords?






49. What were John Adams's last words?






50. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?







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