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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Dwight David Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Conspiracy
2. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?
Dwight David Eisenhower
2
John Hinkley Jr.
William McKinley
3. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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4. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Jefferson still survives
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
England; sailors; products
5. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
1803
John Adams
They were classmates in college
South; north
6. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
7; 11
Eleanor
He was shot
7. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Andrew Jackson
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Harry S Truman
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
8. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
William Henry Harrison
Enola Gay
William and Mary College
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
9. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Robert E. Lee
William Jefferson Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt
10. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Acting
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Polio
11. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
Conspiracy
William Jefferson Clinton
William Henry Harrison
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
12. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
$150000
In their state's capital
1
Joe Biden
13. How many rooms in the white house?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Jimmy Carter
Ford's Theater
132
14. Where was George Washington born?
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Dwight David Eisenhower
Maine and Nebraska
England
15. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
John Adams
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
16. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
0
John Quicy Adams
His 5th cousin
Ronald Reagan
17. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
January 20th
William Jefferson Clinton
35
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
Ulysses S. Grant
1914-1918
He was shot
Monroe
19. Who balanced the budget?
William Jefferson Clinton
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
25
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
20. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
Andrew Johnson
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Kentucky; Log cabin
William Jefferson Clinton
21. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
538
Andrew Jackson
270
William Jefferson Clinton
22. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
A gun
November 22nd - 1963
23. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
The north and the south were split up
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
24. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
USA
25. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
Teddy Roosevelt
England; sailors; products
Barack Obama
World War I
26. Who was the youngest elected president?
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Barack Obama
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
27. Do we vote directly for the president?
4
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
No
28. What war was George Washington in the military for?
French and Indian War
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
John Wilkes Booth
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
29. Who had the shortest presidency?
William Henry Harrison
Richard Nixon
7; 11
Andrew Jackson
30. How was James Garfield killed?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Richard Nixon
William Henry Harrison
31. What were fireside chats?
The White House
John Tyler
Speeches given for hope
Social Security
32. Which president created the University of Virgina?
William and Mary College
William Jefferson Clinton
0
Thomas Jefferson
33. Who invaded Iraq?
Germany invaded Poland
Germany invaded Poland
George W. Bush
Harry S Truman
34. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
William Jefferson Clinton
Dwight David Eisenhower
Maine and Nebraska
35. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
Harvard
Thus always to tyrants
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
36. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Revolutionary War
No
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Bad
37. What president had the watergate scandal?
Barack Obama
Richard Nixon
6'4'
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
38. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
A 2nd home for the president
East of Africa
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mount Vernon - Virginia
39. Who was the only president to resign?
Richard Nixon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In their state's capital
Monticello - Virginia
40. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Harvard
4th
41. Who was president during the Great depression?
Monticello - Virginia
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Social Security
42. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
January 1st - 1863
Dwight David Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
43. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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44. Who is the current secretary of state?
Bad
Hillary Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
45. What does NATO stand for?
1814
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Lyndon Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
46. How many kids did George Washington have?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
0
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Harry S Truman
47. What transportation does the president get?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
444
48. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
South; north
New Mexico to California
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
49. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas - Texas
November 1863
November
Since birth
50. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
Monticello - Virginia
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
William Henry Harrison