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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






2. How many presidents were killed in office?






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






4. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






5. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






6. Where was George Washington born?






7. What is the Truman Doctrine?






8. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






9. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. How many kids did John Tyler have?






18. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






19. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






20. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






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






22. How many kids did George Washington have?






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






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






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

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26. What is Camp David?






27. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






28. What is the command of army act?






29. What is the Electoral College?






30. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






32. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






34. Who was our president during the Korean war?






35. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






36. Who was the only president to resign?






37. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






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






39. What are surviver benefits?






40. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






41. What date did WWII begin?






42. Who passed Universal health care?






43. This president helped write the federalist papers.






44. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






45. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






46. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






47. Why did WWI happen?






48. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






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






50. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?