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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What president had the watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
2. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
The Vice President
Self
Monticello - Virginia
3. Where was William McKinley killed?
Teddy Roosevelt
Buffalo - New York
270
Thomas Jefferson
4. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
Daniel Inouye
They were classmates in college
15 million
January 1st - 1863
5. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$150000
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
6. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Alien and sedition acts
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
15 million
7. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
John Hinkley Jr.
They were classmates in college
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Germany invaded Poland
8. Why did we invade Iraq?
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9. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
He gets shot
John Wilkes Booth
4
5
10. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
Dolley
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Harry S Truman
11. Why did we invade Iraq?
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12. How old do you have to be to be president?
35
18
8
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
13. What state was John Adams from?
Massachusetts
Ulysses S. Grant
7; 11
Jimmy Carter
14. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?
Gerald Ford
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
Zapruder film
15. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
John Boehner
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
16. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
Self
100
15 million
22 - 24
17. What was the most terms served by a president?
The north and the south were split up
4
1814
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Ford's Theater
East of Africa
The Vice President
The Civil War
19. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
England - France - Russia - USA
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Lyndon Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
20. Who had the shortest presidency?
George Washington
Hillary Clinton
William Henry Harrison
The Confederate States of America
21. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?
World War I
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
60; unconstitutional
George H. W. Bush
22. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?
Dolley
Thus always to tyrants
A 2nd home for the president
4
23. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
Andrew Johnson
Dwight David Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
The Vice President
24. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
22 - 24
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
25. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
Electors
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
The Korean War
Teddy Roosevelt
26. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
Mom
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
270
27. Sedition acts
Sexual harrassment
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
Zapruder film
Buffalo - New York
28. Who was the only catholic president?
Dallas - Texas
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
England; sailors; products
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
29. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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30. What were the years of WWI?
January 20th
George Washington
Harvard
1914-1918
31. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
He was shot
350
14
William Howard Taft
32. What was the camp david accords?
Sexual harrassment
Ronald Reagan
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Teddy Roosevelt
33. Who is the current Vice President?
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Joe Biden
Maryland
1 million
34. What state is Camp David in?
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Maryland
35. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Robert E. Lee
The south
The fourteen points
36. 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 ________.
35
Harvard
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
37. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
The Vice President
George H. W. Bush
The south
Harry S Truman
38. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
Free the slaves in the south
Ronald Reagan
Ulysses S. Grant
Alien and sedition acts
39. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Jimmy Carter
South; north
4
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
40. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Teddy Roosevelt
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Eleanor
15 million
41. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
Free the slaves in the south
14
French and Indian War
0
42. What is the Truman Doctrine?
George Washington
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
27
35
43. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
He gets shot
William McKinley
Lyndon Johnson
Polio
44. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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45. What date did the civil war begin?
Europe
April 12th - 1861
8
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
46. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
His 5th cousin
Monroe
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
270
47. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
East of Africa
Free the slaves in the south
James Madison
8
48. Which president was former ambassador to China?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
George H. W. Bush
November 22nd - 1963
Andrew Johnson
49. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
350
John Adams
Gerald Ford
Jefferson still survives
50. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
The Vice President
Ulysses S. Grant
30