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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the league of nations?






2. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






3. Who was the only president to resign?






4. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






5. Who did fireside chats?






6. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






7. Which president created the University of Virgina?






8. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






9. What is the command of army act?






10. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






11. Who is the current secretary of state?






12. What was the Banking Holiday?






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






14. Who was Deep Throat?






15. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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






17. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






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






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






20. Who did the Banking Holiday?






21. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






22. Where was William McKinley killed?






23. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






24. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






25. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






26. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






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






28. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






29. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






30. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






31. Who is the current secretary of state?






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






33. Which president was the youngest to serve?






34. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






35. Do we vote directly for the president?






36. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






37. How many rooms in the white house?






38. Which presidents were cousins?






39. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






40. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






41. How did William McKinley die?






42. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






43. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






44. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






45. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






46. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






47. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






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






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






50. which president was former head of CIA?