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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What are the people in the electoral college called?
Daniel Inouye
Electors
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Jefferson Davis
2. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
Dwight David Eisenhower
His wife
4
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
3. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
30
William and Mary College
Barack Obama
1
4. What was the league of nations?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Harry S Truman
England - France - Russia - USA
5. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
The government
James Madison
William Henry Harrison
Jefferson Davis
6. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
John Tyler
18
4
7. What was the most terms served by a president?
4
Sexual harrassment
November
USA
8. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
Electors
His 5th cousin
England
George H. W. Bush
9. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
The north were comunists and the south were not
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
25
Mary Todd-Lincoln
10. What was the Berlin Airlift?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
22 - 24
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Martha
11. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
Since birth
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
The government
27
12. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
The Vice President
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
18
13. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
The Vice President
Dwight David Eisenhower
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
Barack Obama
14. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
The Vice President
Ronald Reagan
William Henry Harrison
14
15. What were fireside chats?
New Mexico to California
William Henry Harrison
Speeches given for hope
None
16. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
100
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
George Washington
17. how many years is a score?
Martha
A 2nd home for the president
20
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
18. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
Revolutionary War
Speeches given for hope
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Civil War
19. What is the address of the white house?
Harry S Truman
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
John Adams
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
20. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?
Ulysses S. Grant
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
East of Africa
21. How was James Garfield killed?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
Zapruder film
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
22. What month is the election in?
A support group of countries
Thomas Jefferson
270
November
23. Which president made the panama canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
Hillary Clinton
Jimmy Carter
4
24. Who is the current speaker of the House?
$400000
John Boehner
7; 11
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
25. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
Teddy Roosevelt
James Madison
A gun
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
26. What are disability benefits?
Ford's Theater
James Madison
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
27. What transportation does the president get?
Andrew Jackson
John Adams
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Polio
28. Which president made the panama canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
Mom
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Thomas Jefferson
29. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
Thomas Jefferson
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
Conspiracy
John Tyler
30. How was James Garfield killed?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Zapruder film
George Washington
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
31. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sexual harrassment
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
His 5th cousin
32. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
538
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
1
33. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
Richard Nixon
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
East of Africa
John Adams
34. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
James Madison
John Adams
14
8
35. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
8
100
John Hinkley Jr.
36. Who was the first VP?
5
John Adams
4
Harry S Truman
37. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Peterson House; the next morning
Woodrow Wilson
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
38. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Since birth
Jefferson still survives
Richard Nixon
Peterson House; the next morning
39. Which president was former ambassador to China?
George H. W. Bush
$400000
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Thomas Jefferson
40. Who was Deep Throat?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Conspiracy
James Polk
December 7th - 1941
41. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
Richard Nixon
4
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
42. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
England; sailors; products
December 7th - 1941
His wife
He gets shot
43. What were the years of WWI?
1914-1918
Maryland
Dwight David Eisenhower
Martha
44. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
John Adams
Conspiracy
Since birth
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
45. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
Zapruder film
Daniel Inouye
In their state's capital
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
46. What president did the Berlin airlift?
$150000
John Boehner
Thus always to tyrants
Harry S Truman
47. Who supported manifest destiny?
His wife
James Polk
A gun
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
48. Who introduced disability benefits?
1814
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
No
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
49. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
22 - 24
Dwight David Eisenhower
7; 11
The White House
50. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
January 20th
4
Kentucky; Log cabin