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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
John Tyler
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
John Adams
2. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
William Jefferson Clinton
0
4
The White House
3. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
John Adams
15 million
Mount Vernon - Virginia
4. What is the address of the white house?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1814
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
5. Where did the civil war begin?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
April 12th - 1861
Harry S Truman
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
6. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
1
Eleanor
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Gerald Ford
7. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Enola Gay
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Jefferson still survives
England
8. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Sexual harrassment
April 1917- November 1918
The Confederate States of America
William Jefferson Clinton
9. How did William McKinley die?
World War I
He was shot
Harry S Truman
444
10. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
The fourteen points
Massachusetts
Peterson House; the next morning
11. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Kentucky; Log cabin
25
Barack Obama
Abraham Lincoln
12. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
7; 11
George H. W. Bush
60; unconstitutional
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
13. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
270
George Washington
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Perjury and obstruction of justice
14. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
William Henry Harrison
The Confederate States of America
James Madison
Mount Vernon - Virginia
15. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
Joe Biden
George H. W. Bush
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
December 7th - 1941
16. Who is the current secretary of state?
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
Hillary Clinton
New Mexico to California
George Washington
17. Who was president during the Great depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In their state's capital
November 22nd - 1963
Barack Obama
18. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
2
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Teddy Roosevelt
Mount Vernon - Virginia
19. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Jefferson still survives
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
December 7th - 1941
18
20. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
England - France - Russia - USA
Thomas Jefferson
Europe
4
21. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.
132
1 million
Ford's Theater
Lyndon Johnson
22. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
John Wilkes Booth
Woodrow Wilson
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
John Boehner
23. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
George Washington
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
John Boehner
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
24. Which president was former ambassador to China?
The White House
George Washington
George H. W. Bush
1914-1918
25. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
England
Harry S Truman
He resigned before the impeachment trial
26. 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 ________.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Tyler
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Harry S Truman
27. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
John Quicy Adams
Lee Harvey Oswald
His 5th cousin
Yes
28. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Massachusetts
The fourteen points
John Quicy Adams
29. What are surviver benefits?
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
James Madison
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
30. What was the league of nations?
Jefferson still survives
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
31. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
England; sailors; products
Daniel Inouye
John Tyler
September 1st - 1939
32. Who is the current speaker of the House?
John Boehner
January 20th
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
4
33. Why did WWI happen?
Gerald Ford
The Gettysburg Address
Germany was attacking ships
1
34. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
They were classmates in college
Ronald Reagan
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
John Quicy Adams
35. How many kids did George Washington have?
0
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Civil War
World War I
36. How many kids did John Tyler have?
Yes
15
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Conspiracy
37. Where was George Washington born?
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Dolley
Europe
Barack Obama
38. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
James Polk
John Wilkes Booth
Germany invaded Poland
Andrew Jackson
39. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Europe
George Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
40. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
Massachusetts
Dwight David Eisenhower
The president
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
41. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
Dwight David Eisenhower
4
Harry S Truman
Woodrow Wilson
42. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
1803
Civil War
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
43. Who was Deep Throat?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
William Jefferson Clinton
French and Indian War
44. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
The Gettysburg Address
14
25
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
45. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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46. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
January 20th
Harry S Truman
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Georgia
47. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
Harry S Truman
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Civil War
George Washington
48. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
1814
Bad
Dallas - Texas
World War I
49. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
4th
Mom
April 12th - 1861
Harry S Truman
50. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
Eleanor
Dwight David Eisenhower
Conspiracy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt