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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






2. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






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






4. Who did the Banking Holiday?






5. Where did the civil war begin?






6. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






7. Which president made the panama canal?






8. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






9. Which president was former ambassador to China?






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






11. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






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






13. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






14. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






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






16. How did William McKinley die?






17. John Adams went to what college?






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

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19. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






20. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






21. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






22. How old do you have to be to be president?






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






24. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






25. What was the Bay of Pigs?






26. What is Camp David?






27. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






28. What does NATO stand for?






29. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






30. Who is the current speaker of the House?






31. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






32. Where do electors vote?

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33. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






34. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






35. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






36. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






37. What are disability benefits?






38. Which president served the most terms?






39. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






40. Who did fireside chats?






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






42. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






43. What does NATO stand for?






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






45. Who had the shortest presidency?






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






47. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






48. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






49. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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