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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
USA
George H. W. Bush
The White House
2. What were the years of WWI?
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
538
1914-1918
3. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
He was shot
Dwight David Eisenhower
1 million
The Confederate States of America
4. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
Conspiracy
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
No
Speeches given for hope
5. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
The president
Martha
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
6. Who supported manifest destiny?
Barack Obama
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
James Polk
30
7. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
The Vice President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
8. Sedition acts
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Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
January 20th
7; 11
9. Which president was the youngest to serve?
William Jefferson Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
Teddy Roosevelt
10. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
20
Civil War
1814
Polio
11. What is universal health care?
Richard Nixon
A 2nd home for the president
Medical insurance for all americans
John Adams
12. Who was the first African American President?
Barack Obama
Free the slaves in the south
Speeches given for hope
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
13. What state is Camp David in?
Eleanor
September 1st - 1939
1803
Maryland
14. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Barack Obama
Dwight David Eisenhower
Civil rights
15. What war was George Washington in the military for?
Massachusetts
French and Indian War
Andrew Jackson
14
16. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
14
X-ray
Revolutionary War
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
17. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mount Vernon - Virginia
X-ray
18. Who was the only catholic president?
Joe Biden
Maine and Nebraska
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
19. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?
Jefferson Davis
2
Dwight David Eisenhower
Bad
20. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
100
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
21. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
East of Africa
Dwight David Eisenhower
25
22. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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23. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Lyndon Johnson
South; north
The fourteen points
Richard Nixon
24. Which president started the two term tradition?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Jimmy Carter
George Washington
14
25. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
William Henry Harrison
November 22nd - 1963
George W. Bush
Gerald Ford
26. What date did WWII begin?
Teddy Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Civil rights
September 1st - 1939
27. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
New Mexico to California
Teddy Roosevelt
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
28. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
John Hinkley Jr.
Enola Gay
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
29. What is universal health care?
Medical insurance for all americans
Harry S Truman
Martha
Barack Obama
30. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
15 million
William Henry Harrison
April 1917- November 1918
Europe
31. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
Teddy Roosevelt
John Tyler
Thomas Jefferson
32. How many years is a presidential term?
Civil War
4
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.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
33. Why did WWII begin?
James Polk
Ulysses S. Grant
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Germany invaded Poland
34. Who was the first VP?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
John Adams
Barack Obama
Jefferson still survives
35. What college did George Washington go to?
None
Thomas Jefferson
$400000
George W. Bush
36. Where does the president live for free?
7; 11
Maine and Nebraska
The White House
Polio
37. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
William Jefferson Clinton
Free the slaves in the south
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
38. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
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Ford's Theater
The Gettysburg Address
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
39. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
James Madison
Robert E. Lee
South; north
Maine and Nebraska
40. What president had the watergate scandal?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
A support group of countries
Richard Nixon
4
41. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
350
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
42. Who invaded Iraq?
Gerald Ford
Teddy Roosevelt
George W. Bush
Andrew Johnson
43. Who was George Washington's wife?
30
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
Martha
44. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George W. Bush
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
George H. W. Bush
Dwight David Eisenhower
45. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
Conspiracy
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.
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
William Jefferson Clinton
46. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
The president
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
William Jefferson Clinton
444
47. Who was the first VP?
John Quicy Adams
Daniel Inouye
John Adams
Electors
48. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
1
George Washington
Dwight David Eisenhower
The Korean War
49. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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50. What is the inauguration date?
4th
January 20th
Peterson House; the next morning
Money goes to kids when a parent dies