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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






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






3. how many years is a score?






4. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






5. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






6. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






7. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






8. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






9. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






10. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






11. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






12. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






13. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






14. How many electors are in the electoral college?






15. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






16. What is the inauguration date?






17. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






18. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






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






20. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






21. Why did we invade Iraq?

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22. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






23. Sedition acts






24. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






25. Who introduced surviver benefits?






26. Who introduced disability benefits?






27. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






28. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






29. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






30. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






31. What is the address of the white house?






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






33. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






34. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






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






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






37. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






38. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






39. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






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






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






42. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






43. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






44. What was the nullification crisis?

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45. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






46. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






47. How was James Garfield killed?






48. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






49. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






50. What is the address of the white house?