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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Robert E. Lee
George W. Bush
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Since birth
2. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1814
$150000
James Madison
3. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
35
Teddy Roosevelt
The Gettysburg Address
William and Mary College
4. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
South; north
England - France - Russia - USA
5. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
350
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
27
Maine and Nebraska
6. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Barack Obama
Peterson House; the next morning
In their state's capital
7. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
January 20th
Andrew Johnson
William Jefferson Clinton
8. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
4
The Korean War
270
George W. Bush
9. Who invaded Iraq?
Jimmy Carter
He resigned before the impeachment trial
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
George W. Bush
10. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Buffalo - New York
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
11. What were the years of WWI?
John Quicy Adams
November 1863
1914-1918
The north were comunists and the south were not
12. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
James Madison
$400000
Abraham Lincoln
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
13. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
Harry S Truman
X-ray
William Jefferson Clinton
538
14. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Massachusetts
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
John Adams
15. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
270
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
William McKinley
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
16. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
George Washington
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Andrew Jackson
Medical insurance for all americans
17. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
James Madison
Yes
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
18. 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)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Barack Obama
Andrew Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
19. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
The Vice President
No
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
20. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Hillary Clinton
William and Mary College
Ulysses S. Grant
Gerald Ford
21. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
270
His wife
Teddy Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
22. How many electors are in the electoral college?
538
Electors
Teddy Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
23. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
1914-1918
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Andrew Johnson
Barack Obama
24. What is the Electoral College?
Dallas - Texas
22 - 24
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
January 1st - 1863
25. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.
Speeches given for hope
22 - 24
William Henry Harrison
Richard Nixon
26. What state is Camp David in?
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
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
22 - 24
Maryland
27. Why did we enter WWII?
Woodrow Wilson
William Jefferson Clinton
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Barack Obama
28. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Abraham Lincoln
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Lee Harvey Oswald
29. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Ronald Reagan
Civil rights
Thomas Jefferson
30. Which president started the two term tradition?
Martha
George Washington
April 1917- November 1918
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
31. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
Thus always to tyrants
East of Africa
15 million
Revolutionary War
32. Which president made the panama canal?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Teddy Roosevelt
John Adams
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
33. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
French and Indian War
South; north
34. Who introduced surviver benefits?
George Washington
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
35. How many years is a presidential term?
A 2nd home for the president
The Confederate States of America
4
Richard Nixon
36. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
Richard Nixon
November
25
Teddy Roosevelt
37. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
A gun
World War I
Alien and sedition acts
Civil rights
38. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.
He was shot
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
1 million
John Hinkley Jr.
39. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
USA
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Dwight David Eisenhower
James Madison
40. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
Abigail
John Hinkley Jr.
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Harry S Truman
41. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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42. Who is the current speaker of the House?
John Boehner
Universal health care
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
November 1863
43. What was the New Deal?
John Quicy Adams
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Dwight David Eisenhower
4
44. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Dental; medical
November 22nd - 1963
Andrew Jackson
45. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
$150000
William Jefferson Clinton
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
46. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.
Harry S Truman
Yes
The fourteen points
John Adams
47. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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48. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
January 1st - 1863
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
East of Africa
49. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
4
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
4
Thomas Jefferson
50. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
South; north
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
George W. Bush
Lee Harvey Oswald