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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
His 5th cousin
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Joe Biden
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
2. What are surviver benefits?
Gerald Ford
Abraham Lincoln
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
He gets shot
3. Who did the Banking Holiday?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Free the slaves in the south
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
4. Who invaded Iraq?
James Madison
George W. Bush
Alien and sedition acts
Mom
5. Which president made the panama canal?
Lyndon Johnson
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
100
6. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Social Security
Eleanor
7. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
Mary Todd-Lincoln
James Polk
25
William Jefferson Clinton
8. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
2
James Madison
9. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Dwight David Eisenhower
The Civil War
New Mexico to California
10. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Barack Obama
John Adams
Perjury and obstruction of justice
William Henry Harrison
11. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Harry S Truman
12. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Barack Obama
4
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
13. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
The government
William Jefferson Clinton
Harry S Truman
Revolutionary War
14. Who was our president during the Korean war?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Dwight David Eisenhower
35
5
15. What is the Electoral College?
Monticello - Virginia
Teddy Roosevelt
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
16. Where does the president live for free?
James Polk
The White House
Dallas - Texas
England - France - Russia - USA
17. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
The Korean War
USA
18
A 2nd home for the president
18. How was James Garfield killed?
Peterson House; the next morning
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
In their state's capital
The Vice President
19. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
John Hinkley Jr.
Hillary Clinton
Dallas - Texas
The Vice President
20. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Abigail
James Madison
21. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
Mom
27
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
His 5th cousin
22. Who is the current Vice President?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
4
George H. W. Bush
Joe Biden
23. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
8
Thomas Jefferson
Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
24. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
The Vice President
Peterson House; the next morning
35
Dwight David Eisenhower
25. Who's son is Camp David named after?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Thomas Jefferson
1914-1918
Dwight David Eisenhower
26. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Sexual harrassment
George Washington
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Buffalo - New York
27. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
Lee Harvey Oswald
William Jefferson Clinton
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Boehner
28. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Richard Nixon
Barack Obama
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
29. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
New Mexico to California
Since birth
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
30. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
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
Harry S Truman
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
14
31. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
Polio
James Madison
George Washington
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
32. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Since birth
270
Ford's Theater
Barack Obama
33. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
His wife
4
14
George W. Bush
34. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
April 12th - 1861
Enola Gay
John Quicy Adams
X-ray
35. Alien Acts
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
No
36. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
7; 11
Conspiracy
Massachusetts
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
37. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
England; sailors; products
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
January 20th
38. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Ulysses S. Grant
James Madison
He resigned before the impeachment trial
39. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
Dwight David Eisenhower
7; 11
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William and Mary College
40. Who was our president during the Korean war?
Dwight David Eisenhower
He was shot
0
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
41. Who balanced the budget?
James Madison
George Washington
Free the slaves in the south
William Jefferson Clinton
42. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
His wife
Harry S Truman
The Korean War
Electors
43. What is the Truman Doctrine?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
William and Mary College
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
1 million
44. Which president was the youngest to serve?
Alien and sedition acts
George W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
45. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
His wife
The Korean War
46. What were the years of WWI?
1914-1918
Barack Obama
Buffalo - New York
None
47. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
November 1863
No
Thomas Jefferson
Ulysses S. Grant
48. What is Camp David?
A 2nd home for the president
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hillary Clinton
49. Where does the president live for free?
Speeches given for hope
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
The White House
50. Who had the first death in office?
William Henry Harrison
World War I
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once