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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What does NATO stand for?






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






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






4. Who is the current secretary of state?






5. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






6. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






7. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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8. Who is the current secretary of state?






9. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






11. What are disability benefits?






12. What month is the election in?






13. Who introduced surviver benefits?






14. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






15. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






16. Where do electors vote?

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






18. Where does the president live for free?






19. Who was president during the Great depression?






20. Who did the Banking Holiday?






21. Do we vote directly for the president?






22. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






23. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






24. Which president was former ambassador to China?






25. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






26. Who was the only president to resign?






27. What president had the watergate scandal?






28. Which president started the two term tradition?






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






30. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






31. What was the New Deal?






32. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






33. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






34. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






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






36. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






37. How many presidents were killed in office?






38. Who was the first African American President?






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






40. What was reconstruction?






41. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






42. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






43. Who was Deep Throat?






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






45. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






46. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






47. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






48. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






49. How much money does the president earn per year?






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