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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. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






2. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






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






4. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






5. How many kids did George Washington have?






6. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






7. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






8. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






9. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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






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






12. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






13. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






14. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






15. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






16. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






17. What is Camp David?






18. Did we win the Spanish American War?






19. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






20. What transportation does the president get?






21. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






22. What was the Bay of Pigs?






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






24. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






25. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






26. Who was the youngest elected president?






27. 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)






28. James Madison's wife is famous for...






29. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






30. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






31. Where was George Washington born?






32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






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






34. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






35. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






36. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






37. 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 ________.






38. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






39. Who supported manifest destiny?






40. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






41. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






42. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






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






44. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






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






46. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






47. Who introduced disability benefits?






48. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






49. How many presidents died in office?






50. Who is the current secretary of state?