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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
Barack Obama
The north and the south were split up
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
The Vice President
2. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
1814
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
3. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
Free the slaves in the south
Dwight David Eisenhower
Barack Obama
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
4. This president helped write the federalist papers.
James Madison
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Georgia
John Adams
5. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
Dwight David Eisenhower
132
15 million
6. James Madison's wife is famous for...
The south
Monroe
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Speeches given for hope
7. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
John Quicy Adams
Lyndon Johnson
None
Monroe
8. Where was George Washington born?
November 1863
Teddy Roosevelt
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
9. Who was George Washington's wife?
Ronald Reagan
Ulysses S. Grant
Martha
November 1863
10. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
5
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Teddy Roosevelt
11. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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12. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
The north and the south were split up
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
13. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Robert E. Lee
14. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Harry S Truman
Ronald Reagan
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
15. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
Monroe
Dwight David Eisenhower
January 1st - 1863
George Washington
16. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Teddy Roosevelt
His wife
New Mexico to California
17. What are the people in the electoral college called?
England
Electors
Sexual harrassment
The government
18. Which president started the two term tradition?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
French and Indian War
132
19. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
Barack Obama
5
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
20. What is universal health care?
Lyndon Johnson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Medical insurance for all americans
Alien and sedition acts
21. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
William Jefferson Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
$150000
22. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
4th
270
25
23. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
Dwight David Eisenhower
Dental; medical
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
7; 11
24. Who was Deep Throat?
5
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Joe Biden
25. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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26. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
30
The north were comunists and the south were not
November 1863
27. Who was the only catholic president?
No
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
$150000
William and Mary College
28. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Mom
John Quicy Adams
The fourteen points
Barack Obama
29. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
Andrew Jackson
1803
Zapruder film
8
30. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
100
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
31. Who introduced social security?
1 million
1803
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jefferson Davis
32. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
January 20th
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
South; north
33. What were the years of WWI?
Abraham Lincoln
1914-1918
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
East of Africa
34. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
7; 11
William Jefferson Clinton
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
35. Which president served the most terms?
14
Thus always to tyrants
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
36. Who was George Washington's wife?
25
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
1 million
Martha
37. Which president made the panama canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson
38. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
Barack Obama
The government
Enola Gay
X-ray
39. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
The north and the south were split up
Dwight David Eisenhower
Barack Obama
8
40. Which president was the youngest to serve?
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Teddy Roosevelt
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
41. Who introduced disability benefits?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
John Quicy Adams
42. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
September 1st - 1939
Ronald Reagan
Revolutionary War
Monroe
43. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Andrew Jackson
USA
Yes
44. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
November
William McKinley
The Korean War
Harry S Truman
45. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
8
2
4
14
46. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
14
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
The Confederate States of America
William Henry Harrison
47. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Sexual harrassment
Harry S Truman
Thomas Jefferson
48. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Conspiracy
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
49. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
Acting
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
50. Who invaded Iraq?
Harry S Truman
25
George W. Bush
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement