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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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2. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






3. which president was former head of CIA?






4. What were John Adams's last words?






5. Who was the first African American President?






6. How did William McKinley die?






7. Who did the Banking Holiday?






8. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






9. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






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






11. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






12. Who is the current speaker of the House?






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






14. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






15. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






16. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






17. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






18. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






19. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






20. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






21. Who was our president during the Korean war?






22. Which president made the panama canal?






23. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






24. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






25. What president did the Berlin airlift?






26. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






27. What was the Bay of Pigs?






28. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






29. Why did WWI happen?






30. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






31. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






32. What are disability benefits?






33. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






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






35. Who introduced social security?






36. How many kids did George Washington have?






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






38. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






39. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






40. What was the Bay of Pigs?






41. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






42. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






43. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






44. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






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






46. Which president served the most terms?






47. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






48. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






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






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