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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Teddy Roosevelt
Civil War
Social Security
2. which president was former head of CIA?
Dwight David Eisenhower
England; sailors; products
George H. W. Bush
Harry S Truman
3. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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4. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Ulysses S. Grant
Ronald Reagan
Martha
William Henry Harrison
5. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Zapruder film
30
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
6. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
James Madison
Civil rights
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
7. How many kids did George Washington have?
Lee Harvey Oswald
0
William Jefferson Clinton
Civil War
8. What state was John Adams from?
6'4'
John Tyler
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Massachusetts
9. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
September 1st - 1939
East of Africa
None
George Washington
10. This president helped write the federalist papers.
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
James Madison
Lyndon Johnson
11. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
Teddy Roosevelt
John Wilkes Booth
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
12. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
Teddy Roosevelt
Civil rights
The south
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
13. Who had the first death in office?
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
14. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
William Henry Harrison
William Jefferson Clinton
John Quicy Adams
15. 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)
Mary Todd-Lincoln
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Mary Todd-Lincoln
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
16. Why did WWII begin?
100
Germany invaded Poland
The Confederate States of America
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
17. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Teddy Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
New Mexico to California
18. Who introduced surviver benefits?
Since birth
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
Germany invaded Poland
19. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
A gun
Eleanor
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Enola Gay
20. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Harry S Truman
Conspiracy
21. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
George Washington
The president
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
22. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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23. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Germany invaded Poland
7; 11
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
24. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Abigail
Harry S Truman
25. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
James Madison
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
26. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
1803
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
14
Mary Todd-Lincoln
27. Who had the shortest presidency?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
William Henry Harrison
The Vice President
Barack Obama
28. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
538
Alien and sedition acts
Robert E. Lee
England - France - Russia - USA
29. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Andrew Jackson
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Adams
30. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Alien and sedition acts
5
25
George Washington
31. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
The south
The president
Thomas Jefferson
32. How many electors are in the electoral college?
5
538
Harry S Truman
Europe
33. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
Mom
1 million
William Jefferson Clinton
November 22nd - 1963
34. Where was George Washington born?
No
April 12th - 1861
22 - 24
Mount Vernon - Virginia
35. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
William Henry Harrison
1
Lyndon Johnson
36. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?
November 1863
Conspiracy
Polio
John Wilkes Booth
37. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
William Henry Harrison
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Dwight David Eisenhower
William Jefferson Clinton
38. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Sexual harrassment
Abigail
April 12th - 1861
Thomas Jefferson
39. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Barack Obama
George H. W. Bush
40. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
Abigail
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Free the slaves in the south
41. Which president was former ambassador to China?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
November
Lee Harvey Oswald
George H. W. Bush
42. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Maine and Nebraska
George Washington
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
43. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Harry S Truman
44. Who supported manifest destiny?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Polk
Europe
45. which president was former head of CIA?
The fourteen points
George H. W. Bush
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
46. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
Ronald Reagan
Hillary Clinton
Woodrow Wilson
Maine and Nebraska
47. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?
Barack Obama
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
The Vice President
The White House
48. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
World War I
The Vice President
8
49. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eleanor
Richard Nixon
Social Security
50. What was the Berlin Airlift?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Dallas - Texas
Electors
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin