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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was a peanut farmer?
2
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
444
Jimmy Carter
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Maine and Nebraska
South; north
His 5th cousin
3. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Europe
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
4. Who did the Banking Holiday?
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
5. James Madison's wife is famous for...
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
John Adams
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
World War I
6. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?
35
William Henry Harrison
Thus always to tyrants
0
7. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
Ronald Reagan
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
No
The Korean War
8. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
Gerald Ford
Harry S Truman
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Polio
9. Who is the current Vice President?
Joe Biden
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Jefferson Davis
10. Do we vote directly for the president?
1914-1918
No
George H. W. Bush
132
11. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Free the slaves in the south
Alien and sedition acts
12. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Martha
Revolutionary War
Conspiracy
13. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
John Quicy Adams
Free the slaves in the south
Enola Gay
Harry S Truman
14. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
William Howard Taft
100
John Wilkes Booth
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
15. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
William and Mary College
18
16. How many presidents died in office?
George H. W. Bush
The north were comunists and the south were not
The government
8
17. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Lyndon Johnson
25
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
1803
18. How many kids did George Washington have?
4
0
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
19. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
World War I
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Thomas Jefferson
20. What was the league of nations?
William Jefferson Clinton
The Korean War
Zapruder film
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
21. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
Polio
John Adams
100
Harry S Truman
22. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
William Henry Harrison
Barack Obama
4
James Madison
23. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Universal health care
4
Eleanor
24. How many rooms in the white house?
132
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
January 20th
25. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?
Woodrow Wilson
1803
England
John Adams
26. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
The president
Richard Nixon
John Boehner
He gets shot
27. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
Teddy Roosevelt
1803
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
George Washington
28. How many rooms in the white house?
5
132
William Jefferson Clinton
George W. Bush
29. Who had the first death in office?
USA
William Henry Harrison
27
Dolley
30. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
The Gettysburg Address
31. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
A support group of countries
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Teddy Roosevelt
32. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
$150000
James Madison
James Polk
350
33. Who was the youngest elected president?
England - France - Russia - USA
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
34. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
He was shot
World War I
John Hinkley Jr.
35. How many presidents were killed in office?
4
538
George Washington
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
36. What college did George Washington go to?
None
John Tyler
William and Mary College
Peterson House; the next morning
37. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Joe Biden
John Quicy Adams
Robert E. Lee
Since birth
38. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
Daniel Inouye
Maine and Nebraska
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
The Civil War
39. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
1 million
8
Maine and Nebraska
40. Where did the civil war begin?
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
John Quicy Adams
William Jefferson Clinton
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
41. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
Germany invaded Poland
0
132
Free the slaves in the south
42. Which presidents were cousins?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
William and Mary College
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
43. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
East of Africa
44. How many years is a presidential term?
4
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1803
132
45. Which president was the youngest to serve?
Teddy Roosevelt
George W. Bush
His wife
John Adams
46. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
Free the slaves in the south
William Jefferson Clinton
Abigail
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
47. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
Thomas Jefferson
John Quicy Adams
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
1914-1918
48. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
60; unconstitutional
15 million
The Gettysburg Address
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
49. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
French and Indian War
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Peterson House; the next morning
Harry S Truman
50. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
A gun
4
William Henry Harrison
George Washington