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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. What is Camp David?






2. Where was George Washington born?






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






4. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






5. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






6. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






7. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






8. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






9. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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10. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






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






12. Sedition acts






13. What was the nullification crisis?

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






15. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






16. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






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






18. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






19. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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20. How many presidents were killed in office?






21. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






22. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






23. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






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






25. Who was Deep Throat?






26. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






27. Where did the civil war begin?






28. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






29. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






30. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






31. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






32. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






33. how many years is a score?






34. Who's son is Camp David named after?






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






36. What was the league of nations?






37. Who was the only catholic president?






38. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






39. Which presidents were cousins?






40. Who introduced surviver benefits?






41. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






42. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






43. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






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






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






46. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






47. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






48. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






49. Alien Acts






50. What is the command of army act?