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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






3. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






4. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






5. Do we vote directly for the president?






6. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






7. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






8. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






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






11. What state is Camp David in?






12. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






13. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






14. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






15. What were John Adams's last words?






16. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






17. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






18. What transportation does the president get?






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






20. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






21. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






22. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






23. Who was the only president to resign?






24. When did we enter WWII?






25. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






26. What war was George Washington in the military for?






27. Which presidents were cousins?






28. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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29. Which president served the most terms?






30. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






31. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






32. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






33. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






34. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






35. Who did the Banking Holiday?






36. What is the Truman Doctrine?






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






38. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






39. Where was William McKinley killed?






40. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






41. Who supported manifest destiny?






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






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






44. How many years is a presidential term?






45. What is the inauguration date?






46. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






47. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






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






49. How did William McKinley die?






50. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?