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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. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






2. Who introduced disability benefits?






3. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






4. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






5. How many former vice presidents have become president?






6. Alien Acts






7. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






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






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






10. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






11. How old do you have to be to be president?






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






13. What is the Truman Doctrine?






14. What is the address of the white house?






15. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?


16. how many years is a score?






17. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






18. What month and day do we vote for the president?






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






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






21. Who had the shortest presidency?






22. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






23. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






24. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






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






26. How many kids did George Washington have?






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






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






29. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






30. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






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






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






33. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






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






35. Where does the president live for free?






36. What was the most terms served by a president?






37. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






38. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






39. What was the Bay of Pigs?






40. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






41. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






42. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






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






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






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






46. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






47. John Adams went to what college?






48. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






49. Who passed Universal health care?






50. How can a president serve up to ten years?