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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who had the shortest presidency?






2. Who was our president during the Korean war?






3. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






4. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






5. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






6. Who was the first African American President?






7. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






8. Who was the only president to resign?






9. What month is the election in?






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






11. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






12. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






13. What date did WWII begin?






14. What president had the watergate scandal?






15. What is the inauguration date?






16. When did we enter WWII?






17. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






18. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






19. What president did the Berlin airlift?






20. Why did we enter WWII?






21. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






22. What were fireside chats?






23. Who was Deep Throat?






24. Who introduced social security?






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






26. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






27. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






28. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






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






30. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






31. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






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






33. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






34. What are the people in the electoral college called?






35. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






36. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






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

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38. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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






40. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






41. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






42. What college did George Washington go to?






43. What was the Banking Holiday?






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






45. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






46. 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)






47. Which president made the panama canal?






48. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






49. How was James Garfield killed?






50. Who introduced surviver benefits?