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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 does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






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






3. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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4. What are disability benefits?






5. Who introduced disability benefits?






6. What is Camp David?






7. Why did we invade Iraq?

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8. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






9. Who balanced the budget?






10. Who did the Banking Holiday?






11. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






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






13. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






14. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






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






16. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






17. What date did WWII begin?






18. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






19. Who was Deep Throat?






20. Who is the current Vice President?






21. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






22. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






23. What is the inauguration date?






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






25. What was the New Deal?






26. What transportation does the president get?






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






28. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






29. Which president was former ambassador to China?






30. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






31. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






32. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






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






34. What was the Banking Holiday?






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






36. Who was the only president to resign?






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






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






39. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






40. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






41. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






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






44. Alien Acts






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






46. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






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






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






49. Which president started the two term tradition?






50. What was the camp david accords?