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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






2. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






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






4. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






5. Who is the current Vice President?






6. Where did the civil war begin?






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






8. What transportation does the president get?






9. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






11. How many kids did John Tyler have?






12. Which president served the most terms?






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






14. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






15. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






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






17. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






18. Who was the first African American President?






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






20. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






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






22. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






23. What are surviver benefits?






24. Where does the president live for free?






25. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






26. What was the Berlin Airlift?






27. Which president created the University of Virgina?






28. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






29. Which president started the two term tradition?






30. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






31. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






32. Who was the first African American President?






33. Who was the youngest elected president?






34. Who was the first President during WWII?






35. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






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






37. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






39. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






40. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






41. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






42. Who is the current speaker of the House?






43. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






44. Which presidents were cousins?






45. Who supported manifest destiny?






46. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






47. Who was our president during the Korean war?






48. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






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






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







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