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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. How many years is a presidential term?






2. How many electors are in the electoral college?






3. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






4. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






5. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






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






7. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






8. What college did George Washington go to?






9. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






10. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






11. Who is the current Vice President?






12. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






13. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






14. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






16. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






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

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18. Where was George Washington born?






19. What state is Camp David in?






20. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






21. How many kids did George Washington have?






22. Who balanced the budget?






23. How many rooms in the white house?






24. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






25. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






26. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






27. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






29. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






31. Who was the first VP?






32. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






33. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






34. Who was the first African American President?






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






36. Who invaded Iraq?






37. Who introduced surviver benefits?






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






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






40. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






41. Where was William McKinley killed?






42. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






43. What president did the Berlin airlift?






44. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






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






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






47. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






48. How many presidents were killed in office?






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






50. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)