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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is the current speaker of the House?
John Boehner
Medical insurance for all americans
John Adams
Yes
2. Which president was the youngest to serve?
The White House
4
Teddy Roosevelt
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
3. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The government
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
4. How many kids did George Washington have?
20
0
Richard Nixon
15 million
5. Where did the civil war begin?
Richard Nixon
444
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Perjury and obstruction of justice
6. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Teddy Roosevelt
Sexual harrassment
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
7. What are surviver benefits?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Germany invaded Poland
Dallas - Texas
John Adams
8. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
Andrew Johnson
100
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Teddy Roosevelt
9. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
4
Self
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
November 1863
10. Who introduced social security?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Kentucky; Log cabin
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
11. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
Jefferson Davis
Eleanor
The government
Acting
12. What month and day do we vote for the president?
The Korean War
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
John Boehner
Universal health care
13. How many electors are in the electoral college?
35
Abraham Lincoln
538
0
14. Who invaded Iraq?
George W. Bush
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Inouye
Zapruder film
15. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
September 1st - 1939
Peterson House; the next morning
George Washington
18
16. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
$150000
Dolley
USA
Social Security
17. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
Richard Nixon
William Jefferson Clinton
Andrew Johnson
2
18. which president was former head of CIA?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
George H. W. Bush
Lyndon Johnson
William Howard Taft
19. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
World War I
35
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Andrew Jackson
20. What were the years of WWI?
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
James Madison
September 1st - 1939
1914-1918
21. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Conspiracy
James Madison
William Henry Harrison
22. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
January 1st - 1863
23. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
Zapruder film
The north and the south were split up
8
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
24. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
Teddy Roosevelt
Georgia
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
The Vice President
25. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
The north were comunists and the south were not
East of Africa
15 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
26. Who introduced surviver benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Alien and sedition acts
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
27. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
George Washington
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
New Mexico to California
28. Who's son is Camp David named after?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Dwight David Eisenhower
William and Mary College
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
29. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Andrew Jackson
Lyndon Johnson
Robert E. Lee
Mary Todd-Lincoln
30. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Thomas Jefferson
John Quicy Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
31. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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32. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Ford's Theater
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
33. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?
Universal health care
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Georgia
15
34. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Free the slaves in the south
Harry S Truman
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
35. What transportation does the president get?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
132
30
36. How many years is a presidential term?
England; sailors; products
William Henry Harrison
April 1917- November 1918
4
37. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
The Vice President
Jimmy Carter
He resigned before the impeachment trial
38. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
Barack Obama
Polio
John Boehner
Gerald Ford
39. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
15 million
The president
Electors
USA
40. What was reconstruction?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
41. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
The Vice President
The government
Maryland
Woodrow Wilson
42. How many kids did John Tyler have?
15
Enola Gay
Mary Todd-Lincoln
He gets shot
43. Why did we enter WWII?
John Adams
John Tyler
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
44. When did we enter WWII?
December 7th - 1941
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
William Jefferson Clinton
The Gettysburg Address
45. What is Camp David?
A 2nd home for the president
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
46. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Ulysses S. Grant
November 1863
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Barack Obama
47. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
John Quicy Adams
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
The Vice President
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
48. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
Dolley
Self
538
England
49. how many years is a score?
20
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Alien and sedition acts
X-ray
50. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
The president
The Civil War
James Madison