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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






2. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






3. Who passed Universal health care?






4. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






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






6. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






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






8. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






9. Where was William McKinley killed?






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






11. Who had the shortest presidency?






12. What was the camp david accords?






13. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






14. Who had the shortest presidency?






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






16. Who introduced surviver benefits?






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






18. Who passed Universal health care?






19. how many years is a score?






20. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






21. Which presidents were cousins?






22. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






23. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






24. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






25. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






26. Who did fireside chats?






27. Which president was the youngest to serve?






28. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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29. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






30. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






31. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






32. Where was George Washington born?






33. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






34. How many former vice presidents have become president?






35. Why did we invade Iraq?

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36. How many years is a presidential term?






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






38. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






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






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






42. 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)






43. Which president was former ambassador to China?






44. What was the New Deal?






45. Where did the civil war begin?






46. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






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






48. Who balanced the budget?






49. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






50. Where did the civil war begin?