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






2. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






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






4. Who introduced social security?






5. What president had the watergate scandal?






6. Who was president during the Great depression?






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






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






9. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






10. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






11. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






12. how many years is a score?






13. Who was the first President during WWII?






14. What was the Banking Holiday?






15. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






16. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






18. What is the command of army act?






19. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






20. This president helped write the federalist papers.






21. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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22. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






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






24. What is the inauguration date?






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






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






27. 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)






28. Which president was former ambassador to China?






29. What is the Truman Doctrine?






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






31. What transportation does the president get?






32. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






33. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






34. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






35. Who was the first VP?






36. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






37. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






38. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






39. How many rooms in the white house?






40. Who introduced surviver benefits?






41. When did we enter WWII?






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






43. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






44. What transportation does the president get?






45. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






46. how many years is a score?






47. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






48. Sedition acts






49. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






50. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?