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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many presidents died in office?
The president
James Madison
270
8
2. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
14
William Howard Taft
John Wilkes Booth
Kentucky; Log cabin
3. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
0
Mary Todd-Lincoln
William Henry Harrison
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
4. What are surviver benefits?
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Conspiracy
Andrew Jackson
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
5. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Barack Obama
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Jackson
22 - 24
6. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
William McKinley
George W. Bush
James Madison
Woodrow Wilson
7. What month is the election in?
Social Security
John Quicy Adams
November
The fourteen points
8. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
William Henry Harrison
George Washington
September 1st - 1939
Harry S Truman
9. Which presidents were cousins?
England
Harry S Truman
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
10. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Mom
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
11. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Gerald Ford
Thomas Jefferson
1803
George H. W. Bush
12. Which presidents were cousins?
2
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
In their state's capital
13. Who introduced disability benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A gun
Thomas Jefferson
X-ray
14. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
Lyndon Johnson
A gun
William Jefferson Clinton
Ford's Theater
15. 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)
132
8
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
16. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
Self
Germany was attacking ships
27
Conspiracy
17. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
William Howard Taft
Barack Obama
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
4
Harry S Truman
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
No
19. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
World War I
0
French and Indian War
Sexual harrassment
20. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
20
Mom
X-ray
George H. W. Bush
21. What date did the civil war begin?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
April 12th - 1861
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
22. Who introduced social security?
England - France - Russia - USA
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
John Boehner
23. How many kids did John Tyler have?
15
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
15 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
24. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
Hillary Clinton
Free the slaves in the south
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Conspiracy
5
35
Perjury and obstruction of justice
26. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
Abraham Lincoln
Perjury and obstruction of justice
27. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?
Sexual harrassment
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Teddy Roosevelt
His 5th cousin
28. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?
James Madison
William Howard Taft
The Korean War
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
29. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
14
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
January 20th
Lyndon Johnson
30. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?
James Madison
100
30
Dwight David Eisenhower
31. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
New Mexico to California
William Jefferson Clinton
John Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
32. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
November 22nd - 1963
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
444
33. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
They were classmates in college
Dallas - Texas
X-ray
34. What was the league of nations?
Jefferson Davis
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
The fourteen points
35. What is universal health care?
England - France - Russia - USA
Medical insurance for all americans
Barack Obama
The Gettysburg Address
36. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
4
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
John Adams
30
37. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?
Thus always to tyrants
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
7; 11
38. What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Martha
Dwight David Eisenhower
He resigned before the impeachment trial
39. When did we enter WWII?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
December 7th - 1941
8
40. Who was president during the Great depression?
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Revolutionary War
41. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
A support group of countries
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
42. Why did WWII begin?
Germany invaded Poland
John Boehner
January 1st - 1863
Self
43. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
15
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
44. Why did we enter WWII?
James Madison
Barack Obama
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
45. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
He resigned before the impeachment trial
46. Who balanced the budget?
William Jefferson Clinton
The fourteen points
132
Andrew Johnson
47. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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183
48. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Dwight David Eisenhower
6'4'
Barack Obama
444
49. What was the New Deal?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Daniel Inouye
Massachusetts
50. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
William Howard Taft
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement