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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • 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 state is Camp David in?






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






3. Who was the only president to resign?






4. Do we vote directly for the president?






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






6. What was the Berlin Airlift?






7. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






8. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






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






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






12. Who was the first VP?






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






14. Which president served the most terms?






15. Who supported manifest destiny?






16. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






17. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






18. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






19. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






20. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






21. Where does the president live for free?






22. What is the command of army act?






23. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






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






25. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






26. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






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






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






29. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






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






31. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






32. Who introduced social security?






33. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






34. What president did the Berlin airlift?






35. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






36. How many electors are in the electoral college?






37. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






38. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






39. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?


40. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






41. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






42. Where do electors vote?


43. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






45. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






46. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






47. What transportation does the president get?






48. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






50. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?