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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
Jefferson Davis
22 - 24
Dwight David Eisenhower
4
2. Who balanced the budget?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
William Jefferson Clinton
Woodrow Wilson
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
3. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Bad
4. Who introduced surviver benefits?
Harry S Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Yes
18
5. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
The south
John Wilkes Booth
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
4
6. What was the Banking Holiday?
George H. W. Bush
Social Security
They were classmates in college
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
7. How many former vice presidents have become president?
No
14
James Madison
Ronald Reagan
8. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
9. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
England
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
A support group of countries
The Civil War
10. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
100
20
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Hinkley Jr.
11. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?
Zapruder film
14
Sexual harrassment
Barack Obama
12. Who did fireside chats?
Conspiracy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
George Washington
13. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
Andrew Johnson
French and Indian War
Gerald Ford
5
14. What is the inauguration date?
January 20th
Buffalo - New York
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Mom
15. How many electors are in the electoral college?
Teddy Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
538
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
16. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
William and Mary College
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
No
Kentucky; Log cabin
17. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
Kentucky; Log cabin
18. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Conspiracy
19. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Hillary Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt
James Polk
20. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
Buffalo - New York
Andrew Jackson
Thus always to tyrants
William Howard Taft
21. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
Barack Obama
England - France - Russia - USA
Maine and Nebraska
His wife
22. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
Dwight David Eisenhower
4
The south
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
23. What month and day do we vote for the president?
William Jefferson Clinton
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
John Wilkes Booth
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
24. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
South; north
Lee Harvey Oswald
14
25. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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26. Why did WWI happen?
William Henry Harrison
Germany was attacking ships
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
John Quicy Adams
27. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
Harry S Truman
Dwight David Eisenhower
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
28. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
The White House
The fourteen points
Barack Obama
The Vice President
29. Who's son is Camp David named after?
William McKinley
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Dwight David Eisenhower
30. What is Camp David?
Revolutionary War
The president
A 2nd home for the president
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
31. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
Teddy Roosevelt
November 22nd - 1963
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
32. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.
Richard Nixon
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dwight David Eisenhower
Enola Gay
33. Who was the first African American President?
William Henry Harrison
Jimmy Carter
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Barack Obama
34. 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)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
100
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Hillary Clinton
35. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Mom
22 - 24
Teddy Roosevelt
36. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
No
Woodrow Wilson
James Madison
1914-1918
37. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
Gerald Ford
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Jimmy Carter
George Washington
38. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
William Jefferson Clinton
Dwight David Eisenhower
1803
Mary Todd-Lincoln
39. What was the New Deal?
His 5th cousin
Medical insurance for all americans
Maryland
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
40. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
William Jefferson Clinton
The north and the south were split up
Dwight David Eisenhower
41. Where was George Washington born?
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Acting
$400000
Dental; medical
42. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
John Tyler
No
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
43. What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
He gets shot
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
44. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Woodrow Wilson
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
45. What was the nullification crisis?
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46. How many presidents died in office?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Richard Nixon
8
Jimmy Carter
47. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Self
Massachusetts
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Barack Obama
48. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
4
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Ronald Reagan
49. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
The Vice President
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
22 - 24
Andrew Jackson
50. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
4
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
George Washington
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval