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






2. Which president was former ambassador to China?






3. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






4. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






5. What war was George Washington in the military for?






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






7. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






8. What are disability benefits?






9. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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10. Who introduced disability benefits?






11. How much money does the president earn per year?






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






13. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






14. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






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






16. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






17. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






18. What year was the White House burnt down?






19. Why did WWII begin?






20. What are surviver benefits?






21. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






22. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






24. Who did fireside chats?






25. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






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






27. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






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






29. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






30. How many years is a presidential term?






31. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






32. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






33. What is Camp David?






34. What state is Camp David in?






35. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






36. This president helped write the federalist papers.






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






38. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






39. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






40. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






41. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






43. Do we vote directly for the president?






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






45. What president had the watergate scandal?






46. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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






48. Who had the shortest presidency?






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






50. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?