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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






2. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






3. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






4. How many kids did John Tyler have?






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






6. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






7. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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8. This president helped write the federalist papers.






9. What does NATO stand for?






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






11. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






12. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






13. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






14. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






15. Who introduced disability benefits?






16. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






17. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






18. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






19. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






20. 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)






21. What transportation does the president get?






22. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






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






24. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






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






26. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






27. Where was George Washington born?






28. How many former vice presidents have become president?






29. How did William McKinley die?






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






31. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






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






33. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






34. How many rooms in the white house?






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






36. Do we vote directly for the president?






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






38. What president did the Berlin airlift?






39. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






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






41. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






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






43. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






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






45. What president had the watergate scandal?






46. Who was the only catholic president?






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






48. Which president was the youngest to serve?






49. What was the New Deal?






50. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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