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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What president did the Berlin airlift?






2. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






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






4. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






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






6. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






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






8. Where do electors vote?

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






10. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






11. Who was George Washington's wife?






12. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






13. What are surviver benefits?






14. What were fireside chats?






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






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






17. Who is the current speaker of the House?






18. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






19. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






20. What was the league of nations?






21. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






22. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






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






24. Who is the current Vice President?






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






26. Why did WWI happen?






27. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






28. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






29. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






30. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






31. 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)






32. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






33. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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34. John Adams went to what college?






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






36. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






37. Who supported manifest destiny?






38. What is Camp David?






39. How many presidents died in office?






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






41. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






42. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






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






44. Who was the first President during WWII?






45. Which president made the panama canal?






46. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






47. Where was William McKinley killed?






48. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






49. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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