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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Where do electors vote?

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2. What were John Adams's last words?






3. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






4. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






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






6. What was the league of nations?






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






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






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






10. How many former vice presidents have become president?






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






12. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






13. 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 ________.






14. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






15. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






16. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






17. Why did we invade Iraq?

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18. Which president served the most terms?






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






20. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






21. Who is the current secretary of state?






22. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






23. When did we enter WWII?






24. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






25. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






26. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






27. Who was the youngest elected president?






28. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






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






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






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






32. Who balanced the budget?






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






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

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35. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






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






37. John Adams went to what college?






38. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






39. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






40. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






41. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






43. What year was the White House burnt down?






44. What date did the civil war begin?






45. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






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






47. Who was the first African American President?






48. Who was George Washington's wife?






49. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






50. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?