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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. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






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






3. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






4. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






5. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






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






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






8. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






9. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






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






11. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






12. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






13. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






14. John Adams went to what college?






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






16. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






17. Which presidents were cousins?






18. How old do you have to be to be president?






19. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






20. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






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






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






23. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






24. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






25. What were John Adams's last words?






26. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






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






28. Which president served the most terms?






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






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






31. Who was the first African American President?






32. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






33. Who was the only catholic president?






34. Which president was former ambassador to China?






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






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






37. How many kids did George Washington have?






38. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






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






40. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






41. How did William McKinley die?






42. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






43. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






44. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






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






46. Who balanced the budget?






47. Who did the Banking Holiday?






48. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






49. Who introduced disability benefits?






50. 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 ________.