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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. What is Camp David?
5
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
A 2nd home for the president
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein

2. Who had the shortest presidency?
Bad
William Henry Harrison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
England - France - Russia - USA

3. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln
5
Conspiracy

4. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
French and Indian War
100
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico

5. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Polio
Mary Todd-Lincoln
William and Mary College
Dallas - Texas

6. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
2
4
Peterson House; the next morning

7. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Free the slaves in the south
William Henry Harrison
1803
Sexual harrassment

8. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
England; sailors; products
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired

9. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
William Howard Taft
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Robert E. Lee
A support group of countries

10. Who was President during the Spanish American War?
14
Andrew Jackson
132
William McKinley

11. Where does the president live for free?
Zapruder film
The White House
None
They were classmates in college

12. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
The Confederate States of America
100
William Henry Harrison
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein

13. What is the inauguration date?
William Jefferson Clinton
January 20th
The north and the south were split up
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico

14. What date did WWII begin?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He gets shot
September 1st - 1939

15. What was the most terms served by a president?
444
4
132
Germany invaded Poland

16. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Harry S Truman
James Madison

17. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Monticello - Virginia
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Harry S Truman

18. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
The Confederate States of America
270
Monticello - Virginia
John Tyler

19. What is the Truman Doctrine?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Martha
His wife
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism

20. James Madison's wife is famous for...
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
The south

21. What state is Camp David in?
Abigail
Andrew Jackson
6'4'
Maryland

22. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
John Wilkes Booth
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate

23. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
15 million
Thomas Jefferson
35

24. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
Jefferson still survives
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
The north were comunists and the south were not

25. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Ulysses S. Grant
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
George H.W. Bush and George Bush

26. Which president made the panama canal?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Teddy Roosevelt
The fourteen points
X-ray

27. What was the Berlin Airlift?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
8
His 5th cousin
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin

28. What were the years of WWI?
George Washington
George W. Bush
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1914-1918

29. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
Daniel Inouye
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
8
Civil War

30. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
The Korean War
John Tyler
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington

31. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?
Teddy Roosevelt
Kentucky; Log cabin
14
60; unconstitutional

32. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Mount Vernon - Virginia

33. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Abraham Lincoln
0
William McKinley
Germany was attacking ships

34. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Since birth
Thus always to tyrants
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Maine and Nebraska

35. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
Teddy Roosevelt
18
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing

36. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
1
Lyndon Johnson
John Quicy Adams
Alien and sedition acts

37. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
The Korean War
Andrew Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
Universal health care

38. What month and day do we vote for the president?
None
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement

39. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
James Madison
1 million

40. Who introduced social security?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Hillary Clinton

41. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
John Quicy Adams
Andrew Johnson
USA
New Mexico to California

42. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Monticello - Virginia
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Thomas Jefferson

43. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
The fourteen points
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Thomas Jefferson
Alien and sedition acts

44. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
George W. Bush
$150000

45. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Alien and sedition acts
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Free the slaves in the south
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't

46. What is the address of the white house?
A gun
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
James Madison
Civil rights

47. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
Europe
James Madison
The Korean War
Kentucky; Log cabin

48. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
The Vice President
Martha
April 1917- November 1918
Harry S Truman

49. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
18
Jefferson Davis
270
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36

50. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
World War I
The Vice President
1

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