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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. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






2. Why did we enter WWII?






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






4. What are surviver benefits?






5. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






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






7. Who's son is Camp David named after?






8. What was the most terms served by a president?






9. James Madison's wife is famous for...






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






11. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






12. Who was the first African American President?






13. What was the Banking Holiday?






14. Which presidents were cousins?






15. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






16. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






17. Who was the only president to resign?






18. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






20. What state was John Adams from?






21. What date did the civil war begin?






22. What transportation does the president get?






23. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






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






25. Who did fireside chats?






26. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






27. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






28. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






29. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






31. What college did George Washington go to?






32. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






33. which president was former head of CIA?






34. How many years is a presidential term?






35. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






36. Sedition acts






37. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






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






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






40. What is the inauguration date?






41. How did William McKinley die?






42. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






43. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






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






45. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






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






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






49. Who passed Universal health care?






50. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?