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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 pounds was William Howard Taft?






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






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






4. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






5. What date did WWII begin?






6. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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






8. This president helped write the federalist papers.






9. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






10. Which president started the two term tradition?






11. Who introduced surviver benefits?






12. Who invaded Iraq?






13. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






14. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






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






16. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






17. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






18. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






19. How many presidents died in office?






20. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






21. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






22. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






23. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






24. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






25. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






26. Do we vote directly for the president?






27. Who was George Washington's wife?






28. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






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






30. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






31. What does NATO stand for?






32. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






33. What was the Bay of Pigs?






34. What is the address of the white house?






35. Did we win the Spanish American War?






36. Who was the only president to resign?






37. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






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






39. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






40. 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)






41. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






42. What was reconstruction?






43. Where was George Washington born?






44. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






45. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






46. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






47. Why did we invade Iraq?

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






49. What was the Berlin Airlift?






50. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?