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






2. 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)






3. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






4. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






5. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






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






7. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






8. Who is the current Vice President?






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






10. Which president created the University of Virgina?






11. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






12. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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13. Who was Deep Throat?






14. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






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






17. Which president made the panama canal?






18. John Adams went to what college?






19. Which presidents were cousins?






20. This president helped write the federalist papers.






21. How many kids did George Washington have?






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






23. Who is the current speaker of the House?






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






25. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






26. What was the New Deal?






27. How did William McKinley die?






28. What was the Berlin Airlift?






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






30. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






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






32. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






33. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






34. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






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






36. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






37. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






38. Who balanced the budget?






39. Do we vote directly for the president?






40. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






42. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






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






44. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






45. What is the address of the white house?






46. What are disability benefits?






47. 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 ________.






48. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






49. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






50. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?