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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 was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






2. How many electors are in the electoral college?






3. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






4. Who passed Universal health care?






5. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






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






7. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






8. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






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






10. Where was George Washington born?






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






12. How many presidents died in office?






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






14. What was the nullification crisis?

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15. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






16. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






17. What does NATO stand for?






18. What president had the watergate scandal?






19. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






20. How many rooms in the white house?






21. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






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






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






24. which president was former head of CIA?






25. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






26. Which president served the most terms?






27. What was the nullification crisis?

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28. Who was the youngest elected president?






29. Who was the first African American President?






30. What was the league of nations?






31. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






32. What is the inauguration date?






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






34. How much money does the president earn per year?






35. Who had the first death in office?






36. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






37. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






38. What is the command of army act?






39. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






41. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






42. Who had the shortest presidency?






43. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






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






45. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






46. Who was Deep Throat?






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






48. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






49. What president did the Berlin airlift?






50. When was the Emancipation proclamation?