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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Harry S Truman
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
A support group of countries
2. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
John Hinkley Jr.
Harvard
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
3. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Ulysses S. Grant
April 1917- November 1918
Since birth
4. How many former vice presidents have become president?
The Vice President
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
14
Jefferson still survives
5. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
George W. Bush
George Washington
1814
6. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
His 5th cousin
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
7. What were fireside chats?
350
January 20th
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Speeches given for hope
8. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
In their state's capital
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
9. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
1814
Since birth
Conspiracy
Teddy Roosevelt
10. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?
The Vice President
James Madison
George Washington
2
11. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Peterson House; the next morning
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
World War I
12. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ford's Theater
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
England - France - Russia - USA
13. Why did we enter WWII?
1914-1918
444
Andrew Jackson
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
14. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Harry S Truman
The Gettysburg Address
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
22 - 24
15. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
Ronald Reagan
1914-1918
His 5th cousin
William Jefferson Clinton
16. Do we vote directly for the president?
No
Revolutionary War
Conspiracy
1803
17. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
None
4
18. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
Maine and Nebraska
Jimmy Carter
27
Self
19. What war was George Washington in the military for?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
French and Indian War
Teddy Roosevelt
20. Which president was former ambassador to China?
He was shot
Jimmy Carter
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
George H. W. Bush
21. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
The Korean War
William Jefferson Clinton
1814
Harry S Truman
22. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
William Howard Taft
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
None
Thus always to tyrants
23. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
They were classmates in college
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
The Confederate States of America
Teddy Roosevelt
24. Who introduced disability benefits?
His 5th cousin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Korean War
He was shot
25. Who was our president during the Korean war?
April 1917- November 1918
Dwight David Eisenhower
Polio
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
26. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
No
John Wilkes Booth
William Jefferson Clinton
Dwight David Eisenhower
27. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
$400000
George Washington
Sexual harrassment
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
28. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
January 1st - 1863
Monticello - Virginia
James Madison
Teddy Roosevelt
29. Who was Deep Throat?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
James Madison
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Massachusetts
30. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
Acting
East of Africa
Alien and sedition acts
Abigail
31. Who's son is Camp David named after?
January 20th
1803
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Wilkes Booth
32. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
$150000
Georgia
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Abigail
33. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
Thomas Jefferson
April 12th - 1861
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Perjury and obstruction of justice
34. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
The president
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
November 1863
Dental; medical
35. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mary Todd-Lincoln
England
Teddy Roosevelt
36. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
22 - 24
Free the slaves in the south
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
George H. W. Bush
37. How did William McKinley die?
He was shot
Kentucky; Log cabin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
38. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
8
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
George Washington
39. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
27
England
French and Indian War
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
40. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
No
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
41. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Thomas Jefferson
Dolley
30
42. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
The Gettysburg Address
25
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
43. What was the camp david accords?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Lyndon Johnson
0
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
44. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
Kentucky; Log cabin
John Wilkes Booth
Monroe
John Adams
45. How many presidents were killed in office?
Barack Obama
A support group of countries
William Howard Taft
4
46. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Dwight David Eisenhower
1 million
Harry S Truman
47. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
Ronald Reagan
Harry S Truman
444
Abigail
48. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Lyndon Johnson
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Harry S Truman
November 1863
49. What were the years of WWI?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Mom
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
1914-1918
50. Where was William McKinley killed?
Buffalo - New York
John Hinkley Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully