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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






2. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






3. What state was John Adams from?






4. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






5. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






6. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






7. What is the command of army act?






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






9. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






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






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






12. how many years is a score?






13. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






14. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






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






16. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






17. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






18. How was James Garfield killed?






19. What is the Electoral College?






20. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






21. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






22. Which president created the University of Virgina?






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






24. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






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






26. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






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






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






29. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






30. What state is Camp David in?






31. What was the Bay of Pigs?






32. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






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






34. What was the league of nations?






35. Where does the president live for free?






36. Who invaded Iraq?






37. What were fireside chats?






38. How did William McKinley die?






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






40. Who was a peanut farmer?






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






42. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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43. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






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






46. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






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






48. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






49. Who had the shortest presidency?






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