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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






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






3. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






4. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






5. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






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






7. What is Camp David?






8. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






9. Which president was former ambassador to China?






10. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






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






12. Who was the youngest elected president?






13. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






14. Which president started the two term tradition?






15. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






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






17. What is the inauguration date?






18. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






19. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






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






22. What war was George Washington in the military for?






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






24. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






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






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






27. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






28. What is the Electoral College?






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






30. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






31. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






32. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






33. Who is the current secretary of state?






34. How many kids did John Tyler have?






35. What was the nullification crisis?


36. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






37. What does NATO stand for?






38. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






39. How many former vice presidents have become president?






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






41. What date did WWII begin?






42. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






43. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






44. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






45. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






46. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






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






48. What are surviver benefits?






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






50. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?