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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. What was the nullification crisis?


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






3. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






4. Who had the first death in office?






5. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






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






7. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






8. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






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






10. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






11. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






12. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






13. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






14. How many kids did John Tyler have?






15. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






16. Why did we enter WWII?






17. Which president created the University of Virgina?






18. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






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






20. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






21. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






22. What month is the election in?






23. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






24. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






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






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






28. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






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






30. How many presidents died in office?






31. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






32. Which president was the youngest to serve?






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






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






35. Who was the first President during WWII?






36. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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






38. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






39. How many years is a presidential term?






40. Alien Acts






41. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






42. Who was the first VP?






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






44. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






45. How many former vice presidents have become president?






46. What are the people in the electoral college called?






47. What month and day do we vote for the president?






48. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






49. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






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