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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 president for the 9/11 attacks?






2. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






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






4. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






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






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






7. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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






9. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






10. Who is the current speaker of the House?






11. How was James Garfield killed?






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






13. How many presidents were killed in office?






14. Sedition acts






15. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






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






18. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






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






20. Who was the only president to resign?






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






22. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






23. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






24. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






25. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






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






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






28. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






29. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






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






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






33. Where did the civil war begin?






34. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






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






36. What were John Adams's last words?






37. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






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






39. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






41. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






42. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






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






44. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






45. Who had the first death in office?






46. How many rooms in the white house?






47. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






48. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






49. What president did the Berlin airlift?






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