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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
William Jefferson Clinton
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Georgia
Harry S Truman
2. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
Teddy Roosevelt
5
John Hinkley Jr.
Harry S Truman
3. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
George Washington
The Vice President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Adams
4. Which president was former ambassador to China?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Acting
East of Africa
George H. W. Bush
5. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
William Jefferson Clinton
Peterson House; the next morning
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
5
6. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
18
Maryland
100
Andrew Jackson
7. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Andrew Jackson
Civil rights
His 5th cousin
8. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
Jimmy Carter
William Howard Taft
15
4
9. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
Harry S Truman
Eleanor
George Washington
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
10. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
George W. Bush
He resigned before the impeachment trial
11. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
25
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
15 million
12. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Mom
Ronald Reagan
13. Alien Acts
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Germany was attacking ships
100
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
14. What were John Adams's last words?
None
Jefferson still survives
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
15. What were the years of WWI?
Sexual harrassment
William Howard Taft
1914-1918
Mary Todd-Lincoln
16. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
John Tyler
Barack Obama
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Thus always to tyrants
17. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Thomas Jefferson
Speeches given for hope
Hillary Clinton
The Vice President
18. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Electors
The Vice President
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Revolutionary War
19. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
England; sailors; products
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Bad
20. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
Enola Gay
USA
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
James Madison
21. What is the Electoral College?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Since birth
James Madison
22. Who introduced disability benefits?
Dwight David Eisenhower
William McKinley
East of Africa
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
23. Sedition acts
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
The Civil War
Eleanor
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
24. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Conspiracy
Gerald Ford
25. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
South; north
His 5th cousin
Lyndon Johnson
5
26. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Civil rights
Georgia
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Dwight David Eisenhower
27. Which president served the most terms?
Harry S Truman
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
28. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Zapruder film
4th
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
29. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
15
Martha
George Washington
Monticello - Virginia
30. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Robert E. Lee
Teddy Roosevelt
14
South; north
31. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
Yes
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Self
November 22nd - 1963
32. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Jefferson still survives
He gets shot
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Dallas - Texas
33. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
George W. Bush
World War I
Hillary Clinton
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
34. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?
England - France - Russia - USA
Dwight David Eisenhower
15 million
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
35. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
William Howard Taft
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Germany was attacking ships
36. Why did we invade Iraq?
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37. Where was William McKinley killed?
Buffalo - New York
A 2nd home for the president
James Madison
Harry S Truman
38. How much money does the president earn per year?
15
April 12th - 1861
$400000
Yes
39. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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40. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
John Tyler
George W. Bush
George Washington
William Jefferson Clinton
41. Which president created the University of Virgina?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Thomas Jefferson
1914-1918
22 - 24
42. How many rooms in the white house?
No
132
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
43. John Adams went to what college?
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Harvard
44. Who had the shortest presidency?
William Henry Harrison
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Ulysses S. Grant
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
45. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
14
Barack Obama
Civil War
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
46. Who is the current Vice President?
James Madison
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
The Korean War
Joe Biden
47. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
William Howard Taft
The Vice President
Dwight David Eisenhower
Jimmy Carter
48. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
New Mexico to California
7; 11
1 million
The Civil War
49. Did we win the Spanish American War?
England
$400000
Yes
Thomas Jefferson
50. How many kids did John Tyler have?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
James Polk
15
Mary Todd-Lincoln