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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
Gerald Ford
8
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Ronald Reagan
2. Who is the current speaker of the House?
George Washington
John Boehner
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
The Gettysburg Address
3. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
Self
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
April 12th - 1861
Medical insurance for all americans
4. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
Woodrow Wilson
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
The fourteen points
The Vice President
5. Which president created the University of Virgina?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Thomas Jefferson
William McKinley
6. Why did WWII begin?
Dental; medical
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
Germany invaded Poland
7. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
The White House
Woodrow Wilson
1 million
Thomas Jefferson
8. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
Robert E. Lee
They were classmates in college
Andrew Jackson
14
9. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
William and Mary College
Jimmy Carter
John Hinkley Jr.
10. Who was the first VP?
John Adams
December 7th - 1941
30
Dwight David Eisenhower
11. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.
Enola Gay
The fourteen points
The north and the south were split up
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
12. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
East of Africa
Georgia
His 5th cousin
Bad
13. What college did George Washington go to?
William Jefferson Clinton
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
None
8
14. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
They were classmates in college
Monticello - Virginia
The president
15. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Dwight David Eisenhower
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Lyndon Johnson
Barack Obama
16. which president was former head of CIA?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
East of Africa
George H. W. Bush
17. Who is the current secretary of state?
William Jefferson Clinton
William and Mary College
Georgia
Hillary Clinton
18. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
George H. W. Bush
Richard Nixon
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Teddy Roosevelt
19. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
Enola Gay
Bad
William Jefferson Clinton
Ulysses S. Grant
20. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
Jimmy Carter
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
November 22nd - 1963
21. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
George H. W. Bush
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Daniel Inouye
John Wilkes Booth
22. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
South; north
George Washington
Conspiracy
23. What is the address of the white house?
George H. W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
1 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
24. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
1 million
Dolley
A support group of countries
Perjury and obstruction of justice
25. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
Teddy Roosevelt
Jefferson still survives
East of Africa
Eleanor
26. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
England
James Madison
Abraham Lincoln
Free the slaves in the south
27. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
Harry S Truman
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
30
Abraham Lincoln
28. What are disability benefits?
Barack Obama
Civil War
His 5th cousin
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
29. How was James Garfield killed?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
A 2nd home for the president
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
15
30. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
England
$150000
Thus always to tyrants
John Tyler
31. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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32. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
5
USA
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Richard Nixon
33. How many kids did George Washington have?
No
0
20
Joe Biden
34. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
James Madison
John Hinkley Jr.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
35. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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36. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Peterson House; the next morning
37. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
French and Indian War
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
5
Buffalo - New York
38. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Harry S Truman
George Washington
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
39. What is universal health care?
Medical insurance for all americans
Dwight David Eisenhower
His wife
George Washington
40. Who did fireside chats?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
England
Dwight David Eisenhower
41. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
Monroe
Kentucky; Log cabin
George W. Bush
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
42. Who had the shortest presidency?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
John Adams
Robert E. Lee
William Henry Harrison
43. Where does the president live for free?
Dwight David Eisenhower
September 1st - 1939
The White House
Enola Gay
44. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Lyndon Johnson
4
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
A gun
45. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
French and Indian War
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
46. What was the most terms served by a president?
4
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
November 1863
47. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
William Jefferson Clinton
The Vice President
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Thomas Jefferson
48. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
Teddy Roosevelt
Monticello - Virginia
Bad
X-ray
49. Who is the current speaker of the House?
2
John Boehner
Harry S Truman
George Washington
50. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
George Washington
Ronald Reagan
Maryland
Sexual harrassment