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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 camp david accords?






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






3. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






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






5. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






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






7. How much money does the president earn per year?






8. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






9. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






10. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






11. Who passed Universal health care?






12. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






13. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






14. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






15. What is the command of army act?






16. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






17. how many years is a score?






18. Which president made the panama canal?






19. Did we win the Spanish American War?






20. How was James Garfield killed?






21. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






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






23. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






24. Who was the first African American President?






25. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






26. What state was John Adams from?






27. Who invaded Iraq?






28. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






29. James Madison's wife is famous for...






30. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






31. How many kids did John Tyler have?






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






33. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






34. Which president served the most terms?






35. What did the monroe doctrine say?


36. Who was George Washington's wife?






37. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






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






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






40. Who introduced social security?






41. What is the command of army act?






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






43. Who is the current speaker of the House?






44. What was the nullification crisis?


45. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






46. Why did WWII begin?






47. How many years is a presidential term?






48. Who was Deep Throat?






49. What transportation does the president get?






50. This president helped write the federalist papers.