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






2. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






3. What were John Adams's last words?






4. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






5. Who was president during the Great depression?






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






7. How many presidents died in office?






8. What war was George Washington in the military for?






9. What was the New Deal?






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






11. John Adams went to what college?






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






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






14. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






15. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






16. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






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






18. Which president created the University of Virgina?






19. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






20. Who was the only president to resign?






21. What state was John Adams from?






22. Where does the president live for free?






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






24. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






25. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






26. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






27. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






28. Who was the only president to resign?






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






30. which president was former head of CIA?






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






32. How many presidents were killed in office?






33. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






34. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






35. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






36. What date did the civil war begin?






37. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






38. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?


39. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






40. Who is the current speaker of the House?






41. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






42. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






43. How many kids did George Washington have?






44. What is the Electoral College?






45. John Adams went to what college?






46. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






47. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






48. Which president made the panama canal?






49. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






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