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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why did we enter WWII?






2. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






3. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






4. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






6. How many electors are in the electoral college?






7. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






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






9. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






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






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






12. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






13. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






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






15. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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






17. Who was the first President during WWII?






18. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






19. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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20. Who was our president during the Korean war?






21. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






22. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






23. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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24. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






26. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






27. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






28. What college did George Washington go to?






29. What are disability benefits?






30. How many presidents died in office?






31. Who invaded Iraq?






32. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






33. Who was the only catholic president?






34. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






35. What are surviver benefits?






36. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






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






38. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






39. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






40. How did William McKinley die?






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






42. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






43. What was the nullification crisis?

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44. What date did WWII begin?






45. Why did we invade Iraq?

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46. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






47. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






48. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






49. What are surviver benefits?






50. Why did WWI happen?






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