Test your basic knowledge |

U.S. Presidents Trivia

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)
The Vice President
Ulysses S. Grant
22 - 24
14

2. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
Maine and Nebraska
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
The Civil War

3. John Adams went to what college?
Thomas Jefferson
John Tyler
The Vice President
Harvard

4. Do we vote directly for the president?
Joe Biden
George W. Bush
Daniel Inouye
No

5. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
1803
November 1863
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
John Adams and John Quincy Adams

6. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Enola Gay
James Madison
Social Security
John Boehner

7. How many kids did John Tyler have?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
15
William Henry Harrison

8. Where does the president live for free?
Mount Vernon - Virginia
The White House
A gun
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President

9. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
Jimmy Carter
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
270
Richard Nixon

10. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
Gerald Ford
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
The Confederate States of America
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.

11. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
350
September 1st - 1939
7; 11

12. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
James Madison
John Quicy Adams
William and Mary College
World War I

13. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
January 1st - 1863
September 1st - 1939
1803
100

14. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
French and Indian War
East of Africa
Kentucky; Log cabin
John Tyler

15. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
November 22nd - 1963
He gets shot
John Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

16. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
The Civil War
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
The north were comunists and the south were not
The White House

17. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
30
World War I
Free the slaves in the south
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval

18. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
350
James Madison
England

19. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
1

20. Who balanced the budget?
December 7th - 1941
James Madison
William Jefferson Clinton
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage

21. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
George H. W. Bush
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
14
Social Security

22. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Barack Obama
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
George Washington
Richard Nixon

23. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
Richard Nixon
Teddy Roosevelt
Ford's Theater
4

24. Who was the first African American President?
James Polk
Conspiracy
1803
Barack Obama

25. What date did the civil war begin?
April 12th - 1861
Hillary Clinton
7; 11
His 5th cousin

26. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
England
The Gettysburg Address
Dwight David Eisenhower
George Washington

27. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
George H. W. Bush
60; unconstitutional
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
No

28. Where does the president live for free?
The White House
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The north were comunists and the south were not
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

29. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
George Washington
A gun
The north and the south were split up
Thus always to tyrants

30. What month is the election in?
William Henry Harrison
The government
Andrew Jackson
November

31. Who was the only catholic president?
4
The Gettysburg Address
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines

32. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
25
England
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Teddy Roosevelt

33. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
Jefferson still survives
Barack Obama
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson

34. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

35. Where do electors vote?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

36. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
Yes
Andrew Jackson
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
George H. W. Bush

37. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
John Tyler
Jimmy Carter
Ulysses S. Grant
Barack Obama

38. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
The president
Ronald Reagan
1914-1918
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves

39. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
0
South; north
None
George H.W. Bush and George Bush

40. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Civil rights
Teddy Roosevelt

41. What was the Berlin Airlift?
William Jefferson Clinton
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

42. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?
Free the slaves in the south
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
November 1863

43. How did William McKinley die?
He was shot
Dwight David Eisenhower
Germany invaded Poland
John Adams

44. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
Civil rights
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Jimmy Carter
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt

45. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
Kentucky; Log cabin
No
James Madison
World War I

46. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
Jefferson still survives
East of Africa
Europe
1803

47. What is the inauguration date?
The Civil War
The south
January 20th
15

48. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
He gets shot
George Washington
The Gettysburg Address
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired

49. Why did WWII begin?
William and Mary College
Germany invaded Poland
Thomas Jefferson
Harry S Truman

50. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Harry S Truman
Since birth
John Tyler
William Jefferson Clinton

Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?

Major Subjects
Tests & Exams AP CLEP DSST GRE SAT GMAT	Certifications CISSP go to https://www.isc2.org/ PMP ITIL RHCE MCTS More...	IT Skills Android Programming Data Modeling Objective C Programming Basic Python Programming Adobe Illustrator More...	Business Skills Advertising Techniques Business Accounting Basics Business Strategy Human Resource Management Marketing Basics More...
Soft Skills Body Language People Skills Public Speaking Persuasion Job Hunting And Resumes More...	Vocabulary GRE Vocab SAT Vocab TOEFL Essential Vocab Basic English Words For All Global Words You Should Know Business English More...	Languages AP German Vocab AP Latin Vocab SAT Subject Test: French Italian Survival Norwegian Survival More...	Engineering Audio Engineering Computer Science Engineering Aerospace Engineering Chemical Engineering Structural Engineering More...
Health Sciences Basic Nursing Skills Health Science Language Fundamentals Veterinary Technology Medical Language Cardiology Clinical Surgery More...	English Grammar Fundamentals Literary And Rhetorical Vocab Elements Of Style Vocab Introduction To English Major Complete Advanced Sentences Literature Homonyms More...	Math Algebra Formulas Basic Arithmetic: Measurements Metric Conversions Geometric Properties Important Math Facts Number Sense Vocab Business Math More...	Other Major Subjects Science Economics History Law Performing-arts Cooking Logic & Reasoning Trivia

Test your basic knowledge |

U.S. Presidents Trivia

Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?

Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests

Major Subjects

Tests & Exams

Certifications

IT Skills

Business Skills

Soft Skills

Vocabulary

Languages

Engineering

Health Sciences

English

Math

Other Major Subjects

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests