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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where was William McKinley killed?
100
$400000
Buffalo - New York
James Polk
2. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
They were classmates in college
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Mom
3. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?
Barack Obama
$400000
A gun
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
4. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
April 1917- November 1918
Dolley
Daniel Inouye
15
5. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
Massachusetts
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Georgia
The White House
6. When did we enter WWII?
Free the slaves in the south
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
December 7th - 1941
7. Who balanced the budget?
William Jefferson Clinton
4
January 1st - 1863
Since birth
8. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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9. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Universal health care
Lyndon Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
10. How many rooms in the white house?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Georgia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
132
11. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
1803
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Germany invaded Poland
Robert E. Lee
12. What were John Adams's last words?
4
William McKinley
Jefferson still survives
60; unconstitutional
13. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Europe
John Tyler
14. This president helped write the federalist papers.
A gun
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Barack Obama
James Madison
15. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
Mount Vernon - Virginia
7; 11
5
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
16. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Barack Obama
X-ray
The north were comunists and the south were not
17. Who introduced disability benefits?
14
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
100
18. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
Polio
The north and the south were split up
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Dwight David Eisenhower
19. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
Harry S Truman
Kentucky; Log cabin
Yes
He was shot
20. Who supported manifest destiny?
A support group of countries
Electors
7; 11
James Polk
21. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
George H. W. Bush
The government
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
$150000
22. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Teddy Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
23. Who is the current speaker of the House?
Barack Obama
John Boehner
Barack Obama
18
24. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
The Vice President
22 - 24
25. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?
1 million
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
England; sailors; products
26. Why did we invade Iraq?
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27. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Since birth
Yes
4th
The Vice President
28. Who introduced social security?
Germany invaded Poland
George Washington
New Mexico to California
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
29. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
William Henry Harrison
Barack Obama
Free the slaves in the south
30. What are the people in the electoral college called?
14
Electors
September 1st - 1939
Self
31. What date did WWII begin?
270
None
September 1st - 1939
William Howard Taft
32. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
The president
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
33. Who balanced the budget?
William and Mary College
Enola Gay
Zapruder film
William Jefferson Clinton
34. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
8
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
2
35. What are surviver benefits?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Jimmy Carter
Conspiracy
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
36. Who is the current secretary of state?
John Adams
Hillary Clinton
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
37. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
6'4'
270
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Teddy Roosevelt
38. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Dolley
Teddy Roosevelt
James Polk
39. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
The north were comunists and the south were not
20
Teddy Roosevelt
40. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
John Wilkes Booth
William Howard Taft
James Polk
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
41. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
William Jefferson Clinton
Buffalo - New York
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Teddy Roosevelt
42. What date did the civil war begin?
April 12th - 1861
Harry S Truman
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
43. What month and day do we vote for the president?
Barack Obama
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Polio
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
44. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
John Tyler
Harry S Truman
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Teddy Roosevelt
45. Who was George Washington's wife?
Martha
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Ulysses S. Grant
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
46. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
His wife
Ulysses S. Grant
Barack Obama
He was shot
47. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
England - France - Russia - USA
The Vice President
Teddy Roosevelt
48. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
Hillary Clinton
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
49. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
George Washington
William Howard Taft
Thomas Jefferson
50. What was the Bay of Pigs?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Mom
The Vice President