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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is the current speaker of the House?






2. Which president was the youngest to serve?






3. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






4. How many kids did George Washington have?






5. Where did the civil war begin?






6. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






7. What are surviver benefits?






8. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






9. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






10. Who introduced social security?






11. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






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






13. How many electors are in the electoral college?






14. Who invaded Iraq?






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






16. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






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






18. which president was former head of CIA?






19. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






20. What were the years of WWI?






21. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






22. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






23. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






24. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






25. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






26. Who introduced surviver benefits?






27. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






28. Who's son is Camp David named after?






29. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






30. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






31. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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






33. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






34. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






35. What transportation does the president get?






36. How many years is a presidential term?






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






38. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






39. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






40. What was reconstruction?






41. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






42. How many kids did John Tyler have?






43. Why did we enter WWII?






44. When did we enter WWII?






45. What is Camp David?






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






47. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






48. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






49. how many years is a score?






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