President Day Trivia

Multiple Choice

Which of the first 12 presidents was the first not to own slaves?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

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Which president was the last to own slaves?

• James Buchanan

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

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Who is the oldest living president?

• Jimmy Carter

• George W. Bush

• Donald Trump

• Joe Biden

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What president lived the longest?

• George H. W. Bush

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter

• Joe Biden

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Who was the first president to die in office?

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Henry Harrison

• Warren G. Harding

• John F. Kennedy

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In his farewell address, which president warned against political parties, long-term foreign alliances, and strict geographical divides?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Ronald Reagan

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Which president banned alcohol from the White House at the behest of his first lady?

• James Garfield

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Chester A. Arthur

• Grover Cleveland

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Which president survived an assassination attempt 69 days into his term?

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• George H. W. Bush

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Which president posed with a newspaper that declared his opponent the winner of their election?

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

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Which president purchased the land that's now southern Arizona and part of southern New Mexico?

• Millard Fillmore

• Franklin Pierce

• James Buchanan

• Abraham Lincoln

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Which president was described as "so honest that if you turned his soul inside out there would not be a spot on it?"

• George Washington

• John Adams

• James Monroe

• Abraham Lincoln

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Which president served as vice president for his political nemesis?

• Thomas Jefferson (for John Adams)

• Aaron Burr (for Thomas Jefferson)

• John C. Calhoun (for John Quincy Adams)

• John C. Calhoun (for Andrew Jackson)

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Which president served two non-consecutive terms?

• Benjamin Harrison

• Grover Cleveland

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

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Who were NOT "father-son" presidents?

• John Adams/John Quincy Adams

• William Henry Harrison/

  Benjamin Harrison

• George H. W. Bush/ George W. Bush

• Theodore Roosevelt/ Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Which president got a speeding ticket in Washington, D.C. while president?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

• Bill Clinton

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Which president used slave labor to build his Hermitage residence near Nashville?

• Andrew Jackson

• John Tyler

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Johnson

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Which president was the first one to fly on a plane?

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

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Which president also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren G. Harding

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Who is the only president with a PhD?

• Woodrow Wilson

• John F. Kennedy

• Bill Clinton

• Barack Obama

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Which president signed the Sherman Anti-Trus Act in the first known legislative effort to prevent monopolies?

• Grover Cleveland

• Benjamin Harrison

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

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Who is the only president born on July 4?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren G. Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

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Which president was never elected president or vice president?

• Lyndon Johnson

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• George H. W. Bush

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Who was the first president to be born in the 20th Century?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

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Who was the 1st president born an American citizen?

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin Van Buren

• Wiliam Henry Harrison

• John Tyler

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Who was the only president who did not speak English as his 1st language?

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin Van Buren

• Barack Obama

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Which president was elected to his 2nd term after suffering a heart attack?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Ronald Reagan

• Bill Clinton

• Barack Obama

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Which president watch the Battle of Bunker Hill from his family farm as a child?

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Johnson

• Martin Van Buren

• William Henry Harrison

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Which president has NOT won a Nobel Peace Prize?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Jimmy Carter

• Barack Obama

• Donald Trump

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Which president was the first to have a rescue dog while in office?

• Joe Biden

• Barack Obama

• George W. Bush

• Bill Clinton

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Which president won re-election with the widest popular vote margin in history?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ronald Reagan

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Lyndon Johnson

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Though his opponent won the popular vote, the Supreme Cour eventually declared which president the victor of the Electoral College in 2000

• George W. Bush

• Joe Biden

• John Kennedy

• Andrew Jackson

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Which president began his second inaugural address with the words, "With malice toward none; with charity for all?"

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Ronald Reagan

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Under whose presidency did the moon landing occur?

• John Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

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Which president introduced the Social Security program?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John Kennedy

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Which of these presidents was NOT a general?

• George Washington

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Ulysses Grant

• Harry Truman

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Which president was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery in action?

• John Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan

• Dwight Eisenhower

• George H. W. Bush

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Which president got stuck in a bathtub?

• William Howard Taft

• Herbert Hoover

• Richard Nixon

• Donald Trump

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Which president ended the draft?

• John Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Bill Clinton

• George W. Bush

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Who was the first vice president to succeed the presidency upon the death of their predecessor?

• Andrew Johnson

• John Tyler

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

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Which president has a middle initial that literally stands for nothing?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Harry S. Truman

• Warren G. Harding

• Lyndon B. Johnson