President's Day Quiz
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History
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KG - Professional Development
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Hard
Rebekah Castiello
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the Federal holiday called celebrated on the 3rd Monday in February?
President's Day
President's Month
Washington's Birthday
Martin Luther King Day
Answer explanation
By law, under 5 U.S.C. 6103, the holiday is known as “Washington's Birthday.” The holiday had been celebrated on George Washington's actual birthday on February 22 for many years, but it was changed to the third Monday in February as a result of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the only President unanimously elected?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Answer explanation
In 1789, the first presidential election, George Washington was unanimously elected president of the United States. With 69 electoral votes, Washington won the support of each participating elector.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first president to appear on television during a 1939 broadcast from the World's Fair?
Herbert C Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer explanation
Though FDR had embraced radio and played an outsize role in popularizing the medium for political and policy communications, he did not do so for television, though he held the distinction of being the first President to appear on TV at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the "S" stand for in Harry S. Truman's name?
Samuel
Simon
Scott
Nothing! It was just S!
Answer explanation
His parents gave him the middle initial S to honor and please his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. Since the S did not stand for a name, Harry didn't use a period after it for most of his life.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the only President to get an MBA?
Barack Obama
George W. Bush (43rd)
Bill Clinton
George H. W. Bush (41st)
Answer explanation
George W. Bush, the nation's forty-third president, is the only president to earn an M.B.A, which he obtained from Harvard Business School.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first President born as a US President?
Martin van Buren
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Answer explanation
When Van Buren took office in 1837, he became the first president who was born as a U.S. citizen.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is the only President to have served non-consecutive terms?
Gerald Ford
Grover Cleveland
George Bush
Thomas Jefferson
Answer explanation
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American history to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office.
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