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Presidential Trivia

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the "smallest" president at 5 feet, 4 inches and weighing only 100 pounds?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

James Madison

2.

Who was the first president to call his home the "White House"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

3.

How many presidents were sons of presidents?

a)

None

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

4.

Which presidents were grandfather and grandson?

a)

William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison

b)

Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

John Adams and John Quincy Adams

d)

Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson

5.

At 6 feet, 4 inches, who was the tallest president?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

John Tyler

6.

Our first presidents were born as British subjects, who was the first president to be born an American citizen?

a)

Martin Van Buren

b)

James Polk

c)

Millard Fillmore

d)

James Buchanan

7.

One president grew up speaking Dutch instead of English, who was it?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

James Garfield

c)

Martin Van Buren

d)

Grover Cleveland

8.

Which President Roosevelt once served as the Assistant Secretary to the Navy?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Neither

d)

Both

9.

Which president said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

William McKinley

10.

Which president is credited with bringing macaroni to the United States?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Polk

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Warren G. Harding

11.

Which president had a pet raccoon named Rebecca living in the White House?

a)

Chester Arthur

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Calvin Coolidge

12.

Why is the White House painted white?

a)

To hide the burn marks after British troops caught it on fire

b)

To symbolize the purity of America

c)

Because Thomas Jefferson signed a law saying the president's house must be white

d)

White was the cheapest color of paint in 1800 because it didn't need expensive pigments

13.

Who was the first president to live in the White House?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

14.

Which president had indoor plumbing installed in the White House?

a)

Millard Fillmore

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Herbert Hoover

15.

What does the "S" in Harry S. Truman stand for?

a)

Simpson

b)

Samuel

c)

Satchmo

d)

Nothing

16.

What was Ulysses S. Grant's real, full name?

a)

Ulysses Simpson Grant

b)

Ulysses Samuel Grant

c)

Malachai Simpson Grant

d)

Hiram Ulysses Grant

17.

Who was the first president born in a hospital?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Jimmy Carter

18.

Who was the first president born west of the Mississippi River?

a)

Grover Cleveland

b)

Benjamin Harrison

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Calvin Coolidge

19.

Which president was expelled from college after only one year?

a)

James Buchanan

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

William Jefferson Clinton

20.

Which president was the son of two immigrants?

a)

Zachary Taylor

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

James Monroe

21.

Which president served in both World Wars?

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

John F. Kennedy

22.

Which president fought in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

John Tyler

d)

James Polk

23.

Which president was elected for more than two terms?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Ronald Reagan

24.

Which president was born with the name Leslie Lynch King, Jr.?

a)

James Polk

b)

James Garfield

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Jimmy Carter

25.

What was Bill Clinton's given name at birth?

a)

George Adams Conrad III

b)

William Jefferson Clinton

c)

George Jefferson Conrad II

d)

William Jefferson Blythe IV

26.

Which president was the first to throw the "first pitch" at a major league baseball game?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

John F. Kennedy

27.

Who was the first president to take up golf?

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

John F. Kennedy

28.

Which president graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

29.

Which president served as a Navy fighter pilot in World War II?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

George H. W. Bush

d)

Barack Obama

30.

Who was the only president to be married in the White House?

a)

Benjamin Harrison

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

William McKinley

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

31.

Which president was never married?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Tyler

c)

James Buchanan

d)

Zachary Taylor

32.

When were electric lights added to the White House?

a)

1879

b)

1885

c)

1891

d)

1898

33.

Which president made the first phone call from the White House?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Chester Garfield

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

William McKinley

34.

Which president had a bowling alley built in the White House?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Gerald Ford

35.

Who was the first president to have a radio in the White House?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

36.

Who was the first president to fly in an airplane?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Herbert Hoover

37.

Who was the youngest person elected president?

a)

William Jefferson Clinton

b)

Barack Obama

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

George W. Bush

38.

Who was the youngest person ever to become president?

a)

John F. Kenndey

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

39.

Who was the only president to be elected unanimously?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

40.

How many electoral votes are needed to be elected president?

a)

200

b)

270

c)

300

d)

370

41.

Which president studied nuclear physics?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Gerald Ford

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

George H. W. Bush

42.

Which president rescued more than 70 swimmers as a life guard in college?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Gerald Ford

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

William Jefferson Clinton

43.

Which president had a long, successful career in Hollywood as a movie actor?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Gerald Ford

44.

Which president could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Garfield

c)

Chester Arthur

d)

Woodrow Wilson

45.

How many pounds of jellybeans were delivered to the White House during Reagan's presidency?

a)

240

b)

2,400

c)

24,000

d)

Reagan didn't eat jellybeans

46.

Which president was wounded 4 times during the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

James Garfield

d)

Chester Arthur

47.

The teddybear is named after which president?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Chester Arthur

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

48.

Who was the first president to travel outside the United States while in office?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

49.

Who was the first president to visit Moscow, Russia while in office?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Ronald Reagan

50.

Who was the first president to travel to China while in office?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Jimmy Carter

51.

Who was the first president to visit Canada while in office?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Warren G. Harding

52.

Who was the first president born in the 1900's?

a)

Gerald Ford

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

53.

Who was the only president to die in the 1700's?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

54.

Which two presidents died on the same day, July 4, 1826?

a)

Washington and Adams

b)

Adams and Jefferson

c)

Jefferson and Madison

d)

Madison and Monroe

55.

Who was the first president to appear on television?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

56.

Which former president joined the Confederacy after leaving office?

a)

John Tyler

b)

James Polk

c)

Zachary Taylor

d)

Millard Fillmore

57.

How many presidents have been assassinated?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

More than 5

58.

Which State is the birthplace of 8 different presidents?

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

New York

d)

Virginia

59.

Which two presidents were born on Franklin Street in Braintree, Massachusetts

a)

William Henry Harrison and James Harrison

b)

Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

John Adams and John Quincy Adams

d)

George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush

60.

Did George Washington cut down a cherry tree?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Probably

d)

Probably not

61.

Did George Washington have wooden teeth?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Probably

d)

Probably not

62.

George Washington is the only president sworn in in two different cities, what were they?

a)

New York and Philadelphia

b)

New York and Washington D.C.

c)

Philadelphia and Washington D.C.

d)

Philadelphia and Richmond

63.

How many children did John Tyler have?

a)

0

b)

6

c)

15

d)

20

64.

In which sport did Abraham Lincoln excel?

a)

Javelin

b)

Cross Country

c)

Wrestling

d)

Boxing

65.

Who held the first presidential press conference?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Herbert Hoover

66.

Who held the first live televised news conference?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

67.

Which president lost the entire White House china set in a poker game?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

Andrew Jackson

68.

Who is the only president to be born on July 4th?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Calvin Coolidge

69.

What American food did Franklin D. Roosevelt serve to the King and Queen of England

a)

Hotdogs

b)

Apple Pie

c)

Hamburgers

d)

Pizza

70.

What candy is named after Grover Cleveland's daughter's nickname

a)

Skittles

b)

Baby Ruth

c)

Necco Wafers

d)

Milk Duds

71.

Which president had a soda fountain installed in the White House?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Ronald Reagan

72.

How is the president chosen if a candidate does not receive enough electoral votes to win?

a)

There's a second election

b)

The Senate votes

c)

The House of Representatives votes

d)

The Supreme Court chooses

73.

How many electoral votes does Pennsylvania have in the 2020 election?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

20

d)

30

74.

Which state has the most electoral votes in 2020 with a total of 55?

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

New York

d)

Alaska

75.

What helps determine the number of electoral votes each state gets?

a)

Number of Senators

b)

Population

c)

Number of Representative in the House

d)

All of the above