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PRESIDENT TRIVIA

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the oldest President ever elected?

a)

William Henry Harrison

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Joe Biden

2.

This president was the first to be born outside of the mainland United States.

a)

Benjamin Harrison

b)

Barack Obama

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Franklin Pierce

3.

Prior to the 12th amendment, how was the vice president chosen?

a)

The presidential candidate who won second place in the election

b)

there were no vice presidents prior to 1804

c)

was appointed by the president

d)

president and vice president were voted on seperately

4.

Who was the first president to be impeached?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Donald Trump

5.

Who was the only president to resign from office?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Franklin Pierce

6.

This president awarded Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

George W Bush

7.

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to invite an African American as his guest to the White House. Who did he invite?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Rosa Parks

8.

Which President declared February Black History Month back in 1976?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Lyndon B Johnson

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Ronald Reagan

9.

This president used his power to ensure black students were successfully able to attend high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

John F Kennedy

10.

This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 giving African Americans more protections on their civil rights.

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Lyndon Johnson

d)

James K Polk

11.

This president is known as the "Great Emancipator" because of his assistance in passing the 13th amendment, officially ending slavery.

a)

George Washington

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

12.
First President to serve a nation from coast to coast
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Franklin Pierce
c)
James A. Garfield
d)
James Buchanan
13.

Which president is buried under a willow tree with his head resting on a copy of the United States Constitution?

a)

James Madison

b)

Benjamin Harrison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Andrew Johnson

14.

Many people have good luck charms. What did William McKinley use for his good luck charm?

a)

shamrock (four-leaf clover)

b)

red carnation

c)

horseshoe

d)

rabbit's foot

15.

What president vomited on the Japanese Prime Minister during a dinner celebrating successful trade negotiations?

a)

Warren Harding

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

George H.W. Bush (41)

d)

William Clinton

16.

Many presidents have a favorite candy or snack food. George H.W. Bush enjoyed pork rinds. What was Ronald Reagan's favorite candy?

a)

M & Ms

b)

Jelly Belly beans

c)

Hershey Kisses

d)

Skittles

17.

Who was the shortest and lightest president standing 5 feet, 4 inches tall and tipping the scales at about 100 pounds?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

James Madison

18.

Which president woke at 5:00 am each day to practice the piano?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Harry Truman

19.

Who was the first president to hold a televised press conference?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Harry S. Truman

20.

Which president liked to go skinny dipping in the Potomac River?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

21.

The United States has had one bachelor (unmarried) president. Who was it?

a)

John Tyler

b)

James Garfield

c)

Chester Arthur

d)

James Buchanan

22.

Andrew Jackson taught his pet parrot how to

a)

cook

b)

fly

c)

curse

d)

tie knots

23.

Gerald Ford worked as a model and was featured in what popular and still available magazine?

a)

Cosmopolitan

b)

Time

c)

Vogue

d)

Ebony

24.

Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler. What was his hall of fame nickname?

a)

Outstanding Abe

b)

Lightning Lincoln

c)

Outstanding American

d)

The Tallest President

25.

Herbert Hoover's sons had 2 pet ______

a)

tigers

b)

llamas

c)

alligators

d)

crocodiles

26.

President Johnson was known for having no shame. Sometimes he had people follow him into the ______ to continue conversations

a)

kitchen

b)

bathroom

c)

backyard

d)

closet

27.

Grover Cleveland had a small tumor removed from his _______ and it now resides in the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia.

a)

mouth

b)

head

c)

arm

d)

tongue

28.

Calvin Coolidge enjoyed having _______ rubbed on his head every morning while he ate breakfast.

a)

butter

b)

oil

c)

vaseline

d)

jelly

29.

Which president killed a man in a duel?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Adams

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Benjamin Harrison

30.

Which president never voted in an election prior to being on the ballot himself?

a)

Millard Fillmore

b)

Zachary Taylor

c)

Franklin Pierce

d)

Andrew Johnson

31.

Which president never got married?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

James Buchanan

c)

Zachary Taylor

d)

JFK

32.

Which president died after only 31 days in office?

a)

Franklin Pierce

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

William Henry Harrison

d)

Andrew Johnson

33.

Which president had 15 children?

a)

John Tyler

b)

FDR

c)

James K. Polk

d)

James Garfield

34.

George Washington was called what?

a)

Father of Time

b)

Father of our Country

c)

Father of America

d)

Father of the States

35.
Dropped the Atomic Bomb in WW2
a)
Franklin D Roosevelt
b)
Harry S Truman
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
Dougal MacArthur
36.
Space Race/Cuban Missile Crisis
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Lyndon B Johnson
c)
John F Kennedy
d)
Jimmy Carter
37.
Watergate Scandal/Pentagon Papers
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Lyndon B Johnson
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Ronald Reagan
38.
World Trade Center Attacked
a)
George H W Bush
b)
George W Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Barack Obama
39.

Only two US presidents signed the Declaration Of Independence. Who are they?

a)

John Adams and George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe

c)

James Madison and George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

40.
During which war was Abraham Lincoln president?
a)
Civil War
b)
World War 1
c)
World War 2
d)
Revolutionary War