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Presidential Trivia
trivial facts about our American presidents
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12th Grade
02/10/2010

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What was Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson better known as?
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Lady Bird Johnson. Lyndon B Johnson’s(36) wife
Term
Who was the only President to remain a bachelor?
Definition
President James Buchanan (15)
Term
Who was the President at the time of the 1929 stock market crash?
Definition
Herbert Hoover(31)
Term
Who was the only president to hold a patent?
Definition
Abraham Lincoln
Patent for a device for buoying
vessels over shoals.
Term
What year did President Nixon resign(37)?
Definition
1974
Term
What was Jacqueline Kennedy’s maiden name?
Definition
Bouvier
Term
Who was the first Pres. to live in the White House?
Definition
John Adams(2)
Term
Who was President during the Lewis & Clark expedition?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson(3)
Term
Who was President during
the war of 1812?
Definition
James Madison(4)
Term
Who was President during the Mexican American War?
Definition
James Polk(11)
Term
Who was President during the Spanish American War?
Definition
William McKinley(25)
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Who was the first President
What President was the first to die in office?
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William Henry Harrison (9th). Shortest tenure (32days)
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Who was the heaviest President?
Definition
William Taft(27) (332 lbs)
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Who is the only President to serve 2 non-consecutive terms
Definition
Grover Cleveland. 22nd 24th
Term
Who was the only President to be elected more than 2 terms?
Definition
Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd). The D. stands for Delano
Term
Name all the Presidents to have been assassinated in office?
Definition
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy
Term
What family other than the Bush family had a father and son as president of USA?
Definition
Adams family
John Adams(2) &
John Quincy Adams(6)
Term
Who was the only president never married?
Definition
James Buchanan (15)
Term
Who was the shortest president?
Definition
James Madison (4)
5’4’’ 100lbs
Term
Name the only family to have
a Grandfather-grandson as president?
Definition
Harrison family
William Henry Harrison(9) &
Benjamin Harrison (23)
Term
What is Bill Clinton’s(42) middle name?
Definition
Jefferson
Term
What American tragedy happened on 11/22/63
Definition
Kennedy Assassination
Term
Who was President of the Confederate States?
Definition
Jefferson Davis
Term
What past US president's autobiography is called Where's the Rest of Me?
Definition
Ronald Reagan
Term
Who became US president after Herbert Hoover?
Definition
Franklin D Roosevelt (1933)
Term
Who was the first Roman Catholic US president?
Definition
John F Kennedy (1961-63)
Term
What does the F stand for in John F Kennedy?
Definition
Fitzgerald
Term
What did the Warren Commission investigate in the US in the 1960's?
Definition
The assassination of John F Kennedy
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Who became US president after John F Kennedy was assassinated?
Definition
Lyndon B Johnson
Term
What does the B stand for in Lyndon B Johnson?
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Baines (Lyndon B Johnson, 1908-73, also known as LBJ, 36th president of the USA, succeeded John F Kennedy in 1963, and held office until retirement in January 1969)
Term
In what state was Jimmy Carter governor before becoming president?
Definition
Georgia
Term
Spiro Agnew was US vice-president to which president?
Definition
Richard Nixon
Term
In US politics who replaced Spiro Agnew as Richard Nixon's vice-president in 1973?
Definition
Gerald Ford
Term
Who was the only President to be elected more than 2 terms?
Definition
Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd) The D. stands for Delano
Term
Who is the only President to serve 2 non-consecutive terms
Definition
Grover Cleveland 22nd 24th
Term
What president had a cat named Misty Malarky Ying Yang?
Definition
Jimmy Carter
Term
What acronym was used for Nixon’s re-election committee?
Definition
CREEP Committee to RE-Elect the President
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Who was the only president to hold a patent? -
Definition
Abraham Lincoln, Patent for a device for buoying vessels over shoals.
Term
Who was the first Pres. to live in the White House?
Definition
John Adams
Term
Who was President during the Mexican American War?
Definition
James Polk
Term
Who is President during the stock market crash and great depression?
Definition
Herbert Hoover
Term
Who was the first President to be impeached?
Definition
Andrew Johnson
Term
Who was the only President to remain a bachelor? President
Definition
James Buchanan (15)
Term
What was Jacqueline Kennedy’s maiden name?
Definition
Bouvier
Term
Who was President during the war of 1812?
Definition
James Madison
Term
Who is President during WWI? -
Definition
Woodrow Wilson
Term
Who is President during the start of the space race?
Definition
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Term
What President created the Purple Heart?
Definition
George Washington
Term
Where is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis buried?
Definition
A long side JFK in Arlington National Cementery
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What year did President Nixon resign?
Definition
1974
Term
Who was President during the Lewis & Clark expedition?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
Who was President during the Spanish American War?
Definition
William McKinley
Term
What president drops the A-bomb on Japan?
Definition
Harry S Truman
Term
Who was in office when the Iranian embassy hostages were released?
Definition
Ronald Reagan, Carter negotiated the release but when it finally happend Reagan was in office.
Term
Who was in office when the Iranian embassy hostages were released?
Definition
Ronald Reagan, Carter negotiated the release but when it finally happend Reagan was in office.
Term
What does the S in Ulysses S. Grant's name stand for?
Definition
nothing
Term
What is Richard Nixon's middle name?
Definition
Milhous
Term
Who was President of the USA from 1953 till 1961?
Definition
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Term
Which U.S. President had a sign on his desk saying, 'The Buck Stops Here'?
Definition
Harry Truman
Term
What president was born with the name Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
Definition
Gerald Ford
Term
Who was the only President that was elected neither President nor Vice-President?
Definition
Gerald Ford
Term
What is Gerald Ford's middle name?
Definition
Rudolph
Term
Who is the only Vice President to resign because of criminal charges?
Definition
Spiro Agnew
Term
What president is on the 2 dollar bill?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
Who is on the ten dollar bill?
Definition
Alexander Hamilton
(never president. Sec. of state 1789-95)
Term
Who's on the twenty dollar bill?
Definition
Andrew Jackson
Term
Who is on the Fifty dollar bill?
Definition
Ulysses S Grant
Term
Who is on the 100 dollar bill?
Definition
Ben Franklin?
Term
Who is on the 500 dollar bill?
Definition
Pres. William McKinley
Term
Who is on the 1,000 dollar bill?
Definition
Pres. Grover Cleveland
Term
Who is on the 5,000 dollar bill?
Definition
President James Madison
Term
What President was the first to appear on TV?
Definition
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Term
When was the $2 removed from circulation?
Definition
Never. The $2 bill is still in circulation and was last printed in 2003. They're just not used very much.
Term
Which President is most often attributed with saying, “You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”
Definition
Abraham Lincoln
Term
Who said, “I have not yet begun to fight!!!”
Definition
John Paul Jones aboard the ship Bonhomme Richard in the Battle of Flamborough Head during the Revolutionary War; Father of American Navy
Term
Who said, “An eye for an eye ends up making the whole world blind”?
Definition
Gandhi
Term
Who was the first American President to be born in the 20th century?
Definition
John F Kennedy
Term
What does the S in Harry S Truman stand for?
Definition
Nothing.
Term
What does the 'B' stand for in Rutherford B Hayes(19)
Definition
Birchard
Term
What does the D stand for in Dwight D Eisenhower(33)
Definition
David
Term
What as President Jimmy Carter's(38) middle name?
Definition
Earl
Term
What does the W stand for in George W. Bush
Definition
Walker
Term
What was Ronald Reagan's middle name?
Definition
Wilson
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