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Presidential Trivia
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Trivia to test your understanding on the history of the presidential elections in the United States.
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1
How many Senators have moved from the Senate directly to the White House
5
3
1
9
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Who was the first president to live in the White House after it's name change in 1903?
Franklin Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
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The only election in American history that featured a unanimous vote in the electoral college.
1788
1796
1792
1800
4
I delivered the shortest inaugural address in American history...
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson
5
Who is the only person to hold the presidency to never have been elected to either the P or VP?
James Carter
Gerald R. Ford
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
6
Who is the first president elected to have been born in the United States?
William H. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Chester A. Arthur
Martin Van Buren
7
The first president to use modern campaign techniques, with bands, buttons, and food!
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
8
The only president elect to have won a Pulitzer prize in literature?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
9
This election was settled by the "hanging Chad"?
1992
2000
1988
2008
10
The youngest person ever elected president at aged 43...
John F. Kennedy
Bill Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
11
This president's epitaph never mentioned being president, he instead mentioned writing this...
John Adams
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
12
Outside of George Washington the only person ever to run for president without opposition?
James Buchannan
James Monroe
James Carter
James Madison
13
The candidate who was accused of "stealing" campaign dollars to buy a dog...and gained in polls
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
William Howard Taft
14
The first president to campaign by phone
Chester A. Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
James Garfield
15
The only president to be elected four times
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
Ronald Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
16
As a former actor, I had a complete control over the media...most of the time!
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Calvin Coolidge
Richard Nixon
17
I won as a result of my performance in the first televised debate in American history...
John Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
George Washington
Richard Nixon
18
Who is the only president to have been born outside the continental United States?
William Howard Taft
Grover Cleveland
Barack Obama
Alexander Hamilton
19
I was shot while campaigning for President in Mikwaukee...and proceeded to talk for 45 more min
Dwight Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
20
The only president to serve as the chief justice of the Supreme Court?
William Howard Taft
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Chester A. Arthur
21
How many presidents were generals?
8
12
16
4
22
The two elections in American history that were decided in the House of Representatives?
1872 and 1888
1800 and 1900
1800 and 1824
1824 an 1872
23
Prior to 2016, arguably the most contentious election in history pitted these two friends...
Carter and Nixon
Adams and Jefferson
Nixon and Kennedy
Monroe and Madison
24
How many of the nation's presidents have been Republican?
13
19
21
23
25
Won a surprising victory despite torrid allegations about his fathering a child out of wedlock
Benjamin Harrison
James Buchannan
Millard Fillmore
Grover Cleveland
26
The shortest president ever elected, this president stood 5'4 and weighed but 100 pounds.
Martin Van Buren
Lyndon B. Johnson
William Howard Taft
James Madison
27
The first president to appear in a campaign ad on the radio?
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
28
The last president elected who owned slaves?
Zachary Taylor
George Washington
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
29
The first "Dark Horse" to win a presidential election?
John Tyler
John Adams
William J. Clinton
James K. Polk
30
How many Secretary of States have been elected to the Presidency?
7
9
5
3
31
Who was the first president to take his inauguration in pants, not breeches?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Adams
32
My surprising victory in 1900 and his lacksadsical non-campainging style inspired the Wiz of Oz
Chester A. Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
33
The only president to have ever served as a fashion model?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
34
How many presidents were signers of the Declaration of Independence?
3
2
4
1
35
The first president born in the "west", being "west" of the Mississippi?
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Herbert Hoover
John F. Kennedy
36
The first president to campaign in sight of the Pacific Ocean in 1868?
James Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Johnson
37
Facing the rigors of campaigning I gained a lot of weight and took up golf to keep it off...
Barack Obama
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
W.H. Taft
38
I delivered the longest inaugural address in American history
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
William Henry Harrison
39
The first president to live in the executive mansion--got lost on way for 4 hours...
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
James Madison
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The first president to ride to a campaign event in a rail car?
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
James Garfield
Andrew Johnson
