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President's Day Quiz: Interesting U.S. President Facts
President's Day Quiz: Interesting U.S. President Facts
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Some fun facts about past United States Presidents for President's Day.
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Who was the first president who was a Boy Scout?
John Adams
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
2
Who was the first American born U.S. president?
George Washington
Martin van Buren
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
3
Which president annexed Hawaii?
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
William McKinley
James K. Polk
4
Who said: "We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it."?
John Kennedy
Barack Obama
George Bush
George Washington
5
Who was the president who officially purchased Alaska from Russia?
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
6
Which president chased his Secretary of State with a pair of fire tongs?
John Tyler
John Adams
James Monroe
George Washington
7
Who of the following had survived a(n) assassination attempt(s)?
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Andrew Jackson
8
How was the only U.S. president to become an Eagle Scout?
George Washington
John F. Kennedy
Gerald R. Ford
Benjamin Franklin
9
Who was the only president to resign from office?
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
George Bush
10
How many days was the longest presidency?
5556 days
4422 days
6089 days
4504 days
11
Who were the only president to DIE on Independence Day (July 4)?
James Monroe
John Adams
Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson
12
Which president had pet alligators?
Herbert Hoover
Benjamin Franklin
James Polk
John Adams
13
Which president was nicknamed 'Old Rough and Ready'?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
14
Who is widely considered the worst U.S. president?
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
William McKinley
15
Who was the first president to have electricity in the White House?
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
Benjamin Harrison
16
Which president was an only child?
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
None
Abraham Lincoln
17
Who said these words when they died on 7-4-1826: “TJ still survives,” and “This is the Fourth?”
John Tyler and Thomas Jefferson
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson
George Washington and Calvin Coolidge
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How many were actually assassinated?
4
10
11
6
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Which president had the Japanese word 'Bushuru' (to do the Bush thing) named after him?
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
George Herbert Walker Bush Sr.
20
Which president of the United States served the shortest term?
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
John F. Kennedy
Martin van Buren
21
Who was the only president up to date who was born on Independence Day (July 4)?
George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding
22
Who is the only president to have been unmarried?
John Adams
James Monroe
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
23
Which man witnessed the assassination of 3 presidents (Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley)?
Joe Schmoe
Eminem
Robert Lincoln
Bon Ewell
24
Who was the tallest president at 6' 4''?
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Chester Arthur
James Madison
25
Which college has had the most graduates become president up to date?
Alabama
Yale
Harvard
Kenyon
26
Who was the shortest president?
George Washington
James Monroe
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
27
Who was the first president to be born in the 1900s?
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
28
How many presidents have served under 1000 days in office?
6
23
41
19
29
Which president got a speeding ticket?
Herbert Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
30
Who was the youngest US president?
Ronald Reagan
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
William Harrison
31
Who was the first president to talk over the telephone?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
James Garfield
Benjamin Harrison
32
Who was the only U.S. president up to date who was born in the state of Iowa?
George Washington
Herbert Hoover
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin Pierce
33
Which president was nicknamed 'Unconditional Surrender'?
Ulysses S. Grant
James K. Polk
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
34
Which president was the first to visit China?
Richard M. Nixon
John Adams
John Kennedy
John Tyler
35
How many presidents have served for at least 3000 days?
6
5
12
1
36
Who was the first president to be assassinated?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Andrew Jackson
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Who was the first president to visit Alaska?
Warren Harding
John Tyler
Calvin Coolidge
William McKinley
38
How long was the shortest presidency (in days)?
2
13
31
32
39
Which president served the longest out of all that have served?
William Henry Harrison
Franklin Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Pierce
40
Which president ate cherries contaminated with cholera and died?
Zachary Taylor
James Polk
John Adams
George Washington
41
Which president had the nickname 'The Great Engineer'?
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
42
Which president had the most kids(15)?
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
John Adams
James Polk
43
Which president was the oldest?
Abraham Lincoln
Ronald Reagan
George Washington
William Henry Harrison
44
Who was the first president to be impeached?
Andrew Jackson
Grover Cleveland
Andrew Johnson
Bill Clinton
45
Who was the only president to be unanimously voted into office?
Chester Arthur
Millard Filmore
James Garfield
George Washington
46
Who had an attempted attack on his life and proceeded to beat the gunman nearly to death?
Andrew Johnson
Richard Nixon
Andrew Jackson
Lyndon Johnson
47
Who was known as the 'Tennessee Tailor' (also was impeached)?
Andrew Johnson
Chester Arthur
Andrew Jackson
Bill Clinton
48
Who was the only president to serve in both WWI and WWII?
George Washington
John Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
49
Who was the first president born out of the original 13 states?
Abraham Lincoln
Martin van Buren
George Washington
Andrew Johnson
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How many presidents have had a threat or attempt on their life?
12
22
21
18
