WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

Question 1

Since the end of the Civil War, only Democrats or Republicans have held the Presidency

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Influenced by the ‘Egyptomania’ craze of the 1920s, this president named his pet King Tut?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), 31st President.

Question 3

Which president changed the name of the presidential mountain retreat Shangri-La to Camp David, after his grandson?

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1960), 34th President.

Question 4

Sixteen years after leaving office, this president was elected to serve in the Confederate House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

John Tyler (1790-1862), 10th President.

Question 5

If the President and Vice President were to die, the Secretary of State would become President

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Famed inventor Alexander Graham Bell tried to save the life of this president after he was shot by an assassin?

Accepted Answer

James A. Garfield (1831-1881), 20th President.

Question 7

President served in Congress after his time in office and suffered a fatal stroke on the floor of the House Chamber

Accepted Answer

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President.

Question 8

Which president worked to save football from being banned in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President.

Question 9

George W. Bush was elected to the Presidency twice but never won the popular vote

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Four of the first five Presidents were from Virginia

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which president took the oath of office in his own home?

Accepted Answer

Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886), 21st President.

Question 12

Which president was a Rhodes Scholar?

Accepted Answer

Bill Clinton (1946- ), 42nd President.

Question 13

James Buchanan is generally considered to be one of the worst Presidents in U.S. history

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Franklin Roosevelt was Theodore Roosevelt's grandson

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War started during the Nixon administration

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Out of the five presidents to have worn a beard, this president is purported to have had the longest?

Accepted Answer

Rutherford B. Hayes (1882-1893), 19th President

Question 17

____was buried with his head resting on a copy of the U.S. Constitution, covered in the American flag

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), 17th President

Question 18

John F. Kennedy appointed his brother Robert to be Attorney General

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Before Ronald Reagan, this president was the first to be featured in a dramatic film?

Accepted Answer

Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 22nd and 24th President.

Question 20

Which president was the first to be sworn in by his nickname?

Accepted Answer

Jimmy Carter (1924- ), 39th President.

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