Know your Presidents

Everyone has strong opinions but how much do you really know about the men who have been the leaders of the great U.S. of A? Take this quiz and find out. A few things might surprise you.

Our great country has been through its ups and downs over the years. The men who have led our country have shaped U.S. History and they,in turn, were shaped by it. Dive in and see what you REALLY know about our leaders.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. Who was the only President who never lived in the White House?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Harry S. Truman
4. Besides George H.W. Bush, who was the only President whose son also became President?
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
William H. Harrison
Andrew Johnson
None
5. Which President is credited with authoring the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
6. Who was our shortest President?
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jonhson
Harry S. Truman
7. Which denomination of U.S. currency features the portrait of someone who was NOT a president?
$5
$10
$20
$50
$500
8. Who was the last President to be born a British subject?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Van Buren
Abraham Lincoln
9. Which president served the shortest term?
James Madison
William H. Harrison
Zachary Taylor
James Garfield
John F. Kennedy
10. Who was the only President who was never married?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
James Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
11. Which president was shot by John Wilkes booth?
Abraham Lincoln
James Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
12. Besides Clinton, who was the only president to be impeached?
Zachary Taylor
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
None
13. Which president lost a fortune on bad investments but made up for it by completing his Memoirs, on his death bed?
Andrew Jackson
Zachary Taylor
Milliard Fillmore
Ulysses S. Grant
14. This president's wife was known as "Lemonade Lucy" because she refused to serve alcohol in the White House:
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
15. This president was ambidexterous and was know for writing Greek and Latin simultaneously:
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Garfield
Franklin D. Roosevelt
16. Who was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms?
John Adams
William H. Taft
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
17. This president's wife had epilepsy, so her husband always insisted she accompany him to social events in order to be there for her in the event of a seizure:
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Warren G. Harding
18. Who was the youngest person to serve as president?
Bill Clinton
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Milliard Fillmore
19. In addition to serving as president, this person was also the Chief Justice of the U.S.:
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
20. This was the only president to hold a Ph.D:
Thomas Jefferson
James Garfield
John F. Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
21. Known for his humility and dry sense of humor, this president, upon receiving his first paycheck after being inagurated, looked at it then simply said to the courier "Please Return":
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
William H. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
22. This president was unpopular because of his stand on prohibition and was once publicy booed out of the stadium at a major league ball game while the crowd chanted in unison "We want beer!"
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
William H. Taft
Warren G. Harding
23. He was the first to break the two-term tradition by getting re-elected to third and fourth terms:
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
24. This President's motto was "The Buck Stops Here:"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
25. This was the first president born west of the Mississippi River:
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
26. Who was the first Boy Scout to become president?
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gerald Ford
27. Which president famously replied "I am not a crook" when questioned about his income tax return?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
28. This person was president without ever having been elected to the office of either president or vice-president:
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Harry S. Truman
Gerald Ford
29. This president had the unique experience of being sworn in aboard an airplane:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
30. Who was the oldest person to serve as president?
William H. Harrison
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
31. What recent president had a dog named "Hershey" and a cat named "Sox?"
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
32. Considering multiple terms, etc., how many actual U.S. Presidents have there been, including the current George W. Bush?
40
42
43
44

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