PRESIDENTS’ QUIZ

Some of you have been requesting a quiz. So, here it is. Be careful what you wish for. You know the rules. No peeking at the internet, Alexa or Siri.

  1. Joe Biden is president # (a) 43, (b) 44, (c) 45, (d) 46.
  2. Who was the only president to serve in both WW1 and WW2?  (a) Harry Truman, (b) Dwight Eisenhower, (c) Douglas MacArthur, (d) John F. Kennedy
  3.  Each of the following served as generals in the US Army, EXCEPT: (a) Theodore Roosevelt, (b) Franklyn Pierce, (c) Benjamin Harrison, (d) Andrew Johnson.  Bonus – There were 12 in total.  How many can you name?  See below.
  4.   Only two presidents are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, JFK and who else? (a) Eisenhower, (b) Jackson, (c) Taft, (d) Teddy Roosevelt.
  5.  Who is the only president to serve two terms non-consecutively? (a) Grover Cleveland, (b) James Buchanan, (c) Teddy Roosevelt, (d) Chester A. Arthur.
  6. What was Lady Bird Johnson’s real first name? (a) Eugenia, (b) Claudia, (c) Sue Ellen, (d) Darlene
  7.  Which president’s grandfather also served as president? (a) John Quincy Adams, (b) Benjamin Harrison, (c) George Bush, (d) Millard Fillmore
  8.  Who was the first president NOT to own slaves? (a) George Washington, (b) John Adams, (c) Abe Lincoln, (d) James Monroe
  9. Who is the only president to have also served as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court? (a) Woodrow Wilson, (b) James A. Garfield, (c) Benjamin Harrison, (d) William Howard Taft
  10.  Who was the first president for whom “Hail to the Chief” was played? (a) John Tyler, (b) George Washington, (c) Andrew Jackson, (d) FDR.
  11.  Which president was elected with the largest popular vote margin? (a) George Washington, (b) LBJ, (c) Joe Biden, (d) Dwight Eisenhower
  12. Who was the only president to serve in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812? (a) James Monroe, (b) John Quincy Adams, (c) Andrew Jackson, (d) John Tyler.
  13.  Who was the only president to serve as president and vice president without being elected to either office? (a) Gerald Ford, (b) John Adams, (c) James Monroe, (d) Martin Van Buren
  14.  Who was the first president to live in the White House? (a) George Washington, (b) John Adams, (c) Thomas Jefferson, (d) James Madison
  15. Who was the shortest president? (a) John Adams, (b) James Monroe, (c) James Madison, (d) John Quincy Adams.
  16.  Who was the first president to be born in the US? (a) Andrew Jackson, (b) George Washington, (c) James Buchanan, (d) Martin Van Buren
  17.  Who had the shortest tenure as president? (a) James K. Polk, (b) William Henry Harrison, (c) Rutherford B. Hayes, (d) Samuel Tilden
  18.  Who was known as “Old Kinderhook,” which is the source of the popular phrase “okay” or “ok?” (a) Franklyn Pierce, (b) Chester A. Arthur, (c) John Tyler, (d) Martin Van Buren.
  19.  How many presidents have died in office? (a) 6, (b) 8, (c) 10, (d) 4
  20.  How many presidents were elected despite having lost the popular vote? (a) 4, (b) 5, (c) 6, (d) 8. (Quiz question: Can you name them?)
  21.  FDR won four terms as president.  How many VPs did he have? (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4.
  22. Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase? (a) Thomas Jefferson, (b) James Madison, (c) James Monroe, (d) Andrew Jackson.
  23. Who was president during the Alaska Purchase, aka “Seward’s Folly?” (a) Andrew Jackson, (b) Andrew Johnson, (c) Rutherford B. Hayes, (d) Grover Cleveland.
  24. Who was president during the Gadsden Purchase? (a) Franklin Pierce, (b) Millard Fillmore, (c) U. S. Grant, (d) Chester A. Arthur.
  25. Who was the only president born on July 4? (a) Thomas Jefferson, (b) Franklin Pierce, (c) Teddy Roosevelt, (d) Calvin Coolidge

ANSWERS: 1. (d); 2. (b); 3. (a); [ Washington, Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Franklyn Pierce, Andrew Johnson, US Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, William Henry Harrison, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, Eisenhower] 4. c;  5. (a);  6. (b);  7. (b);  8. (b);  9. d;  10. c;  11. (b); 12. (c) 13. (a);  14. (b);  15. (c) (5′ 4″);  16. (d); 17. (b) (32 days); 18. (d) (That was the derivation of the term “okay” or “OK”);  19. (b) (How many can you name? See below.) 20. (b), ( John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, Donald Trump); 21. (c) (John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman); 22. (a); 23. (b); 24. (a); 25. (d).

Quiz answer: # 1 – (1) William Henry Harrison, (2) Zachary Taylor, (3) Abraham Lincoln, (4) James A. Garfield, (5) William McKinley, (6) Warren Harding, (7) FDR, (8) JFK.

Quiz answer #2 – (1) John Quincy Adams, (2) Rutherford B. Hayes, (3) Benjamin Harrison, (4) George W. Bush, (5) Donald Trump

So, how did you do?  I’d like to know.

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