PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO VISIT ALL 50 STATES?
RICHARD NIXON
WHICH PRESIDENT HAD A GERMAN SHEPHERD NAMED COMMANDER?
JOE BIDEN
WHICH PRESIDENT CHOSE THE LOCATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
WHICH STATE IS THE CLOSEST TO AFRICA?
MAINE
IN WHICH U.S. CITY CAN YOU FIND THE ALAMO?
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO WORK IN THE OVAL OFFICE?
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
WHICH PRESIDENT’S CHILDREN HAD SNAKES, DOGS, CATS, A BADGER, BIRDS, GUINEA PIGS AND A PONY?
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
WHICH PRESIDENT SERVED ONLY ONE MONTH IN OFFICE?
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, WHO THEN DIED OF PNEUMONIA
HOW MANY REGIONS IS THE COUNTRY DIVIDED INTO?
6
WHAT NATIONAL PARK CAN YOU VISIT TO SEE BISON IN THE WILD?
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO RIDE IN AN AIRPLANE?
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
WHICH PRESIDENT KEPT A FLOCK OF SHEEP THAT GRAZED ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN?
WOODROW WILSON
WHO WAS THE YOUNGEST U.S. PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED?
JOHN F. KENNEDY, WHO WAS 43 YEARS OLD WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE (TEDDY ROOSEVELT WAS 42, BUT HE WASN’T ELECTED—RATHER, THE THEN-VICE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE AFTER MCKINLEY’S ASSASSINATION)
WHAT IS THE DEEPEST LAKE IN THE UNITED STATES?
CRATER LAKE IN OREGON
FROM STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, ALL CARDINAL DIRECTIONS LEAD TO WHAT STATE?
NEW YORK
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT BORN AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES?
MARTIN VAN BUREN
WHICH PRESIDENT RECEIVED A HERD OF ELEPHANTS AS A GIFT?
JAMES BUCHANAN
WHICH THREE PRESIDENTS DIED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY?
JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON (BOTH IN 1826) AND JAMES MONROE (1831)
WHAT’S THE LEAST POPULATED STATE?
WYOMING
WHAT STATE HAS PRODUCED THE MOST U.S. PRESIDENTS?
VIRGINA- 8 U.S. PRESIDENTS WERE BORN THERE.
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT BORN IN A HOSPITAL?
JIMMY CARTER, 1924
WHICH PRESIDENT’S WIFE KEPT SILKWORMS AS PETS?
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
WHO WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO EARN A PATENT?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO IN 1849 PATENTED A BUOYING DEVICE TO LIFT SHIPS OVER SHOALS
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE USA?
MAUNA KEA IN HAWAII
WHAT FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES WAS THE FIRST TO HOLD HER OWN PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE SHE ONLY INVITED FEMALE REPORTERS TO ATTEND?
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT