First Ladies
Who is the only first lady to have been elected to public office?
Who is Hillary Clinton
“And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for our country.”
Who is John F. Kennedy
This notorious crime couple were known for bank robberies, murders, and kidnappings during the Great Depression.
Who is Bonnie and Clyde
This theoretical physicist led the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Who is Robert Oppenheimer
In 1995, this scandal led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
What is the Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Which first lady was famous for both for her career as an actress and her “Just Say No” anti-drug campaign?
Who is Nancy Reagan
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This Hollywood actress famously married a prince in 1956.
Who is Grace Kelly
These American brothers successfully designed, built, and flew the first powered aircraft in 1903.
Who is Orville and Wilbur Wright
In 1972, burglars broke into the Democratic national headquarters to wiretap phones and steal confidential documents.
What is the Watergate Scandal
This first lady was placed in a mental hospital in Illinois for several months following her husband’s assassination.
Who is Mary Lincoln
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
Who is Ronald Reagan
This famous couple spent their wedding night in a funeral home because African-Americans couldn’t stay in honeymoon suites at the time.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
This African-American woman was dubbed “the mother of the civil rights movement” when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks
During the early 1980s, this secret U.S. deal traded missiles and other arms to free American hostages in Lebanon, while diverting funds to support armed conflict in Nicaragua.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair
Who is the first first lady to have been wife to one president and mother to another?
Who is Abigail Adams
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
This famous country singer found love letters from his wife to Elvis Presley in their attic.
Who is Johnny Cash
This Serbian-American inventor and engineer is best known for his work with alternating current electricity.
Who is Nikola Tesla
This late 1800s scandal involved a conspiracy between whiskey distillers and government officials to avoid paying taxes on liquor.
What is the Whiskey Ring Scandal
Who was the first first lady to wear pants in public?
Who is Pat Nixon
“You cannot stop the spread of an idea by passing a law against it.”
Who is Harry Truman
In 1903, this “scientific” couple won the Physics Nobel Prize for discovering polonium and radium.
Who is Marie and Pierre Curie
This attorney was the first female associate justice to be confirmed the Supreme Court of the United States.
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor
In the 1920s, this scandal involved the U.S. government leasing Navy petroleum reserves to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding.
What is the Teapot Dome scandal