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100

You won't find the Eiffel Tower in this U.S. city. 

What is Paris, Texas?

100

The H in Barack H. Obama

What is Hussein?

100

This president broke tradition to bring a rescue dog into the White House. 

Who is Biden?

100

This celebrated Union Army general and 18th President joked about his devotion to the country by saying, "I only know two tunes, one of the is 'Yankee Doodle' the other isn't".

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

100

This religion has been practiced by both the youngest and oldest ever elected Presidents. Coincidence? Probably. 

What is Catholicism?

200

You won't you find the Parthenon in this U.S. city. 

What is Athens, Georgia?

200

The R in Joseph R. Biden

What is Robinette?

200

These first children's pets included ducks and a pony named Macaroni. 

Who is J.F.K.?

200

When told his wife, Eleanor, had gone to prison (to visit), he famously retorted, "I'm not surprised. But what for?"

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

200

This state has produced the most U.S. presidents. 

What is Virginia?

300

You won't find Virgil's Tomb in this U.S. city.

What is Naples, Florida?

300

This President's middle initial refers to a nickname he received when joining the military. His actual first name, Hiram, gives him the intials H.U.G.

Who is Ulysses. S. Grant?

300

John Quincy Adams received this animal from the Marquis de Lafayette and kept it in a bathroom to scare guests. Herbert Hoover's son would later keep two at the White House. 

What is an alligator?

300

This F.D.R. successor and implementor of NATO once stated, "My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference."

Who is Harry S. Truman?

300

This University has produced the most U.S. presidents.

What is Harvard?

400

You won't find the El Greco Museum in this U.S. city. 

What is Toledo, Ohio?

400

It was rare for children to be given middle names in America's early days. These Presidents did not have middle initials. 

(Name two for full points)

Who are George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson?

400

Woodrow Wilson kept these animals on the White House grounds to help with lawn maintenance. The herd included Old Ike, a tobacco-chewing ram. 

What are sheep?

400

During his 1960 presidential campaign, this future President joked, "Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."

Who is J.F.K.?

400

This 10th U.S. president originally studied to be a concert violinist. 

Who is John Tyler?

500

You won't find the Lotus Temple in these U.S. cities on opposite coasts. 

What is Delhi, New York and Delhi, California?

500

The S in Harry S. Truman

What is a compromise between the names of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young?

500

This President had two opossums named Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection, after the 1892 Republican Party platform. 

Who is Benjamin Harrison?

500

This one-term president and life-long humanitarian has retained his sense of humor after his presidency saying, "My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me they use all their fingers."

Who is Jimmy Carter?

500

As a male model in his late 20s, this future president was featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan in 1942.

Who is Gerald Ford?