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Presidential Trivia
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The only person to win all of the votes when becoming President
Who is George Washington
100
Wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
Where Abraham Lincoln kept all of the important papers
What is his hat
100
Credited with sewing the 1st American flag
Who is Betsy Ross
100
He played saxophone in a band called "3 Blind Mice"
Who is Bill Clinton
200
He and his family used sign language when they didn't want to be overheard
Who is Calvin Coolidge
200
When moving to the White House, this President got lost in the woods on the way there
Who is John Adams
200
Why Franklin Pierce was arrested while he was in office
What is he ran over an old woman with his horse - he was never jailed due to the lack of evidence
200
He owned 2 tiger cubs as pets
Who is Martin Van Buren
200
Ulysses S. Grant saw some of the bloodiest battles in US History but this made his sick
What is raw meat
300
Children on the Oregon Trail used to play with frisbees too but their frisbees were not made from plastic, it was made from this
What is buffalo dung
300
2nd President to die in office
What is Zachary Taylor - ate milk and cheeries & got sick from the heat - died 5 days later
300
This President was the 1st President to use electricity in the White House but after getting shocked, he refused to use the lights in the house - he would have someone else do it for him
What is Benjamin Harrison
300
Why Ulysses S. Grant was arrested while in office - he had to pay a fine of $20
What is he was arrested for speeding on his horse
300
He lost an entire set of White House china in a poker game
Who Warren G. Harding
400
Why James Monroe didn't receive all of the votes
What is the NH delegate wanted to make sure that George Washington would be the only person to get all of the votes
400
1st woman President
Who is Edith Wilson - wife of Woodrow Wilson - after Woodrow Wilson had a stroke, she took over some of the responsibilities of the Presidency
400
What Betsy Ross had in her basement
What is a munitions factory
400
He liked to show off so one day on his ranch, he went up to a male bull and started teasing it - one of the secret service agents ran and got a submachine gun just in case
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
400
He became a famous man - after his brother was killed, he hunted down the killers
Who is Wyatt Earp
500
He liked having his head massaged with Vaseline every morning and riding his mechanical bull. He also liked to ring the White House doorbell and run away.
Who is Calvin Coolidge
500
What happened on January 15, 1919 in Boston, MA
What is a 2000 gallon tank of molasses burst on the streets of Boston and killed 21 people & hurt 150
500
Tecumseh's Curse
What is Indian chief, Tecumseh, put a curse of US Presidents that all Presidents elected in the years ending in 0 would die in office - also known as the 20 year curse - Ronald Reagan broke the curse when he was shot but not killed
500
Why elections are held in November
What is a. Congress decided that it was practical because the young nation was largely a rural farming country. Early November seemed the best time because harvesting would be over and Winter would not yet have made Northern roads impassable. At any other time, farmers were either too busy, or it was too hard for them to reach the polls.
500
The 1st President of the American colonies
Who is John Hanson