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100

What President owned a one-legged rooster?

A) FDR

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) William Taft

B) Theodore Roosevelt

100

What President was ambidextrous and could write multiple languages at the same time?

A) Obama

B) Adams

C) Garfield

C) Garfield

Garfield was able to write and speak multiple languages, including Greek, Latin, and German.

100

What First Lady saved a rare portrait of George Washington and her husband's papers when the British burned down the White House?

A) Mary Todd Lincoln

B) Edith Wilson

C) Dolley Madison

C) Dolley Madison

She is considered a hero for saving the portrait and her husband's papers.

100

What president played a role in the Louisiana Purchase?

Thomas Jefferson
100

Lincoln Truman Washington

Washington, Lincoln, Truman

200

What President taught his pet parrot to swear?

A) Andrew Jackson

B) James Monroe

C) John Tyler

A) Andrew Jackson

At Jackson's own funeral service at the family residence the bird started loudly shrieking swear words so offensive it had to be taken away.

200

What two presidents died on July 4, 1826?

A) Jefferson & Adams

B) Washington & Adams

C) Jefferson & Washington

A) Jefferson & Adams

Adams last words were, "Jefferson lives", but he had died a few hours later.

200

Who was the youngest First lady?

A) Lucy Hayes

B) Frances Cleveland

C) Caroline Harrison

B) Frances Cleveland

She became a first lady at the age of 21, and she is the only bride to get marry and give birth in the White House


200

Who was the President during the Pearl Harbor attack and the U.S entry into WW2?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

200

Adams Eisenhower McKinley

Adams, McKinley, Eisenhower

300

What President had a pet raccoon at the White House?

A) Zachary Taylor

B) Calvin Coolidge

C) Ulysses S. Grant

B) Calvin Coolidge

The raccoons name was Rebecca

300

Who was the shortest president?

A) James Monroe

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) James Madison

C) James Madison

Madison was the shortest president at 5'4 and weighed 100 pounds.

300

What First lady has the iconic line of, "Remember the Ladies"

A) Abigail Adams

B) Eliza Johnson

C) Ida McKinley

A) Abigail Adams

When US President John Adams was writing the nation’s Declaration of Independence in 1776, his wife urged him to “remember the ladies.” Nearly 150 years before the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, her letter was the first private step in the fight for women’s rights.

300

Who was President during the Fall of the Berlin Wall?

Ronald Reagan

300

Harding Polk Reagan

Polk, Harding, Reagan

400

What President's daughter has a pet pony?

A) Harry S. Truman

B) John F. Kennedy

C) Dwight Eisenhower

B) John F. Kennedy

JFK's daughter, Caroline, had a pony names Macaroni

400

What president was supposed to be in Lincoln's theater box on the night of his assassination? 

A) Hayes

B) Grant

C) Garfield

B) Grant

Grant was supposed to be in Lincoln's theater box on the night of his assassination, but changed plans at the last minute.

400

What First lady was the first to publicize issues by holding regular press conferences?

A) Jackie Kennedy

B) Eleanor Roosevelt

C) Betty Ford

B) Eleanor Roosevelt

In addition to press conferences, she also wrote a daily newspaper column and a monthly magazine column, and hosting a weekly radio show.

400

Who was President during the California Gold Rush?

James Knox Polk

400

Fillmore Ford Taft


Fillmore, Taft, Ford

500

What President had a cow that grazed the White House lawn?

A) William Taft

B) James Madison

C) Herbert Hoover

A) William Taft

Pauline Wayne grazed the White House lawn during Taft's presidency from 1909 to 1913 and provided milk and butter for the first family

500

What president was known as the "human iceberg"?

A) Cleveland

B) Harrison

C) McKinley

B) Harrison

He was called the "human iceberg" by some for how stiff he was with people.

500

What First lady was the first to make the White House accessible for the hearing and physically impaired?

A) Pat Nixon

B) Betty Ford

C) Hillary Clinton

A) Pat Nixon

She also created a special tour that gave people with hearing and physical disabilities full access to the rooms and gardens

500

Who was President during the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo?

Andrew Jackson

500

Buchanan Coolidge Harrison

Buchanan, Harrison, Coolidge