Facts
Which president was unanimously elected?
Jefferson
Trump
Washington
George Washington was the only president unanimously elected.
This president was an accomplished architect who designed his home and buildings at University of VA.
Thomas Jefferson was also an accomplished architect. He designed his famous home at Monticello as well as buildings for the University of Virginia.
The first president to have his photo taken while in office.
Van Buren
W. H. Harrison
Polk
James K. Polk was the first president to have his photograph taken while in office.
This woman, a co-founder of The Supremes, died this month.
Mary Wilson, one of the co-founders of The Supremes, died at the age of 76.
A featured player for three seasons on Saturday Night Live who started doing stand-up as a teen, he executive produced a more personal project, Everybody Hates Chris, which was inspired by his experiences growing up in the Bed-Stuy area of Brooklyn.
Chris Rock
What does President’s Day celebrate?
This holiday is most commonly called President's Day, but the federal holiday is officially called Washington's Birthday. The day honors all of the previous presidents of the United States.
Name the shortest and tallest president.
Madison and Lincoln
Monroe and Jefferson
Madison and Trump
James Madison was the shortest president at 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 100 pounds. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at 6 feet 4 inches tall (Lyndon B. Johnson was also 6' 4").
What does the “S” stand for in Harry S. Truman?
Simpson
Does not stand for anything
Samuel
The "S" in Harry S. Truman does not stand for anything.
What was The Supremes first number one single?
Where Did Our Love Go
Can’t Hurry Love
Love Child
The Supremes recorded "Where Did Our Love Go" at Motown Studios in Detroit. The song would become the first of their five U.S. number-one singles
He became a household name with a style of comedy that laid bare the harsher realities of life for African American communities. A two-time host of the Oscars, he was ultimately harmed by years of drug use, severely burning his body in 1980 while doing cocaine. He died in 2005 from a heart attack after suffering from multiple sclerosis.
Richard Pryor
When is President’s Day celebrated?
The third Monday in February
This president often stored letters and documents in his hat.
LBJ
Lincoln
George W. Bush
Abraham Lincoln often stored things like letters and documents in his tall stove-piped hat.
The only president to speak English as a second language. His primary language was Dutch.
Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His first language was Dutch.
The Supremes were also known by two other titles.
The Primettes and Diana Ross and The Supremes
The Motown Queens
Dream Girls
The Primettes; Diana Ross & the Supremes
A masterful mimic who had learned to play with voices and characters from watching cartoons, parlayed his success on TV to become a blockbuster contender. His comedies 48 Hours, Trading Places and Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2 were box office gold.
Eddie Murphy
These two former presidents died on the same day, 7/4/26.
Washington and Jefferson
Jefferson and Adams
Adams and Madison
John Adams died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson, July 4th, 1826.
This president was the first to appear on TV.
JFK
Eisenhower
FDR
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to appear on television during a 1939 broadcast from the World's Fair.
The first president who was a Boy Scout.
Nixon
JFK
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy was the first president who was a Boy Scout.
The original members of The Supremes
Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross
This New York City native made her way to the West Coast to develop her career and starred as a medium in 1990’s Ghost, earning an Academy Award for the performance. Other fun films have included Sister Act and its sequel.
Whoopi Goldberg
These 2 presidents are the only presidents who signed the Constitution.
Washington and Madison
Jefferson and Washington
Madison and Jefferson
James Madison and George Washington are the only presidents who signed the Constitution.
Name the youngest man to hold the office of president, the youngest man to be elected president and the oldest man to be elected president.
Teddy Roosevelt, JFK, Biden
Jefferson, JFK, Trump
Teddy Roosevelt, JFK, FDR
At 42 years, 10 months, 18 days old Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to hold the office of president. Joe Biden was the oldest at 78 years, 61 days. John F. Kennedy was the youngest to be elected president.
The only president buried at the National Cathedral in DC.
Grant
Eisenhower
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was buried at the Washington National Cathedral. He is the only president buried in Washington D.C.
Who replaced Diana Ross as a Supreme?
Jean Terrell
Known for the web-based series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, she eventually signed a deal to produce and star in her own romantic comedy show Insecure, following her myriad trials and tribulations in a Cali setting.
Issa Rae