Presidential Firsts
Which President was the first to live in the White House?
A. John Adams
B. George Washington
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. James Madison
How many presidents were assassinated in office?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 6
D. 3
4
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy
Which president had an alligator as a pet?
A. James Madison
B. Quincy Adams
C. John Tyler
D. Andrew Johnson
Quincy Adams
Which president was arrested during his presidency for running over a women with his horse?
A. John Adams
B. Quincy Adams
C. Gerald Ford
D. Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce
Which president never touched light switches because he was afraid he would be electrocuted?
A. Donald Trump
B. Ronald Reagan
C. Benjamin Harrison
D. Martin Van Buren
Benjamin Harrison
Which president was the first president to serve coast to coast?
A. James Polk
B. William Harrison
C. Zachary Taylor
D. James Garfield
James K. Polk
How many presidents had unsuccessful assassination attempts?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 10
D. 8
6
Jackson, T. and F. Roosevelt, Truman, Ford and Reagan
Which president kept an elephant as a pet?
A. James Buchanan
B. Gerald Ford
C. William McKinley
D. Millard Fillmore
James Buchanan
Which two presidents have been impeached in the House of Representatives?
A. Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan
B. Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson
C. George Washington and James Madison
D. Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson
Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson
Which president loved jelly beans?
A. George W. Bush
B. Ronald Reagan
C. Dwight Eisenhower
D. Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans and placed a standing order of 720 bags per month to be delivered to the White House and various federal buildings.
Which president was the first president to use a telephone?
A. Thomas Woodrow Wilson
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Harry Truman
D. Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes.
His number was 1.
Which president died after only 30 days in office?
A. JFK
B. Richard Nixon
C. Ronald Reagan
D. William Harrison
Which president kept a herd of sheep on the White House grounds for lawn maintenance?
A. Donald Trump
B. Martin Van Buren
C. Herbert Hoover
D. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) kept a herd of sheep on the White House grounds for lawn maintenance.
After the Watergate Scandal, which president resigned office instead of being brought up on criminal charges?
A. Ronald Reagan
B. Calvin Coolidge
C. Thomas Woodrow Wilson
D. Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Which president filed a UFO sighting in 1973?
A. Ronald Reagan
B. Thomas Woodrow Wilson
C. William Howard Taft
D. Jimmy Carter
Who was the first president to have a Christmas tree in the office?
A. George H. Bush
B. Lyndon B. Johnson
C. Dwight Eisenhower
D. Franklin Pierce
Which of these presidents DID NOT die on the 4th of July?
A. John Adams
B. Andrew Jackson
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. James Monroe
Three of the first five U.S. presidents died on July 4. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died in 1826, the 50th anniversary of the country's birth. Adams' last words were “Thomas Jefferson still survives.” James Monroe, the fifth president, died five years later in 1831.
Which president had a living zoo on the White House grounds including snakes, badger, lion, hyena, zebra, and five bears?
A. Jimmy Carter
B. James Madison
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Which president was given a ticket for riding his horse too fast?
A. Martin Van Buren
B. John Adams
C. Ulysses S. Grant
D. Grover Cleveland
Ulysses S. Grant
Which president was shot while giving a speech and finished his speech with the bullet in his chest?
A. Andrew Johnson
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Which president was the first to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Barack Obama
D. JFK
Theodore Roosevelt for mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War
Which president's term ended with the election of Donald Trump?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Bill Clinton
C. Barack Obama
D. George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Which U.S. president was the proud owner of a pygmy hippo?
A. Calvin Coolidge
B. Millard Fillmore
C. John Quincy Adams
D. James Carter
Billy the pygmy hippo became Calvin Coolidge’s prized pet after making its way to the White House from Liberia. He also had a domesticated raccoon named Rebecca. The hippo, whose “pygmy” name was misleading, was eventually given to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Which president was known for dueling and cursing?
A. Andrew Jackson
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Donald Trump
D. Calvin Coolidge
Andrew Jackson taught his pet parrot how to curse. It was all fun and games, until the parrot had to allegedly be removed from Jackson’s funeral because it wouldn’t stop cursing.
He was involved in an estimated 100 duels, usually because someone said something negative about his wife. In 1806, he was shot in the chest during one of these duels. And in 1813, he took a bullet to the arm in a bar fight with a Senator.
Which president served two non-consecutive terms?
A. Martin Van Buren
B. Grover Cleveland
C. James Madison
D.Thomas Jefferson
Grover Cleveland