The President
Assassinations
Foreign Policy
First Ladies
Presidential Pets
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The first President born outside the contiguous United States. ..a) Benjamin Harrison ..b) Barack Obama ..c) William Howard Taft ..d) Franklin Pierce
Who was Barack Obama? Born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
100
The number of Presidents assassinated in office. ...1 ...2 ...3 ...4
What is 4? Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley & Kennedy
100
Referring to the Berlin Wall, he told Mikhail Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall!" ...a) Harry Truman ...b) Lyndon Johnson ...c) Ronald Reagan ...d) Bill Clinton
Who was Ronald Reagan? This was in 1989.
100
This was the 1st First Lady to drive a car. ...a) Helen Taft ...b) Florence Harding ...c) Eleanor Roosevelt ...d) Jackie Kennedy
Who was Helen Taft?
100
President Barack Obama's pet. ...a) dog ...b) cat ...c) parrot ...d) goldfish
What was a dog? Portuguese Water Dog
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The number of future Presidents that signed the Declaration of Independence. ...1 ...2 ...3 ...4
What is 2? John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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The play that Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated. ...a) Annie ...b) Gone With the Wind ...c) Our American Cousin ...d) An American in Paris
What was Our American Cousin?
200
This President signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia. ...a) Andrew Johnson ...b) James Buchanan ...c) Abraham Lincoln ...d) Ulysses Grant
Who was Andrew Johnson? This was considered his greatest foreign policy achievement.
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This First Lady "prayed mightily" for her husband to lose the election. ...a) Bess Truman ...b) Lady Bird Johnson ...c) Margaret Taylor ...d) Pat Nixon
Who was Margaret Taylor?
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The largest number of pets that a President has had. ...a) 4 ...b) 12 ...c) 19 ...d) 26
What was 26? Calvin Coolidge had 13 dogs, 3 canaries, a thrush, a goose, a mockingbird, 2 cats, 2 raccoons, a donkey and a bobcat!
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This President served more than two terms. ...a) Ulysses S. Grant ...b) Theodore Roosevelt ...c) Franklin Roosevelt ...d) Abraham Lincoln
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt? But he died less than 3 months after he was elected for his 4th term.
300
This President has had the most recent assassination attempt. ...a) Donald Trump ...b) Barack Obama ...c) George W. Bush ...d) Bill Clinton
Who was Donald Trump?
300
This President launched Operation Shock and Awe in Iraq in 2003. ...a) Ronald Reagan ...b) Bill Clinton ...c) George W. Bush ...d) Barack Obama
Who was George W. Bush
300
These First Ladies were also mothers of US Presidents: Abigail Fillmore and ___________. ...a) Hillary Clinton ...b) Barbara Bush ...c) Jackie Kennedy ...d) Grace Coolidge
Who was Barbara Bush? Married George H. W. Bush and was mother to George W. Bush.
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This was NOT a Presidential pet. ...a) alligator ...b) tiger ...c) elephant ...d) giraffe
What was a giraffe? John Quincy Adams had an alligator. Martin Van Buren had 2 tigers. James Buchanan had an elephant.
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This was the oldest elected President. ...a) Zachary Taylor ...b) James Buchanan ...c) Dwight Eisenhower ...d) Ronald Reagan
Who was Ronald Reagan? He was 69 years old when he was elected.
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These 2 Presidents were injured in attempted assassinations by gunshots: Theodore Roosevelt and... ...a) Jimmy Carter ...b) Ronald Reagan ...c) Gerald Ford ...d) George H. W. Bush
Who was Ronald Reagan?
400
This President negotiated the release of 52 Iranian hostages in January, 1981. ...a) Dwight Eisenhower ...b) Jimmy Carter ...c) Richard Nixon ...d) Herbert Hoover
Who was Jimmy Carter?
400
She was the 1st First Lady to wear pants in public. ...a) Betty Ford ...b) Lady Bird Johnson ...c) Mamie Eisenhower ...d) Pat Nixon
Who was Pat Nixon?
400
The first President to pardon a turkey at Thanksgiving so it wouldn't be eaten. ...a) Teddy Roosevelt ...b) John Kennedy ...c) Abraham Lincoln ...d) Ronald Reagan
Who was Abraham Lincoln? His children had a pet turkey.
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The first President to live in the White House. ...a) Thomas Jefferson ...b) Andrew Jackson ...c) John Adams ...d) George Washington
Who was John Adams?
500
This First Lady was accused of poisoning her husband. ...a) Sarah Polk ...b) Florence Harding ...c) Grace Coolidge ...d) Abigail Fillmore
Who was Florence Harding?
500
This President brought us to the brink of war with the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba ...a) Gerald Ford ...b) Dwight Eisenhower ...c) Harry Truman ...d) John F. Kennedy
Who was John F. Kennedy?
500
This lady interviewed her future husband for a newspaper before he was President. ...a) Jackie Kennedy ...b) Lou Hoover ...c) Hillary Clinton ...d) Barbara Bush
Who was Jackie Kennedy?
500
This President had a pair of grizzly bears given to him by Lewis and Clark. ...a) Harry Truman ...b) Thomas Jefferson ...c) Theodore Roosevelt ...d) George Washington
Who was Thomas Jefferson? He also had 2 shepherd dogs and a mocking bird.