APUSH Throwback
US Presidents
Say What?
Current Events
Potpourri
100
State where the scopes “monkey trial” took place.
What is Tennessee?
100
This president invented the swivel chair.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
“The beauty of me is that I’m very rich.”
Who is Donald Trump?
100
North Korea recently banned citizens from this Asian country in response to the killing of Kim Jong-nam (their dictator’s half-brother).
What is Malaysia?
100
The capital of Kenya.
What is Nairobi?
200
This man campaigned for president from his jail cell in 1920.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
200
This was the shortest president ever.
Who is James Madison at 5'4"?
200
“But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy”
Who is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 2010?
200
Just yesterday, the US supreme court dropped a case about this controversial issue.
What is trans bathroom rights?
200
DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Emperor Akihito (inherited from his father, Hirohito, the emperor of Japan during WWII)?
300
The two factions that came from the Democratic Party in the 1800s.
What are the Democrats and Whigs?
300
This president married his schoolteacher.
Who is Millard Fillmore?
300
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
Who is President George W Bush, 2004?
300
A brother and sister were arrested this week for performing a human sacrifice on their ten-year-old sister, give the country where this happened.
What is India?
300
The movie Ted Cruz has quoted most extensively on the campaign trail.
What is The Princess Bride?
400
More presidents have been born in Ohio than any other state save Virginia. Name all presidents from Ohio.
Who are Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley, Taft and Harding
400
Thinking the Teddy Bear would soon lose popularity, toy manufacturers invented the Billy Possum, inspired by a tale of this president scarfing down a huge possum dinner one night.
Who is Howard Taft?
400
“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.”
Who is Winston Churchill?
400
The Turkish president has faced condemnation responding to his authoritarian shift after a attempted coup against him in 2016. Name this president.
Who is Recep Tayyip Erdogan?
400
These are the candidates who have declared they are running in the 2018 Ohio gubernatorial race.
Who are Mike DeWine (R-Ohio Attorney General), Mary Taylor (R-Lieutenant Gov of Ohio), Joe Schiavoni (D-Ohio Senate Minority Leader)?
500
The defendant in the landmark “Roe vs Wade” case used the alias “Jane Roe”. This was her real name.
Who is Norma Leah McCorvey?
500
This president had a morning ritual of having someone rub Vaseline on his head while he was eating breakfast.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
500
"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist."
Who is queen Victoria?
500
President Trump’s most recent travel ban includes nationals from six Muslim majority countries. Name these countries.
What are Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen?
500
A total of 17 candidates ran in the most recent Republican primary. Give the names of all of them.
Who are Donald Trump, Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, John Kasich, George Pataki, Paul, Perry, Rubio, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker?