I Wish to Expand my Knowledge of U.S. Presidents Quiz

Answer: 12th

Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States, starting on March 4, 1849 and continuing until his death on July 9, 1850. Taylor was a military leader during the Mexican-American War, and it was his role in that war that led people to want Taylor to become president. He was the first president not to have any political experience prior to being elected president. Taylor died in office due to a stomach virus that he most likely received during a 4th of July celebration he held, most likely due to poor sanitary conditions in Washington DC. He had stomach pains shortly after the celebration and they lasted until his death.

The photo shows a picture of the month of December, the 12th month of the year. Likewise, Taylor was the 12th president of the United States.

Answer: Republican

In the 1856 presidential election, Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican John C Fremont. Just two years prior, the Republican Party formed with its members including the Whig party and the anti-slavery Democrats. This made Fremont the first Republican presidential candidate and Buchanan the first person to defeat a Republican at the presidential level. It would not be until four years later when a Republican (Abraham Lincoln) won a presidential election. Incidentally, Buchanan's inauguration was also the first to be photographed. It was done by an employee of the federal government named John Wood.

The photo is red, because the Republican Party has been consistently associated with the color red since the year 2000.

Answer: William McKinley

William McKinley was president from March 4, 1897 until his assassination on September 14, 1901. Just a few months prior to his death was the death of the 23rd president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. It was Harrison who served between Cleveland's two non-consecutive terms. Harrison died of pneumonia, although at the time, it was believed influenza was Harrison's cause of death. The doctors treated Harrison as if he had influenza, but the treatment didn't work. It was only after his death that the true cause was revealed.

The picture is of Mount McKinley, also called Mount Denali, which was named after President McKinley.

Answer: 1732

George Washington was born February 22, 1732 to Augustine and Mary Washington. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, but at the age of three, his family would move to an estate in Virginia called Epsewasson, later renamed Mount Vernon after a military leader his half-brother Lawrence served under. Little is known about Washington's early life, but it is known that he didn't have a public education (a fact he was embarrassed about) and was mainly taught by his father or Lawrence.

The photo shows the Constitution of the United States, which was signed in 1787. Since Washington signed it, this means he could not have been born in 1801 or 1850. Likewise, had 1678 been the correct answer, then that would have made Washington 99 at the time of the signing, a highly unlikely scenario given the average lifespan of a person at the time.

Answer: Ohio

James Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was born on November 19, 1831 in Ohio to Abram and Eliza Garfield. His father died when Garfield was young, and Garfield spent some time working on his family farm to support his family. He was an ordained Christian minister and one of many veterans of the Civil War to become president. In fact, he was the third consecutive Civil War president. He was an ambidextrous and could even write in two different languages at the same time!
Unfortunately, Garfield had a very short presidency, only about eight months (March 1881 to September 1881). He was shot by Charles Guiteau, who believed Garfield owed him for supposedly helping Garfield become president. This was based on a letter Guiteau wrote that supposedly convinced (but was in fact did little to nothing to convince) the people to support Garfield for president.
At a much later point, it was believed that the doctors trying to heal Garfield was in fact what caused Garfield to die. Had the doctors left the bullet in the body, then Garfield would have survived. Guiteau tried to use this argument on why he should not be declared Garfield's assassin; unsurprisingly, the argument did not work.

Ohio's nickname is the Buckeye State, and the photo shows a picture of a buckeye tree.

Answer: Democrat

Harry Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, and the 10th from the Democratic Party, with his presidency lasting from April 12, 1945 (the unusual starting date is due to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's death) to January 20, 1953. It was during Truman's presidency that the United States became more of an interventionalist in foreign affairs rather than an isolationist. For example, the United States became part of the United Nations and NATO during his tenure as president.
The 22nd Amendment, which established presidential term limits, was passed during Truman's presidency although the amendment stated that the incumbent president was immune to it. Despite this, Truman decided not to run for a second full term due to his unpopularity which was caused by possible communist corruption in his administration as well as the Korean War.
Harry Truman's middle name was simply an S. Some take that to mean the S should not have a period while others say it should have a period after it.

The photo is blue, because the Democratic Party has been consistently associated with the color blue since the year 2000.

Answer: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Adams had his inauguration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the location of the federal government at the time. He was inaugurated in the House Chamber in Congress and was sworn in by Oliver Ellsworth, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Although the person swearing in the president can be any member of the judiciary, it was usually the chief justice. Adams's inauguration was the first time the chief justice was the one who performed the swearing in.

The picture shows a Philly cheesesteak, which shares its name with the city of Philadelphia.

Answer: 48

Democrat Franklin Pierce became the 14th president of the United States in 1853 at age 48, younger than any president before him (although James Polk was about 49 1/2 years old when he was president). Pierce's opponent was Winfield Scott of the Whig party. Despite these two men being of opposite political parties, their positions were not that different meaning the people made their choice mostly on personality.
Unless one counts vice president as a member of the cabinet (and at the time, it was not considered a cabinet position), Pierce has the unique distinction of keeping his entire cabinet throughout his four years in office.

Apart from counting the stars on the photo of the flag and noticing there were 48 stars (same as Pierce's age), there is another way to figure out the answer.
Had Pierce been 68 or 88, then he would have been the oldest president and not young like the question asked. Pierce could not have been president at age 28 since the minimum age at the time as 35 years old.

Answer: Military but not political

General Dwight Eisenhower had military experience in both World War 1 and World War 2. One of his most notable moments in the military was as the allied commander of Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day. His military career began in 1915 shortly after graduating from West Point and continued until 1952 when he resigned in order to run for president of the United States.
He was approached by both major political parties at the time (Democratic and Republican) to be their candidate; Eisenhower chose Republican because he felt it was time for a change of pace after 20 years of the Democratic Party (Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman) controlling the presidency. Prior to being president, Eisenhower had no political experience, nor had he run for any political office, one of only a few presidents who can claim this distinction.

The photo shows a picture of Eisenhower's military uniform.

Answer: August 9, 1974

Among other things, Richard Nixon was known for the Watergate scandal. Nixon and members of his staff was accused of breaking into the Watergate Office Building and wiretapping the building. As more evidence built up against Nixon, it became clear to him that he would be impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate. Although he initially refused to resign, Nixon later decided to do so. He made his resignation speech on August 8, 1974, where he said he would resign the next day at noon, and his vice president Gerald Ford would become the next president.

The photo shows torn jeans, which were first popular in the 1970s, the same decade in which Nixon resigned.