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I was Not the President Trivia Quiz


But he WAS my brother. Can you identify these siblings of US presidents?

A multiple-choice quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
shvdotr
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
373,233
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
832
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 137 (7/10), Guest 70 (2/10), grompit (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. I'm not the president, I'm just a down home good old boy who enjoys the simple life. As a matter of fact, my peak of fame probably came from the beer that was advertised as being brewed just for me in 1977. Who am I? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Sometimes considered as American royalty, my family nonetheless did not approve of me, despite the fact that I married into British nobility, attaining the title of Marchioness of Hartington. My oldest brother was the only member of the family to attend my wedding. What was my maiden name? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. No, I'm not the president, but my brother AND my father were presidents. I'm also not Jeb Bush. So who could I be? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1752, the eighth of ten children. I married my first cousin in 1769, at the age of 17. My brother, the president, sent a relative of my husband's on a famous expedition. Who am I? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In addition to my younger brother, I and two other younger brothers all graduated from Yale, although we were born in Ohio. Many of our ancestors, who go back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, had careers in law. What is my name? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Like our older brother, we also had aspirations to build a family tradition in the White House. But one of us was assassinated while still in the Senate after serving as Attorney General, and the other was in his 47th year in the Senate when he passed away. Who are we? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Unlike my brother, I did not serve in the military. My chosen field was education and I was president of three universities during my career, including Penn State and Johns Hopkins. I was a graduate of Kansas State, the first university of which I served as president, which is also in my home state. Who am I? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. At the death of my mother, I cared for my little brother (who would later become president), and our cousin, Dennis Hanks, until our father remarried. Later, two years after I myself was married, I died in childbirth, which my brother blamed on the failure of my husband to summon a doctor. Who am I? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I was the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and later a member of the United States House of Representatives, but never president. That was my older brother. Oh, by the way, I also fought in the Mexican War. What's my name? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. I was a founding member of the Ohio Company of Virginia and also founded the city of Alexandria, Virginia. I was the first of my family to live in our famous estate, and it was I who named it Mount Vernon, after my commanding officer in the War of Jenkins' Ear. I was proud to see my little (half-) brother become president. Who was I? Hint



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1. I'm not the president, I'm just a down home good old boy who enjoys the simple life. As a matter of fact, my peak of fame probably came from the beer that was advertised as being brewed just for me in 1977. Who am I?

Answer: Billy Carter

Billy's full name was William Alton Carter, III. After four years in the Marine Corps he returned to Plains to work alongside Jimmy in the family peanut business. He then purchased a gas station in Plains and ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Plains in 1976. Known at times for outlandish behavior, Billy passed away in 1988.
2. Sometimes considered as American royalty, my family nonetheless did not approve of me, despite the fact that I married into British nobility, attaining the title of Marchioness of Hartington. My oldest brother was the only member of the family to attend my wedding. What was my maiden name?

Answer: Kathleen Agnes Kennedy

Rose Kennedy was not happy with the marriage because William Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, was not Catholic. Kathleen and Cavendish wed in a civil ceremony in May of 1944. Unfortunately for her, she became a widow only four months later, when her husband was killed in action. Lady Hartington then began a relationship with the Earl Fitzwilliam.

Despite threats from her mother that she would be disowned if she married Fitzwilliam, also an Anglican, Kathleen was flying to the Riviera with her intended when their plane crashed in May of 1948, killing all four aboard.
3. No, I'm not the president, but my brother AND my father were presidents. I'm also not Jeb Bush. So who could I be?

Answer: Elihu Adams

Elihu Adams was the son of John Adams and brother of John Quincy Adams.

Carter Bassett Harrison was the brother of William Henry Harrison, whose tenure as president was only 32 days, and he was the first president to die in office. C.B.'s father did sign the Declaration of Independence, but it was Carter's grand nephew Benjamin, who was the other President Harrison.

J.R. Roosevelt was FDR's half-brother. J.R.'s father was Theodore Roosevelt's cousin.

Sam Houston Johnson was Lyndon Johnson's brother. The other President Johnson, Andrew, and his family were not related to LBJ's family.
4. I was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1752, the eighth of ten children. I married my first cousin in 1769, at the age of 17. My brother, the president, sent a relative of my husband's on a famous expedition. Who am I?

Answer: Lucy Jefferson

Lucy Jefferson Lewis's husband, Charles Liburne Lewis, was related to Meriwether Lewis, whom President Jefferson sent, along with William Clark, on the famous Voyage of Discovery, to explore and describe the area of the Louisiana Purchase, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific.

Coincidently, Betty Washington, sister to George, also married a man named Lewis.
5. In addition to my younger brother, I and two other younger brothers all graduated from Yale, although we were born in Ohio. Many of our ancestors, who go back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, had careers in law. What is my name?

Answer: Charles Phelps Taft

Charles also got degrees from Columbia Law School and the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He later owned the Philadelphia Phillies until 1913 before selling them and then purchasing the Chicago Cubs, which he owned until 1916.
6. Like our older brother, we also had aspirations to build a family tradition in the White House. But one of us was assassinated while still in the Senate after serving as Attorney General, and the other was in his 47th year in the Senate when he passed away. Who are we?

Answer: Robert and Ted Kennedy

Ted, whose full name was Edward Moore Kennedy, survived the longest of the four Kennedy brothers, all of whom many believe were presidential material. Ted died in 2009 at the age of 77.

JFK was assassinated at the age of 46. He had been the youngest man ever elected president when he was inaugurated in 1961.

Robert was 42 when he was assassinated running for the presidency in 1968.

The oldest brother by birth, Joseph, Jr., was only 29 when he was killed in action during World War II.
7. Unlike my brother, I did not serve in the military. My chosen field was education and I was president of three universities during my career, including Penn State and Johns Hopkins. I was a graduate of Kansas State, the first university of which I served as president, which is also in my home state. Who am I?

Answer: Milton S. Eisenhower

Milton also served as presidential adviser to John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, as well as in the administration of his brother. He and Dwight also had two other brothers, Earl and Edgar.
8. At the death of my mother, I cared for my little brother (who would later become president), and our cousin, Dennis Hanks, until our father remarried. Later, two years after I myself was married, I died in childbirth, which my brother blamed on the failure of my husband to summon a doctor. Who am I?

Answer: Sarah Lincoln Grigsby

Sarah died giving birth to a stillborn boy. Her tombstone, along with that of her husband, Aaron Grigsby, stand in Little Pigeon Cemetery, which is located next to the Little Pigeon Baptist Church in Indiana's Lincoln State Park. Adjacent to the park is the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial.
9. I was the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and later a member of the United States House of Representatives, but never president. That was my older brother. Oh, by the way, I also fought in the Mexican War. What's my name?

Answer: William Hawkins Polk

Polk was a staunch advocate of Tennessee remaining in the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War. He also chaired the Union Party's State Convention in 1861. But after the Convention nominated him for Governor of Tennessee, he came out in favor of joining the Confederacy. He lost the election, and died in 1862.
10. I was a founding member of the Ohio Company of Virginia and also founded the city of Alexandria, Virginia. I was the first of my family to live in our famous estate, and it was I who named it Mount Vernon, after my commanding officer in the War of Jenkins' Ear. I was proud to see my little (half-) brother become president. Who was I?

Answer: Lawrence Washington

Lawrence and Augustine (Jr.) Washington were the sons of Augustine (Sr.) Washington and Jane Butler. Lawrence and Augustine also had a sister, Sarah. After the death of Jane, Augustine, Sr., then married Mary Ball, mother of George, Samuel, John Augustine, and Charles, along with two daughters, Betty and Mildred, the latter of whom died in infancy.

Of the incorrect answers, only Randolph Jefferson was a presidential sibling who reached adulthood. He was the brother of Thomas Jefferson. Reuben Madison, infant brother of James Madison, died at age 4. Daniel Jackson is imaginary.
Source: Author shvdotr

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