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Quiz about US Presidents and Their Homes

US Presidents and Their Homes Trivia Quiz

The Presidents of the United States had homes just like you have a home. See if you can use the clues in the questions to match the President with his home.

A multiple-choice quiz by bernie73. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
bernie73

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
376,920

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
10 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. I can not tell a lie. This home was occupied by a Revolutionary War General. Who was the president (the first one from 1789-1797) who lived in Mount Vernon? Hint

Benjamin Franklin

John Adams

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

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Question 2 of 10

2. For this question we move to Massachusetts. These two men each only served one term as president. Which father and son presidents lived in Peacefield? Hint

George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush

John Adams and John Quincy Adams

William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison

Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson

3. He may have been planning this home while he wrote the Declaration of Independence. While he was President, the United States made the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States. Which president lived in Monticello? Hint

George Mason

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Jefferson

Patrick Henry

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Question 4 of 10

4. This man is called the Father of the Constitution. He had a wife named Dolley. Which president lived in Montpelier? Hint

Edmund Randolph

Roger B. Taney

John Tyler

James Madison

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Question 5 of 10

5. This president is known for being honest. He was president during the US Civil War. Which president had a home in Springfield, Illinois? Hint

Andrew Jackson

Theodore Roosevelt

Grover Cleveland

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 6 of 10

6. This president was the President of two different things. First, he was president of Princeton University in New Jersey. Second, he was president of the United States during World War I. Which president had a home in Washington, DC? Hint

Franklin Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Grover Cleveland

John D. Rockefeller

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Question 7 of 10

7. This president was elected to four terms. He was president during much of the Great Depression and World War II. Which president lived in Springwood? Hint

William Howard Taft

Franklin Roosevelt

Nelson Rockefeller

John F. Kennedy

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Question 8 of 10

8. This person was a United States General during World War Two. He was called "Ike" by his friends. Which president owned a farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania? Hint

Woodrow Wilson

Dwight Eisenhower

Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford

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Question 9 of 10

9. This person was president of the United States in the 1960s. He was from Texas. Which president lived in a ranch that is sometimes called the Texas White House? Hint

Lyndon Johnson

Jimmy Carter

Dwight Eisenhower

Ronald Reagan

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Question 10 of 10

10. This last president was the first president never to be married. He was also the first president from Pennsylvania. Which president lived in a home called Wheatland? Hint

James Buchanan

William McKinley

Andrew Jackson

Herbert Hoover

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I can not tell a lie. This home was occupied by a Revolutionary War General. Who was the president (the first one from 1789-1797) who lived in Mount Vernon?

Answer: George Washington

Mount Vernon is located in Virginia and is less than 15 miles southeast of Washington, DC. It is open for tours every day of the year. If you visit, you can see many interesting things including a replica of a sixteen-sided barn that was used to have horses thresh grain.

2. For this question we move to Massachusetts. These two men each only served one term as president. Which father and son presidents lived in Peacefield?

Answer: John Adams and John Quincy Adams

Peacefield is located in Quincy, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. It is managed today by the National Park Service. The National Park Service also maintains the birthplace homes for these two presidents.

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Monticello is located near Charlottesville, VA, which is also home to the University of Virginia. Jefferson also designed the first few buildings for the University of Virginia - the University's rotunda building and Monticello look very similar.

4. This man is called the Father of the Constitution. He had a wife named Dolley. Which president lived in Montpelier?

Answer: James Madison

Montpelier is located about five miles south of Orange, Virginia. If you visit Montpelier you can see the upstairs library where James Madison spent months studying about different types of governments before he attended the Constitutional Convention.

5. This president is known for being honest. He was president during the US Civil War. Which president had a home in Springfield, Illinois?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

The Lincoln home was located at the intersection of 8th and Jackson Streets in Springfield. The Lincolns bought their home in 1844 and gradually enlarged it from a one-story to a two-story home.

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson lived in this home from 1921, when he retired from being president, until his death in 1924. When I visited the home, there was a baseball on his desk. Wilson was a big fan of baseball and was the first president to attend a World Series game.

7. This president was elected to four terms. He was president during much of the Great Depression and World War II. Which president lived in Springwood?

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

Springwood is located in Hyde Park, New York, about two hours north of New York City. Because Franklin Roosevelt spent much of his adult life in a wheelchair, there was a special elevator he used to get between the first and second floors. He would raise or lower himself in the elevator by pulling on a rope.

8. This person was a United States General during World War Two. He was called "Ike" by his friends. Which president owned a farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower was very interested in the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg. The Eisenhowers liked to watch Westerns on TV while eating their dinner from TV trays. Inside the front door was a guest book which guests were told to sign.

9. This person was president of the United States in the 1960s. He was from Texas. Which president lived in a ranch that is sometimes called the Texas White House?

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

The Texas White House is located in Stonewall, Texas in the Texas "Hill Country." It was and is part of a working cattle ranch. Lyndon Johnson had a large Cadillac that he enjoyed driving around his ranch.

10. This last president was the first president never to be married. He was also the first president from Pennsylvania. Which president lived in a home called Wheatland?

Answer: James Buchanan

Wheatland is located in Lancaster, PA. His niece Harriet Lane and his nephew James Henry lived with him. If you visit the home, you find that one of James Buchanan's favorite foods was sauerkraut.

Source: Author bernie73

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