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Third Time's A Charm Trivia Quiz

Find what came third among a list of four. It includes births, deaths, inventions, the whole nine yards; most questions have a US-specific focus.

A multiple-choice quiz by ActionMan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ActionMan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
38,522

Updated
Dec 28 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
902

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Question 1 of 10

1. Of these four, which US President died third? Hint

John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

William McKinley

William Henry Harrison

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the third President of the United States? Hint

John Adams

James Monroe

James Madison

Thomas Jefferson

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Question 3 of 10

3. What does the US third amendment guarantee? Hint

No unauthorized search or seizure.

No soldiers can be quartered in American homes in times of peace.

The right to bear arms.

The right to arm bears.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which astronaut went into space as the third member of the Mercury 7 program? Hint

John Glenn

Gus Grissom

Alan Shepard

Sally Ride

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Question 5 of 10

5. Sort the following U.S. presidents' terms from earliest to latest, then tell us which one was the third. Hint

William McKinley

Lyndon B. Johnson

Grover Cleveland

Herbert Hoover

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which US law came third? Hint

The first Alien and Sedition Acts.

The second Civil Rights Act

Fugitive Slave Law

Jim Crow Laws

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which cartoon creator was born third, of these choices? Hint

Chuck Jones

Walt Disney

Friz Freleng

Tex Avery

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which was the third of these countries to be conquered or annexed by Hitler in World War II or immediately before the war? (Consider only the countries mentioned in the choices.) Hint

Poland

France

Austria

Belgium

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of following ancient civilizations appeared third within this group? Hint

Egypt

Byzantine Empire

Mesopotamia

Greece

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these structures was built third? Hint

Eiffel Tower

Empire State Building

Statue of Liberty

Great Pyramid at Giza

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Of these four, which US President died third?

Answer: William McKinley

William Henry Harrison died in 1841. Lincoln did so in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth. McKinley died in 1901. JFK was killed in 1963.

2. Who was the third President of the United States?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson was President from 1801-1809.

3. What does the US third amendment guarantee?

Answer: No soldiers can be quartered in American homes in times of peace.

It also makes quartering soldiers legal in wartime only.

4. Which astronaut went into space as the third member of the Mercury 7 program?

Answer: John Glenn

The original Mercury 7 were one and two - Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom - with Glenn as the third and in the '80s Sally Ride became the first American woman to go up into space.

5. Sort the following U.S. presidents' terms from earliest to latest, then tell us which one was the third.

Answer: Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover was in office during the Great Depression. FDR's New Deal didn't dissolve it as quick as he promised, since it took 20 years for the U.S. to regain its past economic status.

6. Which US law came third?

Answer: Jim Crow Laws

The first Alien and Sedition Acts came in around the late 1790s when the U.S. tried to regulate free speech. The Fugitive Slave Law happened during the time of slavery, the Jim Crow during the time of severe black discrimination, which the Civil Rights Act repealed completely, not just the segregation (original purpose), but discrimination as well.

7. Which cartoon creator was born third, of these choices?

Answer: Tex Avery

Disney (1901), Freleng (1906), Avery (1907), Jones (1912).

8. Which was the third of these countries to be conquered or annexed by Hitler in World War II or immediately before the war? (Consider only the countries mentioned in the choices.)

Answer: Belgium

Austria (1938), Poland (1939), and then came Belgium and France through Hitler's path. He stopped at Britain, who he just couldn't take down.

9. Which of following ancient civilizations appeared third within this group?

Answer: Greece

Egypt appeared at about 4000 B.C, Mesopotamia sometime around 2000 B.C, though I don't know when exactly, Greece at about 500 or 600 B.C., and the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Rome at about 500 A.D.

10. Which of these structures was built third?

Answer: Eiffel Tower

Source: Author ActionMan

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