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Hail to the Chiefs! Trivia Quiz

Who never had a smiling picture? Who died a month into his presidency? Take this quiz and pick who the president was.

A multiple-choice quiz by pennie1478. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
pennie1478

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
139,048

Updated
Aug 28 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
4603

Last 3 plays: Guest 209 (10/10), Guest 73 (7/10), Guest 71 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who held seances in the White House? Hint

President Bush

President Garfield

President Lincoln

President Hoover

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these died of pneumonia exactly one month after his inauguration speech? Hint

President Harrison

President Hoover

President Coolidge

President Kennedy

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was shot by an anarchist while shaking hands in a receiving line? Hint

President Taft

President McKinley

President Reagan

President Adams

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was a managing general partner of the Texas Rangers baseball team for five years? Hint

President Carter

President Reagan

President George W. Bush

President Clinton

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first president of the United States under the Constitution?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname )

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the only president to serve twice, non-consecutively, as the 22nd and the 24th president of the United States? Hint

President F. Roosevelt

President Adams

President Cleveland

President Kennedy

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who never made an inaugural address? Hint

President Van Buren

President Coolidge

President Arthur

President Monroe

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who had a peace treaty carried out between Israel and Egypt during his presidency? Hint

President Carter

President Tyler

President Madison

President Fillmore

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who had a presidency nicknamed 'Camelot'? Hint

President Kennedy

President Jackson

President Jefferson

President Polk

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the first president to live in the White House? Hint

President Jefferson

President Adams

President Madison

President Monroe

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who held seances in the White House?

Answer: President Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln became president on March 4, 1861. He was shot by John Wilkes Boothe and died at Peterson's Boarding House on April 15, 1865. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.

2. Which of these died of pneumonia exactly one month after his inauguration speech?

Answer: President Harrison

William Henry Harrison became president on March 4, 1841. His inauguration speech was 1 hour and 45 minutes long, the longest inaugural speech to date. The day he gave his speech, President Harrison wasn't wearing a hat and developed pneumonia. He died one month later.

3. Who was shot by an anarchist while shaking hands in a receiving line?

Answer: President McKinley

William McKinley became president on March 4, 1897. He was killed by Leon Czolgosz in 1901 after shaking hands in a receiving line for seven minutes. McKinley died whispering the words to his favorite hymn 'Nearer My God To Thee'.

4. Who was a managing general partner of the Texas Rangers baseball team for five years?

Answer: President George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is the son of the forty-first President, George Herbert Walker Bush. President G.W. Bush became president on January 20, 2001. He was in office eight months when two planes flew into the World Trade Center buildings, one into the Pentagon and one into a field in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

5. Who was the first president of the United States under the Constitution?

Answer: president Washington

George Washington became President on April 30, 1789 in New York City. President Washington was rumored to have wooden teeth, but he didn't. He also bowed to visitors of the White House instead of shaking their hands.

6. Who was the only president to serve twice, non-consecutively, as the 22nd and the 24th president of the United States?

Answer: President Cleveland

Grover Cleveland became president on March 4, 1885 and again on March 4, 1893. The candy bar 'Baby Ruth' was named after his daughter, Ruth. His daughter, Esther, was the only child ever born in the White House.

7. Who never made an inaugural address?

Answer: President Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur became president on September 19, 1881. He died of a stroke in 1886.

8. Who had a peace treaty carried out between Israel and Egypt during his presidency?

Answer: President Carter

Jimmy Carter, Jr became president on January 20, 1977. In his State of the Union address, President Carter asked, 'Will our children (in the 21st century) enjoy a better quality of life?'

9. Who had a presidency nicknamed 'Camelot'?

Answer: President Kennedy

John Kennedy became president on January 20, 1961. He was killed on November 22, 1963 in Texas while in his motorcade. President Kennedy was to give two speeches while in Texas.

10. Who was the first president to live in the White House?

Answer: President Adams

John Adams became president on March 4, 1797. His wife, Abigail, hung their laundry in the East Room. His dying words were, 'Thomas Jefferson survives'. Thomas Jefferson died a few hours earlier.

Source: Author pennie1478

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