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Quiz about Hail to the School of the Chief

Hail to the School of the Chief Quiz

This quiz is about a few of the former presidents of the United States and where they went to college. I hope you like it.

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

Author
gamemaker

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
111,251

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these former presidents was the first to go to college? Hint

Martin Van Buren

George Washington

John Adams

Andrew Jackson

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Question 2 of 10

2. Founded in 1693, which school in Virginia did Thomas Jefferson attend? Hint

College of William & Mary

James Madison University

Virginia Tech

Old Dominion University

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Question 3 of 10

3. True or False: John Quincy Adams attended Harvard like his father John Adams did before him?

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which president during the Mexican-American War attended the University of North Carolina? Hint

Millard Fillmore

John Tyler

James K. Polk

William Henry Harrison

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Question 5 of 10

5. True or False: Both Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower attended the United States Military Academy?

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Besides attending Yale, who was the first president to have a presidential car? Hint

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

William H. Taft

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which west coast school did Herbert Hoover attend? Hint

Oregon

UCLA

Stanford

Washington State

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Question 8 of 10

8. True or False: Besides attending Harvard, John F. Kennedy also attended the United States Naval Academy?

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which two schools did Gerald Ford attend? Hint

Wisconsin and Rutgers

Michigan State and Princeton

Michigan and Yale

Northwestern and Columbia

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Question 10 of 10

10. True or False: Bill Clinton attended Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale?

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these former presidents was the first to go to college?

Answer: John Adams

Adams went to Harvard, while neither Washington, Jackson nor Van Buren attended college.

2. Founded in 1693, which school in Virginia did Thomas Jefferson attend?

Answer: College of William & Mary

At just 16, Jefferson enrolled at William & Mary and attended from 1760-1762.

3. True or False: John Quincy Adams attended Harvard like his father John Adams did before him?

Answer: True

Except for Washington, at the time of J.Q. Adams' inauguration, all of the former presidents were still alive.

4. Which president during the Mexican-American War attended the University of North Carolina?

Answer: James K. Polk

Polk was also president during the California gold rush and helped settle the Northwest boundary of the United States.

5. True or False: Both Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower attended the United States Military Academy?

Answer: True

Grant completed his memoirs with the help of Mark Twain and Eisenhower was President of Columbia University.

6. Besides attending Yale, who was the first president to have a presidential car?

Answer: William H. Taft

Hayes, T. Roosevelt and FDR all attended Harvard.

7. Which west coast school did Herbert Hoover attend?

Answer: Stanford

Hoover was the first president born west of the Mississippi river.

8. True or False: Besides attending Harvard, John F. Kennedy also attended the United States Naval Academy?

Answer: False

Jimmy Carter attended the U.S. Naval Academy.

9. Which two schools did Gerald Ford attend?

Answer: Michigan and Yale

Ford played football at the University of Michigan, was an assistant football coach at Yale, and turned down offers to play for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.

10. True or False: Bill Clinton attended Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale?

Answer: False

Clinton attended Oxford, Georgetown, and Yale.

Source: Author gamemaker

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