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Quiz about Lives of the Presidents Interesting Facts 2

Lives of the Presidents: Interesting Facts [2] Quiz

This is a continuation of 'Lives of the Presidents: Interesting Facts,' and is essentially the same except with different presidents. Have fun!

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

Author
simsba

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
112,462

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which president kept a flock of sheep in the White House yard? Hint

Warren G. Harding

Woodrow Wilson

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which president liked to walk around with a raccoon around his neck? Hint

Theodore Roosevelt

William McKinley

James A. Garfield

Calvin Coolidge

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which president died of pneumonia after only one month in office due to his insistance upon giving the longest inauguration speech in history on a very cold day? Hint

James K. Polk

William Henry Harrison

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which president kept grizzly bears who strolled around his garden, mockingbirds that ate out of his mouth, and tame deer that he fed corn to. Hint

James Madison

Ulysses S. Grant

Thomas Jefferson

James A. Garfield

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which president met his wife in Sunday school at age five? Hint

Gerald R. Ford

Herbert Hoover

Harry S. Truman

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which president is the first president to be divorced and adopt a child? Hint

James Garfield

George W. Bush

Ronald Reagan

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these US presidents was falsely accused of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan? Hint

Barack Obama

Warren G. Harding

Bill Clinton

James K. Polk

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which president's son's dogs kept dying mysteriously until he informed the White House staff that, if the dogs kept dying, they would all be fired? Hint

Ronald Reagan

Franklin Pierce

Ulysses S. Grant

William McKinley

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which president banned creamy desserts from the White House? Hint

James Madison

Ronald Reagan

Bill Clinton

William McKinley

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which president was a millionaire due to his mining expertise? Hint

Martin Van Buren

Harry S. Truman

Herbert Hoover

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which president kept a flock of sheep in the White House yard?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

In order to conserve energy from lawn-mowing, Wilson and his second wife, Edith, kept a flock of sheep to keep the grass managed.

2. Which president liked to walk around with a raccoon around his neck?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

Coolidge also rode a mechanical horse almost every day while whooping loudly like a cowboy.

3. Which president died of pneumonia after only one month in office due to his insistance upon giving the longest inauguration speech in history on a very cold day?

Answer: William Henry Harrison

His wife outlived him and nine of their ten children.

4. Which president kept grizzly bears who strolled around his garden, mockingbirds that ate out of his mouth, and tame deer that he fed corn to.

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

The bears were kept in cages and his mockingbirds kept him company when he took naps.

5. Which president met his wife in Sunday school at age five?

Answer: Harry S. Truman

They agreed to be married when they met, but didn't carry out their plans for another thirty years.

6. Which president is the first president to be divorced and adopt a child?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

He was divorced by his first wife, Jane Wyman, with whom he had a daughter, Maureen, and an adopted son, Michael.

7. Which of these US presidents was falsely accused of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan?

Answer: Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding was the 29th US president, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923 from a heart attack while still in office. He was popular at the time, but his name became attached to various scandals after his death, which served to diminish his reputation.

However, the accusation that he was a KKK member is based on no more than rumour, and in fact he spoke against the Klan and its beliefs on a number of occasions.

8. Which president's son's dogs kept dying mysteriously until he informed the White House staff that, if the dogs kept dying, they would all be fired?

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

After that, the dogs stopped dying.

9. Which president banned creamy desserts from the White House?

Answer: Bill Clinton

In the White House, they served fresh fruit after meals.

10. Which president was a millionaire due to his mining expertise?

Answer: Herbert Hoover

His wife, Lou, was also a geologist.

Source: Author simsba

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