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Presidential Deaths Part Two Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by Tor. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Tor

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
23,837

Updated
Jan 02 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which First Lady refused to allow a mortician to embalm her husband's body nor did she allow a death mask to be taken? Hint

Lucretia 'Crete' Rudolph Garfield

Mary Todd Lincoln

Margaret 'Peggy' Mackall Smith Taylor

Jane Means Appleton Pierce

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Question 2 of 10

2. What President died addicted to cocaine? Hint

Chester Alan Arthur

Hiram Ulysses Grant

Stephen Grover Cleveland

Benjamin Harrison

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Question 3 of 10

3. What president died with a $5 Confederate bill in his pocket? Hint

John Tyler

Hiram Ulysess Grant

Andrew Johnson

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 4 of 10

4. At Harry S Truman's simple funeral this president quipped, 'When it is my time make sure they know who is in the box'? Hint

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Richard Milhouse Nixon

James Earl Carter

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was poured on the body of McKinley's assassin Leon Czolgosz after his electrocution? Hint

The 'heel' left in a drinking glass left by an onlooker

Holy Water

Sulfuric Acid

Hydrochloric Acid

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Question 6 of 10

6. At his request, no bells rang at his funeral: Hint

Herbert Clark Hoover

John Adams

Martin Van Buren

John Quincy Adams

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who died in the arms of his son Webb? Hint

James Abram Garfield

Benjamin Harrison

Rutherford B. Hayes

Stephen Grover Cleveland

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Presidential assassin purportedly chose his firearm because he felt it would look good in a museum? Hint

John Wilkes Booth

Charles J. Guiteau

Lee Harvey Oswald

Leon F. Czolgosz

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Question 9 of 10

9. He died on July 4, 1831: Hint

James Monroe

William Taft

James Garfield

John Quincy Adams

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Question 10 of 10

10. Whose last words were "I have a terrific headache"? Hint

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Harry S. Truman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which First Lady refused to allow a mortician to embalm her husband's body nor did she allow a death mask to be taken?

Answer: Margaret 'Peggy' Mackall Smith Taylor

Mrs. Taylor never recovered from her husband's sudden death. She died two years after him in August, 1852 at Pascagoula, Mississippi.

2. What President died addicted to cocaine?

Answer: Hiram Ulysses Grant

Grant's throat was swabbed with a cocaine solution to ease the pain caused by tongue and throat cancer.

3. What president died with a {$5} Confederate bill in his pocket?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

The contents of Lincoln's pockets on the night of his assassination remained under seal until February 12, 1976. Among the items were a {$5} Confederate bill.

4. At Harry S Truman's simple funeral this president quipped, 'When it is my time make sure they know who is in the box'?

Answer: Lyndon Baines Johnson

Harry Truman died December 26, 1972. Lyndon Johnson died less than a month later on January 22, 1973.

5. What was poured on the body of McKinley's assassin Leon Czolgosz after his electrocution?

Answer: Sulfuric Acid

The acid was applied to help accelerate his decomposition.

6. At his request, no bells rang at his funeral:

Answer: Martin Van Buren

7. Who died in the arms of his son Webb?

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes

8. What Presidential assassin purportedly chose his firearm because he felt it would look good in a museum?

Answer: Charles J. Guiteau

Guiteau fired a .44 British Bulldog.

9. He died on July 4, 1831:

Answer: James Monroe

Two other presidents died on July 4th - John Adams and Thomas Jefferson - but they both died on the same day in 1826. Jefferson died first, five hours before Adams.

10. Whose last words were "I have a terrific headache"?

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Roosevelt suffered a cerebral haemorrhage.

Source: Author Tor

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