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A quick quiz on presidential firsts. From Washington to Clinton, the firsts are here!

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

Author
bolan

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
12,651

Updated
Aug 12 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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2728

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first President to live in the White House? Hint

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first president to appear on a television broadcast? Hint

Herbert Hoover

Franklin Roosevelt

Harry Truman

Richard Nixon

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the first president to have a veto overridden? Hint

John Tyler

Harry S. Truman

Bill Clinton

Franklin Roosevelt

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which president was the first to use a telephone while in office? Hint

William McKinley

Rutherford B. Hayes

Woodrow Wilson

James Garfield

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first president to pay off the national debt? Hint

Teddy Roosevelt

Dwight Eisenhower

Andrew Jackson

Franklin Roosevelt

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the first president to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Hint

Herbert Hoover

William McKinley

William Howard Taft

Teddy Roosevelt

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the first president to fly in an airplane? Hint

Teddy Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

William McKinley

Warren Harding

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the first President to die in office? Hint

Zachary Taylor

William Henry Harrison

Abraham Lincoln

James Garfield

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first president to be born on July 4? Hint

William Henry Harrison

Calvin Coolidge

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the first president to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship? Hint

Woodrow Wilson

Bill Clinton

Harry S. Truman

William McKinley

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first President to live in the White House?

Answer: John Adams

John Adams was the first President to live in the White House, moving in during the last years of his presidency. Thomas Jefferson was the first one to spend all his terms there.

2. Who was the first president to appear on a television broadcast?

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt made an appearance on the new medium. Eisenhower was the first to publically televise a press conference.

3. Who was the first president to have a veto overridden?

Answer: John Tyler

John Tyler, who took over after William Henry Harrison's early death, was extremely unpopular in Washington D.C. The Senate effectively ruled without him, overriding nearly every veto he gave. He wasn't even considered for election in 1844.

4. Which president was the first to use a telephone while in office?

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes

Hayes was the first to use a telephone as president. Hayes was also the president whose controversial election effectively ended post- Civil War Reconstruction in the South.

5. Who was the first president to pay off the national debt?

Answer: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson is the only President to perform this feat. Just so you know, Clinton and the Congress have balanced the budget, but there is still a huge national debt remaining.

6. Who was the first president to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Answer: William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft hated being president and was relieved when he lost the 1912 election. He was later appointed to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice, swearing in other presidents. He happily presided there until his death.

7. Who was the first president to fly in an airplane?

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt was president when the Wright Brothers invented the airplane and was the first person to ride in one once they made it safe enough.

8. Who was the first President to die in office?

Answer: William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison gave a two hour long speech for his inauguration in really lousy weather. He contracted pneumonia and died one month after taking office.

9. Who was the first president to be born on July 4?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

Silent Cal was born on July 4, 1876. Three presidents died on July 4th. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826, and James Madison on July 4, 1831.

10. Who was the first president to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship?

Answer: Bill Clinton

The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious award, enabling overseas postgraduate students to study for two years at Oxford University in the UK. Clinton was indeed a Rhodes Scholar, and the first President to have been one. However, he didn't complete his second year, returning to the US for reasons which remain the subject of speculation, including allegations that he sexually assaulted a fellow student.

While unproven, other better-documented instances of sexual misconduct mean that the allegations are unlikely to go away.

Source: Author bolan

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