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Quiz about Presidential Firsts and Onlys
Quiz about Presidential Firsts and Onlys

Presidential Firsts and Onlys Trivia Quiz


Presidents' lives are fascinating, and especially when it is a first or only feat or accomplishment they performed. All answers are accurate as of June 2001.

A multiple-choice quiz by finlady. Estimated time: 9 mins.
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Author
finlady
Time
9 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
140
Updated
Jan 18 24
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
7 / 20
Plays
3017
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Question 1 of 20
1. Who was the only president born on July 4? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. President ______________ was a Rhodes Scholar.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 3 of 20
3. Who was the only president to give all his federal pay checks (47 years' worth) to charity? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. President ___________ was the only president to fire a five-star general.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 5 of 20
5. Who was the first president to appoint an African American as a cabinet member? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Who was the first and probably only president for a day? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. Who was the first president to be married to a foreign-born first lady? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. Who was the first president not to give an inaugural address? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. President ____________
___________
__________ was the first president of the Boy Scouts.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 10 of 20
10. Who was the president who pardoned Robert E. Lee posthumously of all crimes of treason? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. President ___________
_____________ was the only president of our country to serve as a president of a labor union.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 12 of 20
12. President ____________
______________ was the first recipient of a Medicare Card.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 13 of 20
13. John Tyler was marrried while president in an Episcopal Church but President_______________
_________________ was the only one to be married in the White House.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 14 of 20
14. President __________
_____________ was a nuclear engineer.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 15 of 20
15. Who was the only president to destroy all his personal papers before he died? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Who was the first president not to be born a British Subject? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. President _____________
_____________ was president when the Constitutional amendment granting black men the right to vote was passed.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 18 of 20
18. Who was the last president born in a log cabin? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. President _____________
______________ is the only president buried in Washington D.C.'s National Cathedral.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 20 of 20
20. Our 33rd President of the United States was ___________
____________.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who was the only president born on July 4?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

2. President ______________ was a Rhodes Scholar.

Answer: Bill Clinton

3. Who was the only president to give all his federal pay checks (47 years' worth) to charity?

Answer: Herbert Hoover

4. President ___________ was the only president to fire a five-star general.

Answer: Harry Truman

5. Who was the first president to appoint an African American as a cabinet member?

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

Franklin Roosevelt was the first to appoint a woman to his cabinet.
6. Who was the first and probably only president for a day?

Answer: David Atchinson

Because Zachary Taylor was a staunch Episcopalian and refused to be sworn in on a Sunday David Atchinson was president for a day.
7. Who was the first president to be married to a foreign-born first lady?

Answer: John Q. Adams

Louisa Adams was born in England. Donald Trump was the next: his wife Melania was born in what was then Yugoslavia (now Slovenia).
8. Who was the first president not to give an inaugural address?

Answer: John Tyler

9. President ____________ ___________ __________ was the first president of the Boy Scouts.

Answer: William Howard Taft

10. Who was the president who pardoned Robert E. Lee posthumously of all crimes of treason?

Answer: Gerald Ford

11. President ___________ _____________ was the only president of our country to serve as a president of a labor union.

Answer: Ronald Reagan

He was president of the Screen Actors Guild. (year I am not sure)
12. President ____________ ______________ was the first recipient of a Medicare Card.

Answer: Harry Truman

13. John Tyler was marrried while president in an Episcopal Church but President_______________ _________________ was the only one to be married in the White House.

Answer: Grover Cleveland

14. President __________ _____________ was a nuclear engineer.

Answer: Jimmy Carter

15. Who was the only president to destroy all his personal papers before he died?

Answer: Chester Arthur

Richard Nixon was supposed to have said 'I wish I had thought of that.'
16. Who was the first president not to be born a British Subject?

Answer: Martin Van Buren

17. President _____________ _____________ was president when the Constitutional amendment granting black men the right to vote was passed.

Answer: Ulysses Grant

18. Who was the last president born in a log cabin?

Answer: James Garfield

19. President _____________ ______________ is the only president buried in Washington D.C.'s National Cathedral.

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

20. Our 33rd President of the United States was ___________ ____________.

Answer: Harry Truman

Source: Author finlady

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