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Presidential Math Trivia Quiz

Just do the math (add the person's birth year to his age to identify his election year) and name the POTUS (President of the United States)! Have fun.

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

Author
shvdotr

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
383,456

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. I was born in 1913 and was only 47 when I lost my first election as the presidential candidate. But I was finally inaugurated only eleven days after my 56th birthday! Who am I? Hint

Jimmy Carter

Gerald Ford

Richard Nixon

Lyndon Johnson

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Question 2 of 10

2. I was born in 1773 and inaugurated at the age of 68 years and 23 days, but never lived to the age of 69. Who was I? Hint

Martin Van Buren

Zachary Taylor

James K. Polk

William Henry Harrison

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Question 3 of 10

3. I was born in 1858 and took the oath of office at the tender age of 42, just 43 days before by 43rd birthday. By my 46th birthday I had won a presidential election for myself. Who was I? Hint

Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

William McKinley

Woodrow Wilson

4. I was the last president born in the eighteenth century with a birth date of 23 April, 1791 (although an earlier president had been born in 1795). I won my presidential election at the age of 65. I died in 1868 at the age of 77, 21 years after my victorious campaign, although I only served four years in office. Who was I? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

James Buchanan

Zachary Taylor

Jefferson Davis

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Question 5 of 10

5. I was born in 1884 and was elevated to the presidency a month short of my 61st birthday. Shortly after taking the oath, I said, "... yesterday, I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me." Who was I? Hint

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Harry S Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Question 6 of 10

6. I was born in 1758 and was 58 when I was first inaugurated. I have held several offices, including governor of and senator from Virginia, U.S. minister to France and to the U.K., and secretary of war and secretary of state. Who was I? Hint

James Madison

James Monroe

Thomas Jefferson

John Quincy Adams

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Question 7 of 10

7. I was born in 1924 and was 52 when inaugurated for my only term as president. At the age of 78 I won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who am I? Hint

Gerald Ford

Barack Obama

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

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Question 8 of 10

8. I was one of two presidents born in 1822. When I was 46 I was elected president and would serve two terms. I graduated from West Point at the age of 21. Who was I? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

Chester A. Arthur

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Question 9 of 10

9. I was born in 1743 and was 57 when I first took the oath of office as president of the United States. I was a son of Virginia, as were 4 of the country's first 5 presidents. Who was I? Hint

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

George Washington

John Quincy Adams

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Question 10 of 10

10. I was born in 1837 and I actually won presidential elections at the age of 47 and again at the age of 55! Not only that, but I also won the majority of popular votes in three presidential elections! Who was I? Hint

James A. Garfield

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Grover Cleveland

Benjamin Harrison

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I was born in 1913 and was only 47 when I lost my first election as the presidential candidate. But I was finally inaugurated only eleven days after my 56th birthday! Who am I?

Answer: Richard Nixon

Nixon lost to Kennedy in the Election of 1960, but was elected president eight years later. Unfortunately he found it necessary to resign the presidency after only five years in office.

2. I was born in 1773 and inaugurated at the age of 68 years and 23 days, but never lived to the age of 69. Who was I?

Answer: William Henry Harrison

The first President Harrison was elected in 1840. Hero of the War of 1812, he was the oldest man to win the presidency until Ronald Reagan 140 years later. To prove his age would not be a problem for his presidency, he did not wear a coat or hat during his inauguration, which was held on a cold and rainy day during which he gave an almost two-hour-long address before attending three inaugural balls.

He died of pneumonia on his 32nd day in office. He was the first president to die in office.

3. I was born in 1858 and took the oath of office at the tender age of 42, just 43 days before by 43rd birthday. By my 46th birthday I had won a presidential election for myself. Who was I?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt ascended to the office of president with the death of William McKinley, who was assassinated on 14 September, 1901, just six months and ten days after his second inauguration. Roosevelt went on to win the election of 1904 as well.

Answer: James Buchanan

Buchanan won the election of 1856, defeating Millard Fillmore and John C. Fremont. He was the only 20th-century president from Pennsylvania and the only one before 2000 to be a lifelong bachelor.

Answer: Harry S Truman

Truman ascended to the presidency in April of 1945 after serving less than three months as vice president to Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR's previous vice presidents had been the two-term John Nance Garner and the one-term Henry A. Wallace. After handling the end of World War II and the use of the atomic bomb on Japan, Truman was the surprise winner of the election of 1948 over Thomas E. Dewey.

He served his first term without a vice president.

Answer: James Monroe

Monroe won the election of 1816 with 80% of the vote in the electoral College. Wounded in the Revolutionary War, Monroe was president during the Era of Good Feelings and was credited with the Monroe Doctrine, although it was actually written by his secretary of state, John Quincy Adams.

7. I was born in 1924 and was 52 when inaugurated for my only term as president. At the age of 78 I won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who am I?

Answer: Jimmy Carter

Carter won the election of 1976 but was defeated by Reagan in 1980 when he ran for re-election. In 2002, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for the Carter Center and his efforts to maintain world peace and advance human rights. He and Martin Luther King, Jr., are the only Nobel Prize winners born in Georgia.

8. I was one of two presidents born in 1822. When I was 46 I was elected president and would serve two terms. I graduated from West Point at the age of 21. Who was I?

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

Grant won the elections of 1868 and 1872. His successor, Rutherford B. Hayes was also born in 1822. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point and serving in the Mexican War, Grant struggled economically until the Civil War broke out. His successes in the war would lead him to the presidency.

9. I was born in 1743 and was 57 when I first took the oath of office as president of the United States. I was a son of Virginia, as were 4 of the country's first 5 presidents. Who was I?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

When he won the election of 1800, Jefferson referred to it as "the Revolution of 1800" because he felt that he had returned the control of the government to the people and the states represented by the Democratic-Republican Party, as opposed to the wealthy class and advocates of a strong central government that had made up the Federalist Party.

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Cleveland was elected president in 1884, but failed in his re-election bid in 1888, when he was defeated by Benjamin Harrison despite winning the popular vote. In 1892, he became the first president to hold two non-consecutive terms.

Source: Author shvdotr

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