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Presidential Middle Names Trivia Quiz

What do you know about the middle names of some United States Presidents?

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

Author
ikswobukaj

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
333,470

Updated
Aug 20 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
2523

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Many presidential middle names were derived from maternal maiden names. This president was named for his maternal grandfather who was a popular Boston politician. Hint

Barack Hussein Obama

George Herbert Walker Bush

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Richard Milhous Nixon

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is William J. Clinton's middle name? Hint

Joseph

Jackson

Jefferson

Johnson

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Question 3 of 10

3. This former college president went by his middle name Woodrow. What was President Wilson's first name? Hint

Virginia

Timothy

Thomas

William

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does the E. stand for in James E. Carter? Hint

Earl

Eleanore

Edward

5. This president's full name was used as political fodder during a competing political convention in 1988. The name implied his wealthy, aristocratic background which led a fellow Texan to say he was born with a "silver foot in his mouth". Hint

Lyndon Baines Johnson

George Herbert Walker Bush

James Earl Carter

William Jefferson Clinton

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Question 6 of 10

6. This president only had a middle initial, not a middle name at all. Hint

George W. Bush

Richard M. Nixon

Ronald W. Reagan

Harry S. Truman

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Republican's middle name was the same last name as a Democratic president. Hint

Richard Milhous Nixon

William Henry Harrison

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Ronald Wilson Reagan

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Question 8 of 10

8. This president who led the "war on poverty" shared the same initials as his children and his wife's nickname. What was Lyndon B. Johnson's middle name? Hint

Byrd

Bartholomew

Barry

Baines

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Question 9 of 10

9. This early president used his middle name to distinguish himself from his well known father. Who was he? Hint

John Quigley Adams

Robert E. Lee

George Washington Carver

John Quincy Adams

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Question 10 of 10

10. Elected in 1844, James K. Polk served one term as he had promised when he ran for the office of president. What was his middle name? Hint

Kennedy

Killington

Knox

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Many presidential middle names were derived from maternal maiden names. This president was named for his maternal grandfather who was a popular Boston politician.

Answer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The use of his full name certainly helped with name recognition during early local elections. John Fitzgerald lost a race for Congress against a Lodge whose own grandson would be Nixon's running mate in 1960.

2. What is William J. Clinton's middle name?

Answer: Jefferson

Though not born a Clinton, Bill always had the Jefferson middle name.

3. This former college president went by his middle name Woodrow. What was President Wilson's first name?

Answer: Thomas

Born in Virginia he would become the president of Princeton University and governor of New Jersey before being elected as President of the United States.

4. What does the E. stand for in James E. Carter?

Answer: Earl

Former naval officer and governor Jimmy Carter would spend only four years in the White House before losing to Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Answer: George Herbert Walker Bush

Ann Richards turned George Herbert Walker Bush into a chant during the Democratic Convention in 1988. It was some of her comments that led his son George W. Bush to go for the governor's mansion a few years later.

6. This president only had a middle initial, not a middle name at all.

Answer: Harry S. Truman

Truman was also the last president in the 20th Century to not have a college degree. He felt insecure and used the false middle initial because he felt it made his name seem more important.

7. This Republican's middle name was the same last name as a Democratic president.

Answer: Ronald Wilson Reagan

Reagan was the first divorced man to hold the office of President. A graduate of Eureka College, he was once the president of a labor union (screen actors).

8. This president who led the "war on poverty" shared the same initials as his children and his wife's nickname. What was Lyndon B. Johnson's middle name?

Answer: Baines

His wife, Lady Bird Johnson, tried to beautify America's highways. His daughter would be married to a senator from Virginia.

9. This early president used his middle name to distinguish himself from his well known father. Who was he?

Answer: John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams distinguished himself as a diplomat. Though his father's connections were useful, he always stood on his own as a diplomat and politician. He would later be elected to the House of Representatives years after leaving the White House.

10. Elected in 1844, James K. Polk served one term as he had promised when he ran for the office of president. What was his middle name?

Answer: Knox

Leading the United States into the victory in the Mexican American War, Polk's middle name was reminiscent of Washington's Secretary of War, Henry Knox.

Source: Author ikswobukaj

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