Presidential Oddities Trivia Quiz

Answer: Washington Post

After the President's daughter had a voice recital, a newspaper critic for the "Washington Post" wrote a bad review for his newspaper. In response to the bad review, President Truman sent the man a letter. In the letter, President Truman wrote, "I never met you, but if I do you'll need a new nose".

President Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri. Before becoming president, Truman owned a men's shop.

Answer: Part of his jawbone

The prosthesis Grover Cleveland wore was to replace part of the jawbone that was taken out along with a tumor the president had on his face. President Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms in 1889 as our twenty-second president and 1893 as our twenty-fourth president. He had an illegitimate child with Maria Halpin.

Answer: True

President John Q. Adams, son of John Adams, was out partaking in some skinny dipping in the Potomac river when he was approached by a female reporter, Anne Royall. President Adams had refused on several occasions to give the female journalist an interview. With his clothes on the bank and no access to them, President Adams was forced to give the woman an interview so she would leave and he could return to the bank to dress.

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born to Jesse and Hannah Grant in Ohio. When he enrolled into West Point at the age of 17, Hiram Ulysses Grant became Ulysses S. Grant due to a error made by Congressman Thomas Haner who got him into West Point. From then on, Hiram Ulysses Grant became Ulysses S. Grant.

Answer: William Taft

President William Taft once weighed three hundred and twenty-six pounds. In fact, he never got stuck in the White House bathtub, but he did have a new one fitted, seven foot long and big enough to fit four "normal-sized" people. President Taft was also known for the snappy comeback, "I see that one of my adversaries has lost his head" after a cabbage was thrown at him during a speech.

Answer: False

William McKinley's wife, Ida, suffered from epilepsy. The seizures took a toll on her facial muscles and as a result, President McKinley would cover her face if she had a seizure during a dinner party. President McKinley would always wear a red carnation in his jacket.

The day he was assassinated, President McKinley begged the men around him to stop the crowd from beating Leon Czolgosz, his assassin.

Answer: Wagon Train

Before becoming president, Ronald Reagan was an actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild. In 1963, Ronald Reagan starred in one episode of the CBS western "Wagon Train" as Captain Paul Winters. When Ronald Reagan married his second wife, Nancy Davis, his best man was veteran actor William Holden.

His biography "The Rest of Me?" begins with the line, "The story begins with a close up of a bottom".

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt

On the day of his fourth wedding anniversary, Teddy Roosevelt lost his mother and his first wife. The day just happened to be Valentine's Day. Teddy came into office at the age of forty-two. When quoted on his life as president, Teddy said, "No president has ever enjoyed himself as much as I".

Answer: She wasn't present

President Washington danced with every woman at his inaugural ball that night except for his wife Martha because she declined to attend the ball. George wasn't liked by his mother much and she even went as far as to beg for money from the Virginia legislature. George was one of eight children.

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

President Johnson proposed to Claudia Taylor on their first date at the Driskill hotel the morning after they met for the first time. Because it was their first date and not wanting to rush into things, Claudia turned down his proposal. Lyndon was persistent with his proposal and two months later, she finally accepted. They were married in November of 1934.