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Presidential Quotes Trivia Quiz

I'll give you the quote and the name of the president. You tell me when the quote was spoken.

A multiple-choice quiz by justawesome. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
justawesome

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
108,700

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Where was George Bush Sr. when he said: "Read my lips. I will not raise taxes."? Hint

During a debate with Governor Michael Dukakis

During his inaugural address

During his speech to accept the party's presidential nomination in 1988

In his 1980 campaign for the Republican nomination

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Question 2 of 15

2. "Speak softly and carry a big stick." When did Teddy Roosevelt say these famous words? Hint

During a meeting with the CIA

While talking to a crowd at the Minnesota State Fair

In response to a reporter asking how he planned to run the country

To a man who was trying to defect from the US

3. "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." We all know Lincoln spoke these words, but when? Hint

While delivering the Gettysburg Address

In the courtroom when he was a lawyer before considering running for the presidency

In a conversation with his VP about abolishing slavery

While writing poems to Mary while sitting in his famous log cabin using only candle light

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Question 4 of 15

4. When did the president say "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore"? Hint

During a game of chess to his opponent

As he was leaving on vacation to the Vice President

To Mrs. Nixon

Upon losing the race for governor in 1962

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Question 5 of 15

5. Reagan pleaded: "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union...Mr. Gorbachev....tear down this wall." When were these words spoken? Hint

In a Soviet newspaper article

During a nationwide television broadcast

During a telephone meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev

During Reagan's visit to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

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Question 6 of 15

6. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." When was this said by the first president of the US, George Washington? Hint

To Thomas Jefferson as they were about to sign the Declaration of Independence

As he threw the now famous silver dollar across the Potomac River

In the first ever state of the Union addresss

In a letter to his wife Martha

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Question 7 of 15

7. When did Herbert Hoover say, "Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die."? Hint

During a radio address just after the onset of the Great Depression

To his eldest son, Martin just after he enlisted in the army

At his 40th birthday celebration in London, right after Germany declared war on France

In a speech at the Republican National Convention

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Question 8 of 15

8. When was Dwight D. Eisenhower overheard saying: "America is best described by one word, freedom."? Hint

In an address to Congress

To the leaders of the British, French, and Russian governments at Geneva

In his graduation speech from Abilene High School, 1909

As he signed the New Deal program

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Question 9 of 15

9. "International relations have traditionally been compared to a chess game in which each nation tries to outwit and checkmate the other." When did President Truman say this? Hint

To his son, Harry Jr. while teaching him about foreign policy

During a nationwide radio broadcast

During Bobby Fisher's tournament at the World chess championships

During his farewell speech in 1953

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Question 10 of 15

10. When did Mr. Clinton swear: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie. Not a single time. Never."? Hint

On a special Dateline television show

In a Playboy Interview

In a press conference

During his Senate impeachment trial

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Question 11 of 15

11. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." When did Franklin D. Roosevelt tell Americans this? Hint

At the first of four inaugural speeches

During the foreign relations summit

During his campaign tour

During his first roller coaster ride

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Question 12 of 15

12. When did Lyndon Johnson make this statement "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today."? Hint

When he was required to testify at the Watergate hearings

In a national televised address as U.S. involvement in Vietnam became imminent

To Senator Barry M. Goldwater during a debate

In a special address to a Joint session of U.S. Congress in 1963

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Question 13 of 15

13. When did Ulysses Grant say, "The war is over - the rebels are our countrymen again."? Hint

During comments to his men after Lee's surrender

To the enemy to trick them into surrendering

To Robert E. Lee

In a letter addressed to Mr. Lincoln

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Question 14 of 15

14. When did John F. Kennedy encourage all of us to: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."? Hint

As part of his Bay of Pigs speech

To the troops as they were going off to war

During his inaugural address

During the organized labor corruption investigation of which Robert Kennedy served as chief Senate committee counsel

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Question 15 of 15

15. "There ought to be limits to freedom", so said George W. Bush, but when? Hint

On the David Letterman show

As part of a warning to Saddam Hussein

At an Austin press conference at the Texas State House

In his inaguration speech

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was George Bush Sr. when he said: "Read my lips. I will not raise taxes."?

Answer: During his speech to accept the party's presidential nomination in 1988

Although Bush promised to never raise taxes he did find it necessary to do so.

2. "Speak softly and carry a big stick." When did Teddy Roosevelt say these famous words?

Answer: While talking to a crowd at the Minnesota State Fair

His famous saying is the basis for a safe and secure life for many.

Answer: While delivering the Gettysburg Address

President Lincoln was invited to Gettysburg to make a few appropriate remarks at the dedication of a cemetery for the Union war dead. The Gettysburg Address was delivered November 19, 1863.

4. When did the president say "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore"?

Answer: Upon losing the race for governor in 1962

"... because gentlemen, this is my last press conference."

5. Reagan pleaded: "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union...Mr. Gorbachev....tear down this wall." When were these words spoken?

Answer: During Reagan's visit to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

A little over two years later the Berlin Wall was pulled down, by Germans on both sides of the Wall.

6. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." When was this said by the first president of the US, George Washington?

Answer: In the first ever state of the Union addresss

On April 30, 1789, George Washington took his oath of office as the first President of the United States on Wall Street in New York.

7. When did Herbert Hoover say, "Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die."?

Answer: In a speech at the Republican National Convention

Hoover helped establish 500 new Boys' Clubs after he was defeated for re-election by Franklin Roosevelt.

8. When was Dwight D. Eisenhower overheard saying: "America is best described by one word, freedom."?

Answer: In an address to Congress

Supporters persuaded him to run for President in 1952. "I like Ike" was a popular slogan.

9. "International relations have traditionally been compared to a chess game in which each nation tries to outwit and checkmate the other." When did President Truman say this?

Answer: During a nationwide radio broadcast

To President Miguel Aleman of Mexico, Truman went on to say, "I cannot accept that comparison with respect to the relations between your country and mine, Mr. President. The United States and Mexico are working together for the mutual benefit of their peoples and the peace of the world."

10. When did Mr. Clinton swear: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie. Not a single time. Never."?

Answer: In a press conference

Only one president besides Clinton, Andrew Johnson, has ever been impeached.

11. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." When did Franklin D. Roosevelt tell Americans this?

Answer: At the first of four inaugural speeches

On March 4, 1933. Much of the world was in the grip of the Great Depression during this time.

12. When did Lyndon Johnson make this statement "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today."?

Answer: In a special address to a Joint session of U.S. Congress in 1963

This was five days after the assassination of President Kennedy in November 1963.

13. When did Ulysses Grant say, "The war is over - the rebels are our countrymen again."?

Answer: During comments to his men after Lee's surrender

General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865. The war lasted four years killing approximately 630,000.

14. When did John F. Kennedy encourage all of us to: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."?

Answer: During his inaugural address

The economic programs Kennedy put into action launched the country on its longest continued growth since World War II.

15. "There ought to be limits to freedom", so said George W. Bush, but when?

Answer: At an Austin press conference at the Texas State House

Then Texas governor Bush, called the owner of a satirical website "a garbage man", saying "there ought to be limits to freedom." Bush's campaign attorneys attempted to shut down the site twice.

Source: Author justawesome

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