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Presidents of the USA Trivia Quiz

Interesting random facts about the U.S. presidents.

A multiple-choice quiz by zilla. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zilla

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
30,339

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1621

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which 19th century US president became known as 'Rail Splitter' during his campaign? Hint

Pierce

Hayes

Cleveland

Lincoln

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where is George Washington buried? Hint

Washington, D.C.

Philadelphia

Martha's Vineyard

Mount Vernon

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Question 3 of 10

3. The first child labor law was passed during whose US presidency? Hint

Grover Cleaveland

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who held the office of US president when Robert E. Peary, with his team, claimed to have reached the North Pole? Hint

William McKinley

Chester Arthur

William Taft

Warren Harding

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Question 5 of 10

5. Most of us have heard of the 'Dewey Defeats Truman' headline in 1948. What paper is a victorious Truman holding up showing this headline? Hint

Chicago Tribune

Dallas Morning News

New York Times

Washington Post

6. She married a man who was an inch shorter and 17 years older than herself. She loved to play cards for money, use snuff, and entertain dinner guests. She was a widow of John Todd. Which US First Lady am I describing?

Answer: (Two Words - First and last names)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which other US president died on July fourth aside from John Adams and Thomas Jefferson? Hint

James Buchanan

Zachary Taylor

James Monroe

James Madison

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Question 8 of 10

8. The heaviest US president was William Taft at about 320 pounds. Who was the lightest at about 100? Hint

James Madison

Calvin Coolidge

Andrew Jackson

Warren Harding

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'From Canal Boy to President', by Horatio Alger Jr., is a biography of which US president? Hint

Fillmore

Polk

Garfield

Grant

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the first US president to travel outside what is now the United States during wartime? Hint

Franklin Roosevelt

Harry Truman

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Jefferson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which 19th century US president became known as 'Rail Splitter' during his campaign?

Answer: Lincoln

The slogan really caught on after a state convention when a couple of rails were displayed that he helped cut the wood for.

2. Where is George Washington buried?

Answer: Mount Vernon

Woodrow Wilson is the only U.S. president buried in Washington, D.C.

3. The first child labor law was passed during whose US presidency?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

One third of the workers in the south in textile mills, and coal mines were under 16.

4. Who held the office of US president when Robert E. Peary, with his team, claimed to have reached the North Pole?

Answer: William Taft

Peary claimed to have reached the North Pole in 1909, and was photographed with his assistant and four Eskimos in front of the American Flag they planted. Taft, the 27th president, held the office between 1909-1913.

5. Most of us have heard of the 'Dewey Defeats Truman' headline in 1948. What paper is a victorious Truman holding up showing this headline?

Answer: Chicago Tribune

Answer: Dolley Madison

7. Which other US president died on July fourth aside from John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

Answer: James Monroe

8. The heaviest US president was William Taft at about 320 pounds. Who was the lightest at about 100?

Answer: James Madison

The lightest and the shortest.

9. 'From Canal Boy to President', by Horatio Alger Jr., is a biography of which US president?

Answer: Garfield

10. Who was the first US president to travel outside what is now the United States during wartime?

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

He went to Morocco in January 1943 and to Quebec in August 1943 in order to meet Winston Churchill. In November, 1943 he met with Churchill and Stalin in Teheran (in Iran) and in February, 1945 he again met the same leaders in Yalta in the Soviet Union. I've been informed that Lincoln went to Virginia before the end of the Civil war, so he was in the Confederacy. So one could argue that point too.

Source: Author zilla

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