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Those Scandalous Presidents Trivia Quiz

Have fun matching the scandal with the president. Some are light-hearted scandals and some are more serious. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by routesixtysix. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
routesixtysix

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
139,646

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
6328

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. This president was forced to resign his presidency in 1974, due to the Watergate scandal. Who was he? Hint

Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter

Lyndon Johnson

Richard Nixon

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which president created a mild scandal in the British press, when he kissed Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother full on the lips? Hint

Bill Clinton

John Kennedy

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

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Question 3 of 10

3. This US president was involved in a succession of scandals, including Travelgate, Whitewater, a sexual harassment suit, and sex with a White House intern. Who was this president? Hint

Millard Fillmore

Bill Clinton

Theodore Roosevelt

Harry Truman

4. This president used his power to keep his private secretary, Orville Babcock, and his Secretary of War, William Belknap, from going to jail after they were implicated in several graft scandals. Hint

Herbert Hoover

James Madison

Andrew Johnson

Ulysses Grant

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Question 5 of 10

5. This president was involved with the Teapot Dome Scandal. He was also forced to admit to having an illegitimate child, after the press uncovered the details of his affair with a young woman. Hint

Calvin Coolidge

Franklin Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Warren Harding

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Question 6 of 10

6. This president was said to be romantically involved with a Mafia boss's girlfriend who was spying on him, numerous actresses, and maybe even a 19 year old intern. This was all going on during his presidency, with much of it happening right at the White House. Hint

John Kennedy

Lyndon Johnson

Bill Clinton

Dwight Eisenhower

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Question 7 of 10

7. This president caused quite a stir with many of the nation's farmers when he stated his dislike over a certain vegetable. Hint

Ronald Reagan

George H W Bush

Harry Truman

George Washington

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Question 8 of 10

8. This president refuted the rumors that he was romantically involved with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings. Still, there was whispers about it amongst the capitol during his presidency. Hint

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

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Question 9 of 10

9. The moral character of this president came under fire when it was revealed that his wife, Rachel Robards, was not legally divorced from her first husband when she married him. Hint

Andrew Johnson

Calvin Coolidge

Andrew Jackson

Howard Taft

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Question 10 of 10

10. This president's election was considered fraudulent by many and not legal. Especially after the two candidates declared victory in several of the same states. Neither candidate won the majority of the electoral votes. Hint: The Supreme Court did not decide this election. Hint

Abraham Lincoln

George W Bush

Rutherford B. Hayes

John Quincy Adams

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This president was forced to resign his presidency in 1974, due to the Watergate scandal. Who was he?

Answer: Richard Nixon

President Nixon resigned his presidency rather than face impeachment in 1974.

2. Which president created a mild scandal in the British press, when he kissed Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother full on the lips?

Answer: Jimmy Carter

A bit of a diplomatic faux pas by one of America's less successful presidents, this happened in May 1977 during Carter's only meeting with the British royal family during his presidency. The Queen Mother was (unsurprisingly) not impressed by this breach of protocol.

3. This US president was involved in a succession of scandals, including Travelgate, Whitewater, a sexual harassment suit, and sex with a White House intern. Who was this president?

Answer: Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton was the second president to have been impeached by Congress. Andrew Johnson was also impeached.

Answer: Ulysses Grant

Though apparently not involved himself, Grant used his power to keep others who were guilty in graft scandals from going to jail. During his presidency there were additional scandals regarding the gold market and its manipulation and illegal reconstruction deals.

5. This president was involved with the Teapot Dome Scandal. He was also forced to admit to having an illegitimate child, after the press uncovered the details of his affair with a young woman.

Answer: Warren Harding

The Teapot Dome Scandal involved the illegal leasing of naval oil reserves to private companies.

Answer: John Kennedy

As the myth of "Camelot" gets further away in time, many historians are revising their view on his presidency. Many link his character flaws of infidelity to other flaws in his presidency, including the Bay of Pigs disaster.

7. This president caused quite a stir with many of the nation's farmers when he stated his dislike over a certain vegetable.

Answer: George H W Bush

'Broccoligate' caused many broccoli farmers to get unhappy when George H W Bush stated that he hated it. However all was forgiven, when with good humor President Bush accepted a truck load of the stuff at the White House.

8. This president refuted the rumors that he was romantically involved with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings. Still, there was whispers about it amongst the capitol during his presidency.

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Due to recent DNA testing, many believe that Jefferson did indeed have a romantic relationship with his slave. He is also reputed to have fathered at least one of her children, if not all of them.

9. The moral character of this president came under fire when it was revealed that his wife, Rachel Robards, was not legally divorced from her first husband when she married him.

Answer: Andrew Jackson

The president and his wife were married, thinking that the divorce had gone through, when in fact it had not. They then had to wait until her divorce was finalized, and then they remarried.

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes won the job of president as a result of a highly unusual electoral process. Hayes ran against Samuel Tilden in the 1876 election and Tilden gained 4,300,590 popular votes to Hayes' 4,036,298, but neither man had the required 185 electoral votes (Hayes- 165, Tilden- 184) to win.

The vote counts were also suspect, and both men claimed that they had won the same three states. A special bipartisan electoral commission was appointed, and by a vote of eight to seven the presidency was awarded to Hayes.

Source: Author routesixtysix

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