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U.S. Presidential History #1 Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of presidential history. See if you have the courage to find out how much you really know!

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

Author
daddyralph

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,803

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1325

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Which President also served as Speaker of the House? Hint

John Quincy Adams

Gerald Ford

James K. Polk

Andrew Johnson

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which President served in the U.S. Senate after his Presidency? Hint

Martin Van Buren

James K. Polk

Andrew Johnson

John Tyler

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which President also served in the Confederate Congress? Hint

Rutherford B. Hayes

Andrew Johnson

John Tyler

Zachary Taylor

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which of the following US president had a foreign-born wife? Hint

Calvin Coolidge

John Quincy Adams

Theodore Roosevelt

Chester A. Arthur

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Question 5 of 15

5. How many Presidents regularly wore beards while serving as President? Hint

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which President had the shortest inaugural address? Hint

Herbert Hoover

Zachary Taylor

George Washington

Andrew Johnson

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which President was a classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? Hint

Millard Fillmore

James Buchanan

Martin Van Buren

Franklin Pierce

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which President served in the House of Representatives after his Presidency? Hint

Millard Fillmore

John Tyler

John Quincy Adams

William Howard Taft

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which President's wife was the first first lady to graduate from college? Hint

Chester A. Arthur

William McKinley

William Howard Taft

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who was the first President born in the 20th century (Hint: in order of birth, not in order of attaining the presidency)? Hint

John F. Kennedy

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Lyndon B. Johnson

Harry S Truman

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who was the only President born on July 4? Hint

Lyndon Johnson

James Garfield

Herbert Hoover

Calvin Coolidge

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who was the first US President to receive a Nobel Prize? Hint

William Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

Jimmy Carter

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who was the first President to have a child born in the White House? Hint

Theodore Roosevelt

Grover Cleveland

John Tyler

John F. Kennedy

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Question 14 of 15

14. How many Presidents were elected to office immediately after serving as Vice-President (not counting the possibility of Al Gore)? Hint

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who was the first President born west of the Mississippi River? Hint

Warren G. Harding

Herbert Hoover

William Howard Taft

William McKinley

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which President also served as Speaker of the House?

Answer: James K. Polk

2. Which President served in the U.S. Senate after his Presidency?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

3. Which President also served in the Confederate Congress?

Answer: John Tyler

He died shortly after gaining his seat.

4. Which of the following US president had a foreign-born wife?

Answer: John Quincy Adams

His wife, Louisa, was born in London in 1775, and they were married there in 1797. Until Melania Trump (wife of the 45th president and born in what was then Yugoslavia in 1970), she was the only foreign-born US First Lady.

5. How many Presidents regularly wore beards while serving as President?

Answer: 5

Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garlfield and Benjamin Harrison.

6. Which President had the shortest inaugural address?

Answer: George Washington

7. Which President was a classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

Answer: Franklin Pierce

8. Which President served in the House of Representatives after his Presidency?

Answer: John Quincy Adams

He died after voting on a particular bill in the back room of the House.

9. Which President's wife was the first first lady to graduate from college?

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes

10. Who was the first President born in the 20th century (Hint: in order of birth, not in order of attaining the presidency)?

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson

Born in 1908.

11. Who was the only President born on July 4?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

12. Who was the first US President to receive a Nobel Prize?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

He received the Nobel Peace prize. Wilson was the second.

13. Who was the first President to have a child born in the White House?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

His daughter was the inspiration for the Baby Ruth candy bar.

14. How many Presidents were elected to office immediately after serving as Vice-President (not counting the possibility of Al Gore)?

Answer: 4

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren and George Bush.

15. Who was the first President born west of the Mississippi River?

Answer: Herbert Hoover

He was born in Iowa.

Source: Author daddyralph

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