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Presidential Trivia Quiz: U.S. Presidents | 10 Questions

Test your knowledge of U.S. presidents through the years. I will give you a year, and then you tell me who was the president during that year.

A multiple-choice quiz by mrbondskin. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
mrbondskin

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
61,452

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
5824

Last 3 plays: Guest 205 (7/10), Guest 66 (10/10), Brooke73 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. He was president in the year 1978. Hint

Ronald Reagan

Jimmy E. Carter

Gerald Ford

Robert Dole

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was President in 1862? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Zachary Taylor

William Henry Harrison

Millard Filmore

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the United States President in 1954? Hint

Franklin D. Roosevelt

John Kennedy

Dwight Eisenhower

Harry Truman

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the President in 1918? Hint

Hoover

Wilson

Harding

Coolidge

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Question 5 of 10

5. He was president in 1947. Hint

Harry Truman

Franklin D Roosevelt

Dwight Eisenhower

Woodrow Wilson

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was leading the country as president in 1867? Hint

Andrew Johnson

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses Grant

James Buchanan

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was President of the United States in 1970? Hint

Gerald Ford

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter

Lyndon Johnson

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was president in 1987? Hint

Gerald Ford

George Bush

Ronald Reagan

Jimmy Carter

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was president in 1936? Hint

Herbert Hoover

Teddy Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt

Harry Truman

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the U.S. President in the spring of 1974? Hint

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter

Gerald Ford

Lyndon Johnson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. He was president in the year 1978.

Answer: Jimmy E. Carter

His hometown is found in southern Georgia.

2. Who was President in 1862?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

His Vice-President at this time was Hannibal Hamlin. In 1865, Hamlin was succeeded by Andrew Johnson from Tennessee.

3. Who was the United States President in 1954?

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower

He was the last Republican president to serve out two complete terms before Ronald Reagan.

4. Who was the President in 1918?

Answer: Wilson

5. He was president in 1947.

Answer: Harry Truman

He was the president who had the final say on whether to drop the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

6. Who was leading the country as president in 1867?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

This president's home state was Tennessee.

7. Who was President of the United States in 1970?

Answer: Richard Nixon

Nixon's middle name was Milhous.

8. Who was president in 1987?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

He lost his party's nomination in 1976, but came back to win the nomination 4 years later.

9. Who was president in 1936?

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

This president was elected to a record number of terms.

10. Who was the U.S. President in the spring of 1974?

Answer: Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford replaced Richard Nixon in August of 1974 after Nixon announced his resignation.

Source: Author mrbondskin

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