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US Presidents and VPs #2 Trivia Quiz

Odds and ends about U.S. leaders. An interesting quiz!

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

Author
Ft. Brooke

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
91,278

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
819

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Almost everyone loves pets, however one president went to the extreme. He had more pets at the White House then anyone else. He even had a pigmy hippo! Who was this animal lover? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Calvin Coolidge

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

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Question 2 of 10

2. What president had a flock of sheep at the White House? Hint

James Buchanan

James Monroe

Woodrow Wilson

James Madison

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Question 3 of 10

3. What president had mice as his pets? Hint

Andrew Johnson

Millard Fillmore

Martin Van Buren

Harry S. Truman

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Question 4 of 10

4. Whose dog is rumoured to have cost the United States taxpayers eight million dollars? Hint

Teddy Roosevelt

Franklin D Roosevelt

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

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Question 5 of 10

5. JFK is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Who was the first U.S. President buried there? Hint

Woodrow Wilson

Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

William H. Taft

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Question 6 of 10

6. When this small man took off his heavy overcoat, Lincoln said, "That is the smallest nubbin I have ever seen come out of a cornhusk." To whom was Lincoln referring to? Hint

Phillip Sheridan

US Grant

Alexander Stephens

"Little Mac" McCellan

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the only US president to have a confederate flag draped over his coffin? Hint

Tyler

Polk

Taylor

Johnson

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Question 8 of 10

8. Only two US presidents while in office have been given tickets by police. Who were they? Hint

Pierce and McKinley

Pierce and Grant

Pierce and Jackson

Jackson and Hayes

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many direct descendants are alive today from Abraham Lincoln? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which vice-president said, "Being Vice-President is not worth a bucket of warm spit." Hint

LBJ

Sherman

Harry S. Truman

Garner

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Almost everyone loves pets, however one president went to the extreme. He had more pets at the White House then anyone else. He even had a pigmy hippo! Who was this animal lover?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

Silent Cal Coolidge has this distinct honor. Perhaps he liked animals more than people. He had a zoo at the White House, no president past or present has come close to his record.

2. What president had a flock of sheep at the White House?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

As odd as it may sound, Wilson had a flock of sheep at the White House in the 1900s. Some of the wool was used for the war effort during World War I.

3. What president had mice as his pets?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

I may assume that it was against his wifes wishes, however these pets belonged to Andrew Johnson, our 17th president. It is note worthy that Lincoln had the first cat as a pet in the White House. It must have been interesting seeing those two together at the White House.

4. Whose dog is rumoured to have cost the United States taxpayers eight million dollars?

Answer: Franklin D Roosevelt

FDR was very fond of his dog "Fala". The dog would go with him on most trips. The story goes that once while FDR was visiting an island in the Pacific, the dog was left behind. FDR sent a destroyer after his Fala, allegedly at a cost to the government of eight million dollars.

5. JFK is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Who was the first U.S. President buried there?

Answer: William H. Taft

Taft is not too far from JFK in the cemetery.

6. When this small man took off his heavy overcoat, Lincoln said, "That is the smallest nubbin I have ever seen come out of a cornhusk." To whom was Lincoln referring to?

Answer: Alexander Stephens

Lincoln made this remark while meeting the vice-president of the Confederacy during the Hampton Peace Conference in 1865. Stephens weighed all of 90-pounds.

7. Who was the only US president to have a confederate flag draped over his coffin?

Answer: Tyler

In 1862, John Tyler died in Richmond, Va. His views were pro-confederate and a confederate flag covered his coffin.

8. Only two US presidents while in office have been given tickets by police. Who were they?

Answer: Pierce and Grant

Both Pierce and Grant were given tickets for speeding with their horses at Rock Creek Park. Grant insisted that he be given his ticket saying he was guilty. Pierce however had just come to Washington as president and was taken to the station. It was there people from the White House would come and verify his idenity.

9. How many direct descendants are alive today from Abraham Lincoln?

Answer: 0

On December 24, 1985, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith died. He was the last living descendant of Lincoln. Beckwith was Lincoln's great grandson.

10. Which vice-president said, "Being Vice-President is not worth a bucket of warm spit."

Answer: Garner

This was the advice that Garner told LBJ. JFK visited Garner in Texas to wish him a happy birthday. Garner told JFK that he liked him and wished that he would be president a long time. Later that day JFK was shot! I hope you have enjoyed the quiz please rate this quiz so I can get some feedback--good or bad are fine.

Source: Author Ft. Brooke

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