U.S. Presidential History #1

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which President also served as Speaker of the House? James K. Polk Andrew Johnson Gerald Ford John Quincy Adams

2. Which President served in the U.S. Senate after his Presidency? James K. Polk Andrew Johnson John Tyler Martin Van Buren

3. Which President also served in the Confederate Congress? John Tyler Zachary Taylor Andrew Johnson Rutherford B. Hayes

4. Which President had the only foreign-born wife? Chester A. Arthur Calvin Coolidge John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt

5. How many Presidents regularly wore beards while serving as President? 5 6 4 3

6. Which President had the shortest inaugural address? Herbert Hoover Zachary Taylor George Washington Andrew Johnson

7. Which President was a classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? Franklin Pierce Martin Van Buren Millard Fillmore James Buchanan

8. Which President served in the House of Representatives after his Presidency? John Tyler John Quincy Adams William Howard Taft Millard Fillmore

9. Which President's wife was the first first lady to graduate from college? William McKinley Chester A. Arthur Rutherford B. Hayes William Howard Taft

10. Who was the first President born in the 20th century (Hint: in order of birth, not in order of attaining the presidency)? Dwight D. Eisenhower Lyndon B. Johnson Harry S Truman John F. Kennedy

11. Who was the only President born on July 4? Lyndon Johnson James Garfield Herbert Hoover Calvin Coolidge

12. Who was the first President to receive a Nobel Prize? William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt Jimmy Carter

13. Who was the first President to have a child born in the White House? Grover Cleveland John Tyler Theodore Roosevelt John F. Kennedy

14. How many Presidents were elected to office immediately after serving as Vice-President (not counting the possibility of Al Gore)? 2 4 3 5

15. Who was the first President born west of the Mississippi River? Herbert Hoover William Howard Taft Warren G. Harding William McKinley