American Presidents

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What first name has been most common among presidents? John George William James

2. Which president was the sixth to be named James? Answer: ( One Word ... surname only)

3. Name one of four 20th Century presidents who had a different name as adult than the one they were born with. (NB - surname ONLY) Answer: ( One Word .. surname only)

4. There have been 5 pairs of presidents with the same last name. Which two were not related? William and Benjamin Harrison Andrew and Lyndon Johnson John and John Quincy Adams Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt

5. Which president was not given a state funeral, but was buried with a Confederate flag draped on his coffin? Andrew Jackson John Tyler James Buchanan Millard Fillmore

6. Who was the first president who was subject to the term limitations of the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution (maximum of two terms)? John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Harry S Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower

7. Who was the only president to be elected to the presidency twice immediately after serving as vice president? George Bush Thomas Jefferson Ronald Reagan Richard Nixon

8. Who was the second president to be assassinated? Warren Harding Abraham Lincoln James A. Garfield William McKinley

9. What US president returned to public service as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Harry S Truman Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Benjamin Harrison

10. What president served two non-consecutive terms? Answer: (Two Words)

11. Who was the only president never to marry? John Tyler James Buchanan Martin Van Buren Warren Harding

12. What president was never elected to the post? Lyndon Johnson Calvin Coolidge Harry S Truman Gerald Ford

13. Who had the shortest term as president? James Garfield William Harrison Franklin Roosevelt William McKinley

14. Who was the youngest man to serve as president? Thomas Jefferson John F. Kennedy Theodore Roosevelt Bill Clinton

15. What president was once president of a labor union? Lyndon Johnson Warren Harding Harry S Truman Ronald Reagan