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Quiz about Baseball and the Presidents II

Baseball and the Presidents II Quiz

I hope you will enjoy a quiz that ties my two favorite subjects together. It may be hard but I hope that, at a minimum, you have fun learning.

A multiple-choice quiz by saint12. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
saint12

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
80,099

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1638

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first President to 1st own a professional baseball team? Hint

Warren Harding

George W. Bush

Herbert Hoover

John Kennedy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the 1st President to dedicate a Major League ballpark? Hint

Dwight Eisenhower

George Herbert Walker Bush

Gerald Ford

Lyndon Johnson

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the 1st President to invite a team to the White House? Hint

Ulysses Grant

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Jackson

Dwight Eisenhower

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first President of the United States to be invited to throw out a first ball? Hint

William McKinley

Grover Cleveland

Theodore Roosevelt

William Taft

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which former President threw out a first ball at the age of 86? Hint

Herbert Hoover

Ronald Reagan

Harry Truman

George Herbert Walker Bush

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who played freshman baseball at Davidson College at the age of 16? Hint

Jimmy Carter

Woodrow Wilson

Gerald Ford

Herbert Hoover

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was Captain of the Yale Varsity Team? Hint

Theodore Roosevelt

John Kennedy

William Taft

George Bush

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Question 8 of 10

8. A Major League Stadium was named for his brother. Hint

George W. Bush

Grover Cleveland

John Kennedy

Creighton Jacobs

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who called Baseball a 'Mollycoddle' game? Hint

James Garfield

Harry Truman

Ronald Reagan

Theodore Roosevelt

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who said: 'If I didn't have to hobble up all those steps in front of all those people, I'd be out at the park every day.' ? Hint

Gerald Ford

Benjamin Harrison

Richard Nixon

Franklin Roosevelt

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first President to 1st own a professional baseball team?

Answer: Warren Harding

He was part owner of a minor league team from Marion, Ohio.

2. Who was the 1st President to dedicate a Major League ballpark?

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

He dedicated the Astrodome in 1965.

3. Who was the 1st President to invite a team to the White House?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

He also gave Government Employees time off to watch games.

4. Who was the first President of the United States to be invited to throw out a first ball?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Cleveland was invited by baseball to help boost the game. However, Cleveland would not attend because he felt the American people would see him as wasting his time in office.

5. Which former President threw out a first ball at the age of 86?

Answer: Herbert Hoover

On August 13th, 1960 at Yankee Stadium.

6. Who played freshman baseball at Davidson College at the age of 16?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

The only year he attended Davidson prior to transferring to Princeton.

7. Who was Captain of the Yale Varsity Team?

Answer: George Bush

He played first base.

8. A Major League Stadium was named for his brother.

Answer: John Kennedy

RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. was once the home field of the Senators. No President has had a stadium named for them. I've never heard of Creighton Jacobs.

9. Who called Baseball a 'Mollycoddle' game?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Not violent enough for him. Too bad he never got to see Bob Gibson pitch to someone who previously homered off of him.

10. Who said: 'If I didn't have to hobble up all those steps in front of all those people, I'd be out at the park every day.' ?

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

There was no A.D.A. at the time.

Source: Author saint12

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