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U.S. Presidents in Film and TV

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Introduction:
"U.S. Presidents have been portrayed for years on TV and film. Some well, some not so well. This quiz looks at some previous U.S. Presidents and who have portrayed them in film and TV."


1. Which actor played George Washington in two CBS TV mini-series in 1984 and 1986?
    Jeff Daniels
    Barry Bostwick
    Brian Dennehy
    Peter Graves


2. Which actor portrayed John Adams in the PBS mini-series "The Adams Chronicles" in 1976?
    William Daniels
    Pat Hingle
    Hal Halbrook
    George Grizzard


3. Which actor portrayed Thomas Jefferson in the 1995 movie "Jefferson in Paris"?
    Ken Howard
    Peter Coyote
    Charlton Heston
    Nick Nolte


4. "Magnificent Doll" is a movie made in 1946 that starred Ginger Rogers as Dolly Madison. Who portrayed James Madison in the movie?
    Burgess Meredith
    Howard Keel
    James Cagney
    Fred Astaire


5. Charlton Heston has portrayed Andrew Jackson twice in the movies. The first was 1953's "The President's Lady". Who portrayed his wife Rachel in this movie?
    Joan Crawford
    Rosalind Russell
    Susan Hayward
    Bette Davis


6. Many actors have portrayed Abraham Lincoln over the years but which actor portrayed him in the 1972 TV movie, "The Great Man's Whiskers"?
    Gregory Peck
    Jason Robards
    Sam Waterson
    Dennis Weaver


7. What actor portrayed Andrew Johnson in the 1943 film, "Tennessee Johnson"?
    Lionel Barrymore
    George Raft
    Gig Young
    Van Heflin


8. Which actor portrayed Ulysses S. Grant in the 1962 epic "How the West Was Won"?
    John Wayne
    Lee J. Cobb
    Eli Wallach
    Harry Morgan


9. Which actor portrays Grover Cleveland in the 1976 Robert Altman film "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson"?
    Robert Morley
    Victor Buono
    Pat McCormick
    James Coco


10. Which actor portrayed William McKinley in the 1997 TV mini-series "The Rough Riders"?
    Gary Busey
    Brian Keith
    George Hamilton
    Charlton Heston


11. Which actor narrated the ABC documentary called "The Indomitable Theodore Roosevelt"?
    Richard Dreyfus
    George C. Scott
    Gregory Peck
    Alan Alda


12. Which actor starred as Woodrow Wilson in the 1944 film "Wilson"?
    Cedric Hardwicke
    Alexander Knox
    Vincent Price
    Thomas Mitchell


13. Which actor portrayed Warren Harding in the 1979 TV mini-series "Backstairs at the White House"?
    George Kennedy
    John Anderson
    Robert Vaughn
    Andrew Duggan


14. Which actor portrayed Franklin Roosevelt in the 1976 mini-series "Eleanor and Franklin"?
    Bob Gunton
    Howard De Silva
    Edward Herrmann
    Ralph Bellamy


15. Which actor was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Harry Truman?
    Gary Sinise
    E.G. Marshall
    James Whitmore
    Barry Morse


16. Do we ever see Dwight Eisenhower in the movie "Patton"?
    Yes
    No


17. Which actor portrayed Robert Kennedy in the TV movie "The Missiles of October" in 1974 and then portrayed John F. Kennedy in the mini-series "Kennedy" in 1983?
    Martin Sheen
    William Devane
    James Franciscus
    Cliff Robertson


18. Which actor played Lyndon Johnson in the 1983 movie "The Right Stuff"?
    Andrew Duggan
    Donald Moffat
    Barry Corbin
    James Cromwell


19. Which actor portrayed Richard Nixon in the 1979 mini-series "Blind Ambition"?
    Dan Hedaya
    Rip Torn
    Lane Smith
    Beau Bridges


20. Which actor portrayed Ronald Reagan in the Showtime movie "The Day Reagan Was Shot"?
    James Brolin
    Richard Crenna
    Bryan Clark
    Jay Koch


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