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Interesting Presidential Facts

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1. How many colleges are named for George Washington?
    15
    4
    3
    9


2. Who was the first President inaugurated in Washington D. C.?
    Thomas Jefferson
    James Madison
    John Adams
    James Monroe


3. How tall was James Madison?
    5'6'
    5'4'
    6'1'
    5'2'


4. What day and year did John Adams die?
    July 4th, 1826
    July 4th, 1821
    July 4th, 1827
    July 4th, 1829


5. Who was president when the White House was painted white?
    Thomas Jefferson
    James Madison
    James Monroe
    Andrew Jackson


6. Who was famous for his swims in the nude?
    John Adams
    Grover Cleveland
    Zachary Taylor
    John Quincy Adams


7. Who was the only President to serve during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812?
    Andrew Jackson
    Thomas Jefferson
    John Adams
    James Madison


8. Who was the first President born a U. S. citizen?
    William Henry Harrison
    James Tyler
    Martin Van Buren
    Andrew Jackson


9. How long did William Henry Harrison serve as President?
    2 months
    1 month
    8 months
    1 week


10. What was John Tyler doing when he found out he was President?
    Eating
    In Church
    Sleeping
    Playing Marbles


11. Who was President when the gaslight came to the White House?
    Millard Fillmore
    Zachary Taylor
    John Tyler
    James K. Polk


12. How old was Zachary Taylor when he voted for the first time?
    51 years
    62 years
    18 years
    20 years


13. What President fought the fire at the Library of Congress?
    Franklin Pierce
    Thomas Jefferson
    James Madison
    Millard Fillmore


14. Whose presidency saw the song 'Jingle Bells' sung for the first time?
    Abraham Lincoln
    Thomas Jefferson
    James Monroe
    James Buchanan


15. Who had the first White House Easter Egg Hunt?
    James Monroe
    Abraham Lincoln
    James Polk
    Rutherford B. Hayes


16. Who was the first left-handed President?
    James Monroe
    James Garfield
    James Polk
    Abraham Lincoln


17. Who was the first President to ride in an automobile?
    WIlliam McKinley
    Theodore Roosevelt
    James Polk
    Benjamin Harrison


18. Who did not want the person who shot him to be hurt?
    Gerald Ford
    Ronald Reagan
    Abraham Lincoln
    William McKinley


19. How much did William Howard Taft weigh, on average, during his Presidency?
    250 pounds
    500 pounds
    350 pounds
    300 pounds


20. Who is the only President buried in Washington D.C.?
    Thomas Woodrow Wilson
    James Monroe
    William McKinley
    James Madison


21. What was special about Charlie Curtis, Herbert Hoover's vice-president?
    He was the first non-white vice president
    He was a boxing champion
    He was legally blind
    He was deaf


22. Where were the Truman families clothes sent to be washed?
    Independence, Missouri
    New York City, New York
    Washington, D.C.
    St. Louis, Missouri


23. What did Dwight David Eisenhower like to eat and watch?
    Prunes and Comedies
    TV dinners and Hash
    Spaghetti and Mysteries
    TV dinners and Westerns


24. Who was the only President sworn in by a woman?
    Answer: (Think 60's - Full Name (First, Middle, and Last))


25. Who is the only President who commanded a submarine?
    Ronald Reagan
    John F. Kennedy
    Jimmy Carter
    Gerald Ford


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