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Some Famous Past Americans Trivia Quiz

This is about famous Americans and what they did. I hope you like it!

A multiple-choice quiz by rainbowgirl44. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
rainbowgirl44

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
243,434

Updated
Jun 28 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
4675

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Joepetz (10/10), Guest 174 (9/10), Guest 68 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. I was the 16th president of the United States. I led the Union in the Civil War. Shortly afterwards, I was assassinated. I am ... Hint

Franklin D. Roosevelt

George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

George W. Bush

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Question 2 of 10

2. I initiated the New Deal for the unemployed and the homeless during the Great Depression. I was elected US President for four terms, and was the only one to do so. I am ... Hint

Mark Twain

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Amelia Earhart

Harry S Truman

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Question 3 of 10

3. Samuel Clemens was also known as Mark Twain.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. I was a great inventor. I invented many things we still use today.
Who am I? Hint

James Watt

Herbert Hoover

Edgar Allan Poe

Thomas Edison

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Question 5 of 10

5. I was also an inventor. I invented the telephone. Who am I? Hint

Thomas Edison

John F. Kennedy

Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Graham Bell

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Question 6 of 10

6. I was the 37th president of the United States. I abused my powers, and was the first president to resign. I am ... Hint

Lyndon B. Johnson

John F. Kennedy

Richard Nixon

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Question 7 of 10

7. I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. I helped many slaves to freedom. Who am I? Hint

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Tubman

Abraham Lincoln

Robert E. Lee

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Question 8 of 10

8. I was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Who am I? Hint

Amelia Earhart

Eleanor Roosevelt

Harriet Tubman

Bessie Coleman

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Question 9 of 10

9. I was one of the early leaders for the woman's civil rights movement. Sadly, I died before women's suffrage was granted in the US. I am ... Hint

Ruth May Fox

Amelia Earhart

Lydia Taft

Susan B. Anthony

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Question 10 of 10

10. I was the 3rd President of the United States and initiated the Louisiana Purchase. Who am I? Hint

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I was the 16th president of the United States. I led the Union in the Civil War. Shortly afterwards, I was assassinated. I am ...

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

You know that President Lincoln was a good leader. But I bet you did not know that Lincoln played marbles, and was also a very good boxer.

2. I initiated the New Deal for the unemployed and the homeless during the Great Depression. I was elected US President for four terms, and was the only one to do so. I am ...

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt (also widely known as FDR) founded the March of Dimes. He couldn't walk due to a disease called polio. He also chain-smoked.

3. Samuel Clemens was also known as Mark Twain.

Answer: True

Mark Twain was color-blind, and he wrote - among other famous works - "Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

4. I was a great inventor. I invented many things we still use today. Who am I?

Answer: Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. He also invented the phonograph. His family was originally Dutch. There was also a lightbulb company named after him.

5. I was also an inventor. I invented the telephone. Who am I?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

Though born in Scotland and spending much of his adult life in Canada, Bell was a naturalized American citizen. His wife was deaf, and he greatly helped the deaf and blind. He patented the telephone in 1876.

6. I was the 37th president of the United States. I abused my powers, and was the first president to resign. I am ...

Answer: Richard Nixon

He resigned because of the Watergate Scandal. He visited communist China.

7. I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. I helped many slaves to freedom. Who am I?

Answer: Harriet Tubman

She was born as Araminta Ross, she had sleeping seizures because of a childhood incident, and she was forced to marry John Tubman in 1844.

8. I was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Who am I?

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was married to George Putnam, but was allowed to keep her last name.

9. I was one of the early leaders for the woman's civil rights movement. Sadly, I died before women's suffrage was granted in the US. I am ...

Answer: Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony also was for the temperance movement. In fact, she was known as the "Napoleon of the women's rights movement." She never married.

10. I was the 3rd President of the United States and initiated the Louisiana Purchase. Who am I?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

He enjoyed cold footbaths and had a pet mockingbird. He designed clocks.

Source: Author rainbowgirl44

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