Presidential Trivia Quiz: American Presidents | 15 Questions

Answer: James

There have been x6 James, x4 John, x4 William, and x3 George.

Answer: James Carter

James Earl Carter was better known as Jimmy Carter.

Answer: Clinton

Ford was born Leslie King, Jr. Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III. Eisenhower was born David Dwight Eisenhower, but it was soon changed to Dwight David Eisenhower. Wilson was born Thomas Woodrow Wilson, but dropped the Thomas later so that his full name was simply Woodrow Wilson.

President Grant, a 19th century president, was born Hiram Ulysses Grant. However, when Grant was 17, Congressman Hamer nominated him to West Point. He mistakenly wrote down Grant's name as "Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio", and this became his adopted name. His nickname became "Sam" among colleagues at West Point, since the initials "U.S." also stood for "Uncle Sam", a personification that represented the United States in political cartoons from the early 19th century to today.

Coolidge was born John Calvin Coolidge, but was called 'Calvin' from childhood.

Answer: Andrew and Lyndon Johnson

The Harrisons were grandfather and grandson, the Adams were father and son, and the Roosevelts are 5th cousins.

Answer: John Tyler

Years after he served as president, he joined the Confederacy and was buried with his casket draped in a Confederate flag.

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower

It was passed in 1951, and was phrased as to not apply to whomever was serving as president when it was ratified. That president was Truman (who decided not to run anyway).

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Bush was the opposite: twice elected VP and once president. Reagan was never VP. Nixon was elected president twice, and had served as VP, but there were 8 years between his presidency and his vice presidency.

Answer: James A. Garfield

Garfield died two months after being shot. Lincoln was the 3rd to die, the 1st assassinated. McKinley was the 3rd assassinated, the 5th to die in office. Harding was 6th to die in office, but he was not assassinated.

Answer: William Howard Taft

After his presidency, Taft served as Professor of Law at Yale until President Harding made him Chief Justice of the United States, a position he held until just before his death in 1930. To Taft, the appointment was his greatest honor -- he wrote: "I don't remember that I ever was President."

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Just had to ask it.

Answer: James Buchanan

Buchanan was engaged at one point, but his fiance committed suicide before they married.

Answer: Gerald Ford

Slightly tricky: none of the choices initially became president by being elected to the post. But Johnson, Truman, and Coolidge were elected to successive terms after their 'accidental' term. Ford was the only one to succeed to the presidency not by the death of his predecessor, but by his (Nixon's) resignation.

Answer: William Harrison

Harrison died about a month after his inauguration. He gave the longest inauguration speech ever, in a cold rain. It is speculated that doing this led to the pneumonia that eventually killed him. Garfield served about half a year before dying from his surgeons attempts to remove a bullet he got on July 2, 1881. Roosevelt died less than 3 months after his inauguration, but it was his 4th, actually making his term as president the longest. McKinley had served one full term before being killed half a year into his second term.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Kennedy was the youngest elected; Roosevelt the youngest to serve.

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild.