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Facts About US Presidents Trivia Quiz

Here are some interesting tidbits about our presidents. See how many you can get right. All of these answers have been verified through World Book Encyclopedia as of the year 2000. Good luck!

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

Author
msgene

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
4,461

Updated
Sep 19 23

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the only president to occupy the White House as a bachelor for his entire term? Hint

Chester Arthur

James Buchanan

Franklin Pierce

Grover Cleveland

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which president was the oldest person elected president in the twentieth century? Hint

George Washington

Woodrow Wilson

James Madison

Ronald Reagan

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these presidents was related to another? Hint

John Adams and John Quincy Adams

all of these

Benjamin Harrison and William H. Harrison

Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which president was the youngest person to become president? (Be careful with this one!)? Hint

Calvin Coolidge

Bill Clinton

Theodore Roosevelt

John F. Kennedy

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which president served the shortest time in office? Hint

William McKinley

Andrew Johnson

William H. Harrison

James Buchanan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which president served the longest amount of time? Hint

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ronald Reagan

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these US presidents was the only to serve two non-consecutive terms? Hint

Ulysses Grant

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Grover Cleveland

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the only president to have been impeached and forced to leave office? Hint

Andrew Johnson

Richard Nixon

Bill Clinton

none - this never happened

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many presidents were assassinated in office? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the first president to appear on television? Hint

John F. Kennedy

Harry Truman

Dwight Eisenhower

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the only president to occupy the White House as a bachelor for his entire term?

Answer: James Buchanan

2. Which president was the oldest person elected president in the twentieth century?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was 69 years old when elected. He held the record until 2017, when Donald Trump became president at the age of 70.

3. Which of these presidents was related to another?

Answer: all of these

John Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams. Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of William H. Harrison and the Roosevelts were cousins.

4. Which president was the youngest person to become president? (Be careful with this one!)?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt was the youngest to BECOME president - he took over the office at the age of 42 upon the assassination of William McKinley. Kennedy was the youngest person ELECTED president at the age of 43.

5. Which president served the shortest time in office?

Answer: William H. Harrison

Williams H. Harrison served only one month before dying in office in April, 1841.

6. Which president served the longest amount of time?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR served from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was one of the most beloved presidents and the only one to serve 3 full terms (Reagan probably would have been elected to a third term except that now the law limits the president's consecutive terms to two.)

7. Which of these US presidents was the only to serve two non-consecutive terms?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Cleveland served one term, was beat out by Benjamin Harrison and at the end of Harrison's term was elected again for another 4 years.

8. Who was the only president to have been impeached and forced to leave office?

Answer: none - this never happened

Contrary to popular belief, Andrew Johnson, although impeached by the house, the articles of impeachment were not passed by the Senate and he finished his term in office. Richard Nixon chose to resign before he could be impeached. Bill Clinton was impeached, though not convicted.

9. How many presidents were assassinated in office?

Answer: 4

2 in the 19th century - Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield and 2 in the 20th century - William McKinley and John F. Kennedy. Ford had a gun pointed at him by two different people and Reagan was shot by John Hinkley but as we know, these presidents both survived.

10. Who was the first president to appear on television?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to appear on television in 1939, although not many people saw this as most did not own television sets at this time.

Source: Author msgene

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