Obama... Not That Different Quiz / Test | U.S. Presidents

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1. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, graduated from Harvard Law School?

Answer: Rutherford B Hayes

Hayes is the only Harvard Law graduate, graduating in January 1845. The degree served him as well, as a Congressman and Governor of Ohio before he went to the White House. Clinton and Ford both attended Yale Law School. FDR did his undergraduate work at Harvard, but attended Columbia Law School.
Obama was an outstanding student at Harvard, and named editor of the Law Review.

2. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, practiced law in the state of Illinois?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln practiced law in Springfield, in an office directly across from the State Capitol building. Lincoln was quite successful as an attorney, serving in the State legislature (1834-42) and US Congress (1847-49). Like Obama, Lincoln questioned the legitimacy of a war started under questionable circumstances.
Grant lived in Illinois, but was not an attorney. Harrison was a lawyer, but practiced in Indiana. Ford was an attorney in Michigan. Much of Obama's legal work in the 1990s was for non-profit organizations; he also taught Constitutional Law.

3. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, was a sitting senator when elected president?

Answer: Warren G Harding

Obama was the third sitting Senator to become president, after Harding and Kennedy. Truman, Johnson and Nixon all served in the Senate, but all left to become Vice President. Harding was from Ohio, Kennedy was from Massachusetts.
Obama was elected to the Senate from Illinois in 2004; when he left, his replacement was Roland Burris.

4. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, was 47 years old when elected president?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Cleveland, born March 18, 1837, was 47 the first time he became president. Pierce was 48 years old, Grant and Clinton were both 46.
Obama was born August 4, 1961.

5. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, had two daughters?

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and George W Bush are three recent presidents who had two daughters. Johnson's daughters were named Lynda Bird and Luci Baines. Truman had one daughter, Margaret. FDR had one daughter, Anna. Eisenhower had one son reach adulthood, John. Barack and Michelle Obama's daughters are named Malia and Sasha.

6. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, had a wife who was an attorney?

Answer: Bill Clinton

Hillary Clinton, former First Lady and Secretary of State in the Obama Administration, is one of the most talented attorneys in the United States. Jackie Kennedy was a journalist before she got married. Both Jane Wyman (Reagan's first wife) and Nancy Reagan were actresses. Laura Bush was a librarian/teacher when she met George W.

7. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, served in the state legislature?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Obama served in the Illinois State Senate. Roosevelt served briefly in the New York State Senate in the 1880s. Cleveland held many posts in New York, but was never in the legislature. Taft spent much of his career as a judge, never running for office before president. Truman never served in the Missouri state legislature.

8. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, ran for the House of Representatives and lost?

Answer: George W Bush

Obama ran for the House in 2002, losing in the primary to Bobby Rush. Bush ran for the House in 1978 in Texas, losing to Democrat Kent Hance. Bill Clinton also ran for the House and lost, in 1974 to Republican John Paul Hammerschmidt. George HW Bush ran for the Senate in 1970 and lost to Democrat Lloyd Bentsen. Gerald Ford was a member of the House for 24 years and never lost. Reagan never ran for Congress.

9. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, had a vice president 18 years older than himself?

Answer: Franklin Pierce

Buchanan's vice president, William Rufus DeVane King, was sworn into office in Cuba, the first nationally-elected official to be sworn in on foreign soil. He died a few weeks into his term at his home in Alabama, never having gone to Washington.
Roosevelt's first VP, John Nance Garner, was 14 years older. Charles Curtis, Hoover's VP, was also 14 years older. Dick Cheney (born 1941) is only 5 years older than George W Bush.

10. Which of these presidents, like Barack Obama, gave his acceptance speech for president in a football stadium?

Answer: George HW Bush

Obama was nominated at Invesco Field (aka Mile High Stadium) in Denver on August 28, 2008.
George H.W. Bush had both of his conventions at football stadiums: The Louisiana Superdome in 1988 and the Astrodome in 1992.
FDR was nominated for his first, third and fourth terms (1932, 1940 and 1944) at Chicago Stadium, home to the Blackhawks and Bulls. Clinton was nominated for his first term at Madison Square Garden in 1992, second term at the United Center in Chicago in 1996 (both basketball/hockey arenas).
Reagan held his conventions at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit (1980) and Reunion Arena in Dallas (1984), both hockey stadiums.

Source: Author parrotman2006

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Obama... Not That Different Trivia Quiz

While much has been made of the differences President Barack Obama has with his predecessors, there are also some remarkable similarities. I will list a fact about Obama - find the former president it matches.

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