FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about Do You Know Which President I Am
Quiz about Do You Know Which President I Am

Do You Know Which President I Am? Quiz


Here are some facts about American presidents that caught my attention. It is a matching quiz. Try to link each fact to a president.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author finlady

A matching quiz by masfon. Estimated time: 3 mins.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. World Trivia
  6. »
  7. U.S. Government
  8. »
  9. Presidential Trivia

Author
masfon
Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
36,079
Updated
May 16 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
1160
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 47 (3/10), Guest 72 (10/10), Guest 24 (4/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. I was the only president unanimously elected   
  Theodore Roosevelt
2. I had a nuclear-powered submarine named after me in 2004  
  Grover Cleveland
3. I was the first US president to be born an American citizen and my first language was not English  
  John F. Kennedy
4. Before I was president, I paid for someone to go in my place when I was called up to fight in the Civil War  
  George Washington
5. At the time of my election as president in 1961, I was the youngest person to be elected to that office  
  Grover Cleveland
6. I was the first US president to die of natural causes while in office  
  James Buchanan
7. I was the first American president to serve two non-consecutive terms, and the first to hold a wedding party at the White House  
  Martin Van Buren
8. In 1901 I became the youngest person at the time to take on the office of president  
  William Henry Harrison
9. I was the first US president to remain unmarried  
  William Jefferson Clinton
10. My wife was the first former first lady to run for president  
  Jimmy Carter





Select each answer

1. I was the only president unanimously elected
2. I had a nuclear-powered submarine named after me in 2004
3. I was the first US president to be born an American citizen and my first language was not English
4. Before I was president, I paid for someone to go in my place when I was called up to fight in the Civil War
5. At the time of my election as president in 1961, I was the youngest person to be elected to that office
6. I was the first US president to die of natural causes while in office
7. I was the first American president to serve two non-consecutive terms, and the first to hold a wedding party at the White House
8. In 1901 I became the youngest person at the time to take on the office of president
9. I was the first US president to remain unmarried
10. My wife was the first former first lady to run for president

Most Recent Scores
Mar 27 2024 : Guest 47: 3/10
Mar 26 2024 : Guest 72: 10/10
Mar 24 2024 : Guest 24: 4/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 99: 4/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 67: 8/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 172: 10/10
Mar 21 2024 : Dreessen: 10/10
Mar 18 2024 : Guest 76: 10/10
Mar 18 2024 : Guest 24: 10/10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. I was the only president unanimously elected

Answer: George Washington

George Washington (1732-1799) was born in the British colony of Virginia. By the late 1760s, Washington, as he was a rural producer, felt very much the burden of taxes that the colonists had to pay to the British Crown, understanding that the best would be their independence. In 1774, Washington served as a delegate to the First Continental Congress and when the American Revolutionary War began, he was named Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.

George Washington participated in drafting the new constitution and in the first presidential election, held in 1789, he was unanimously elected. After two terms as president (1789-1797), George Washington finally retired from public life and returned to live in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
2. I had a nuclear-powered submarine named after me in 2004

Answer: Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr., known as Jimmy Carter (1924 -) was born in Plains, Georgia, in a hospital where his mother was a nurse making him the first president to be born in a hospital. Carter always dreamed of attending the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was admitted in 1943. In 1948, Carter began officer training for submarine duty and served aboard the USS Pomfret. In 1951 he was assigned to the diesel USS K-1, where he was qualified to command and serve in several positions. The following year he worked on the first nuclear submarine program.

With the death of his father, Carter ended his military career and returned to Georgia to take care of family matters. In 1963, he began his political career. He was governor of Georgia (1971-1975) and the 39th president of the United States (1977-1981). Throughout his life, Carter received many honors, but one particularly special. The SSN-23, the third and final Seawolf-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine in the U.S. Navy, was named USS Jimmy Carter, and launched in May 2004. Jimmy Carter is the first president to be certified in submarines.
3. I was the first US president to be born an American citizen and my first language was not English

Answer: Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was the eighth American president. However, he was the first president born an American citizen. The seven presidents who preceded him (George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Jr., James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson) and the president who succeeded him (William Henry Harrison) were born in the British Colonies, they were born before July 4th, 1776, the United States Independence.

Martin Van Buren was born Maarten van Buren, in Kinderhook, NY, a town of Dutch settlers. His parents were of Dutch descent and he was raised speaking primarily Dutch and learned English while attending school. He is the only American president whose first language was not English.
4. Before I was president, I paid for someone to go in my place when I was called up to fight in the Civil War

Answer: Grover Cleveland

When Stephen Grove Cleveland (1837-1908) was 26 years old he was assigned as assistant district attorney of Erie County. In the same year, the American Congress passed the Conscription Act of 1863, requiring able-bodied men to serve the army if called upon; but by law the summoned person was allowed to send a substitute. Cleveland decided not to go to war and paid $150 to George Benninsky, a Polish immigrant, to serve in his place. George Benninsky survived the war.
5. At the time of my election as president in 1961, I was the youngest person to be elected to that office

Answer: John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 -1963), sometimes called JFK, was the second of nine children of the couple Joseph and Rose Kennedy, a very rich Catholic family. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 and was discharged in 1945. He planned to pursue an academic or journalistic career, but his father's plans differed. He hoped that Joe, the eldest son, would pursue a political career, but Joe was killed in the war. So all of Joseph's expectations became about his son John.

John Kennedy did not let the family down: He never lost an election. He began his political career in 1947 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, senator, and then elected 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest person elected to office. He was inaugurated at age 43 and 65 days. On November 22, 1963, a few days after his thousandth day in office, JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was the first Catholic president.
6. I was the first US president to die of natural causes while in office

Answer: William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison (1773-1842) was a military officer and politician. He was born into a politically prominent family, enlisted in the army at age 18, and participated in numerous military campaigns including the War of 1812. As a politician, he served in the US House and Senate.

In 1840, William Harrison was elected to serve as the 9th president of the U.S. He took office on March 4, 1841, in a cold and wet day. He arrived on horseback to the ceremony, without hat or overcoat and delivered the longest inaugural address in American history, which took nearly two hours to read. On March 24, 1841, the president again came out without proper clothes in the cold and rain. On March 26, Harrison became ill with cold-like symptoms and died on April 4, just 31 days after the inauguration. He was the first U.S president to die in office of natural cause, who was in office the shortest time, and who gave the longest speech.
7. I was the first American president to serve two non-consecutive terms, and the first to hold a wedding party at the White House

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Although Grover Cleveland won the popular vote for three presidential elections-in 1884, 1888, and 1892, he was defeated by Benjamin Harrison in the electoral college in 1888. Grover Cleveland was President from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. He was the first, and until 2022, the only president to have two non-consecutive terms.

Until 2021, only three American Presidents John Tyler, Woodrow Wilson, and Grover Cleveland got married while serving but only Grover Cleveland's wedding ceremony took place at the White House. He married Frances Folsom, who was 28 years his junior and became the youngest First Lady in American history.
8. In 1901 I became the youngest person at the time to take on the office of president

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858-1919), known as Teddy Roosevelt or T.R, was a politician, naturalist, historian, and writer. He held various positions in public administration. He was the 33rd Governor of the State of New York, the 25th Vice President, and the 26th President of the United States.

In 1900, Theodore Roosevelt was selected as the running mate in William McKinley's re-election campaign. The inauguration took place on March 4, 1901. Six months and 10 days into the second term, 8 days after being shot, President McKinley passed away. On September 14 1901, Roosevelt, aged 42 years and 88 days, was inaugurated. Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution states that: "In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President..." The article did not state that the vice president would BECOME the President. It was not until the Twenty-Fifth Amendment has passed in 1967 that the vice president technically BECAME the president.

Theodore Roosevelt ran for and won the presidential election in 1904, becoming the 26th American president.
9. I was the first US president to remain unmarried

Answer: James Buchanan

James Buchanan (1791-1868), was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He studied at Dickson College in Pennsylvania and later graduated in law. After graduating, he was successful in law practice and his gift as a public speaker eventually led him to politics. He was Secretary of State, Representative of Pennsylvania in both houses of the US Congress, and US Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Russia. In 1856, Buchanan ran for and won the presidential election, becoming the 15th American president.

When James Buchanan was 28 years old, he became engaged to Anne C. Coleman, the daughter of a prestigious Pennsylvania family. But he broke up the engagement for reasons not explained and shortly afterward the young Coleman died. Buchanan never married and until 2022 remains the only bachelor president.
10. My wife was the first former first lady to run for president

Answer: William Jefferson Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton known as Bill Clinton (1946 -) was governor of the state of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992. He won the presidential elections held in 1992, as a candidate for the Democratic Party, becoming the 42nd American president, serving two terms from 1993 to 2001. He was the first baby-boomer generation president.

He married Hillary Rodham in 1975, a fellow Yale Law Graduate, who played a very active role in his career. After leaving her role as First Lady, Hilary was elected US Senator for New York (2001-2009). She first ran for president in 2008, but lost the Democratic primary to Barack Obama. From 2009 to 2013, during President Obama's administration, she held the position of Secretary of State. In April 2015, she formally announced her candidacy for the presidency in the 2016 election. Although she received the most votes overall, she was beaten to the presidency by Donald Trump, who won most votes in the electoral college.
Source: Author masfon

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor stedman before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
Related Quizzes
This quiz is part of series Masfon's Mixed Up Quizzes 10:

A selection of mixed up quizzes from various categories. I hope you have fun playing it

  1. Do You Know Which President I Am? Very Easy
  2. My Old Name, and My New Name! Very Easy
  3. Find Me in South America Easier
  4. What's up in this Quiz? 3 Average
  5. Songs From Movies Average
  6. CODA Easier

Also part of quiz list
3/28/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us