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Presidential Birthplaces Trivia Quiz

This could be tricky. I am looking for where the presidents were born, not which state they called home.

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

Author
sharlou

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
6,449

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3338

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 98 (10/10), parrotman2006 (10/10), Guest 24 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first president to be born under the United States flag? Hint

William Henry Harrison

Martin Van Buren

Andrew Jackson

John Tyler

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Question 2 of 10

2. Up to and including the 44th President (Barack Obama), which US state could claim to be the birthplace of the most presidents? Hint

Virginia

Ohio

New York

Massachusetts

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which of the following states was Harry Truman born? Hint

Missouri

Nebraska

Kansas

Illinois

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which president was born in New Jersey? Hint

George Bush

Grover Cleveland

Martin Van Buren

Calvin Coolidge

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the only president to be born in Illinois? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Ronald Reagan

Herbert Hoover

Chester A. Arthur

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these presidents was born in Kentucky? Hint

Ronald Reagan

Chester A. Arthur

Abraham Lincoln

Herbert Hoover

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following presidents was born in Nebraska? Hint

Dwight Eisenhower

Gerald Ford

Zachary Taylor

Herbert Hoover

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following was not born in Virginia? Hint

Andrew Johnson

John Tyler

William H. Harrison

Woodrow Wilson

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was born in Pennsylvania? Hint

Dwight Eisenhower

James Buchanan

John Tyler

George Washington

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which president was born in Arkansas? Hint

Bill Clinton

Millard Fillmore

Thomas Jefferson

Gerald Ford

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first president to be born under the United States flag?

Answer: Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren was born in 1782. The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.

2. Up to and including the 44th President (Barack Obama), which US state could claim to be the birthplace of the most presidents?

Answer: Virginia

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson were all born in Virginia - eight in total.

Ohio comes second, with seven - Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren G. Harding. Ohio sometimes claims Harrison as one of their presidents, since he later settled there, but he was clearly born in Virginia.

3. In which of the following states was Harry Truman born?

Answer: Missouri

4. Which president was born in New Jersey?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House.

5. Who was the only president to be born in Illinois?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

6. Which of these presidents was born in Kentucky?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Jefferson Davis was also born in Kentucky. He was an American president, Confederate, not Union. Thanks to gjohnson for this information.

7. Which of the following presidents was born in Nebraska?

Answer: Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford succeeded the first president ever to resign.

8. Which of the following was not born in Virginia?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.

9. Who was born in Pennsylvania?

Answer: James Buchanan

James Buchanan was the only president who never married.

10. Which president was born in Arkansas?

Answer: Bill Clinton

Source: Author sharlou

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