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Quiz about Presidential Trivial Facts
Quiz about Presidential Trivial Facts

Presidential Trivial Facts Trivia Quiz

Here is a quiz on unique and (sometimes) unusual facts and figures on the U.S. presidents, through George W. Bush. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by robmeister. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
robmeister
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
73,032
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
10 / 20
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1373
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Question 1 of 20
1. What is the most common presidential first name? Hint


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Question 2 of 20
2. Which of the following surnames has not appeared more than once on the list of Presidents? Hint


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Question 3 of 20
3. Which of these American presidents was born first in the 20th century? Hint


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Question 4 of 20
4. Which President was born on July 4th? Hint


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Question 5 of 20
5. Which U.S. President was the first one born? Hint


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Question 6 of 20
6. Which two Presidents died on exactly the same day? Hint


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Question 7 of 20
7. William Henry Harrison held the office of President for the shortest amount of time. How long was he in office? Hint


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Question 8 of 20
8. Ronald Reagan was born in California.


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Question 9 of 20
9. If you were to arrange these presidential birthdays in order of appearance on the calendar, which would be listed first? Hint


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Question 10 of 20
10. By arranging these presidential birthdays on the calendar, which would be listed last? Hint


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Question 11 of 20
11. Which U.S. President was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.?

Answer: (One Word - Last name only)

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Question 12 of 20
12. At least one President was born during the U.S. Civil War.


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Question 13 of 20
13. Which of these U.S. Presidents was the last to be born in the 18th Century? Hint


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Question 14 of 20
14. Two or more Presidents share the same birthday.


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Question 15 of 20
15. Why did Harry S Truman not have a full middle name? Hint


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Question 16 of 20
16. Excluding those who died in office, which of these presidents died the soonest after leaving the White House? Hint


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Question 17 of 20
17. In which month were the most Presidents born? Hint


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Question 18 of 20
18. In which month did the most Presidents die? Hint


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Question 19 of 20
19. JFK was the _____ president to die while in office? Hint


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Question 20 of 20
20. George Bush was the _____ vice-president to become president? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the most common presidential first name?

Answer: James

 The six presidents named James were Madison, Monroe, Buchanan, Polk, Garfield, and Carter.
2. Which of the following surnames has not appeared more than once on the list of Presidents?

Answer: Taylor

 The only Taylor was Zachary Taylor. Even though Grover Cleveland was the only Cleveland, he was also the only U.S. President to serve two separate terms (1885-89 and 1893-97). As a result, he was the 22nd and 24th Presidents, and he appears twice on the list of Presidents.
3. Which of these American presidents was born first in the 20th century?

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson

 LBJ was born August 27, 1908. Of the other presidents, Reagan was born in 1911, and Ford was born in 1913. John F. Kennedy was born in 1917.
4. Which President was born on July 4th?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

 Ford (July 14th), G.W. Bush (July 6th) and J.Q. Adams (July 11th) were all born in July, but "Silent" Cal Coolidge has the honor of being the only U.S. President born on Independence Day.
5. Which U.S. President was the first one born?

Answer: George Washington

 It stands to reason that the Father of Our Country was the first-born President. Washington was born Febraury 22, 1732. John Adams was born in 1735, Jefferson in 1743, and Madison in 1751.
6. Which two Presidents died on exactly the same day?

Answer: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, ironically on the anniversary of the country they had founded! Adams outlived Jefferson by mere hours and, until Reagan, he was the longest-lived U.S. President (90 years, 270 days).
7. William Henry Harrison held the office of President for the shortest amount of time. How long was he in office?

Answer: 31 days

 W.H. Harrison died from pneumonia on April 4, 1841, exactly one month after taking office (at theattime, the inauguration was held in March). It is believed that his illness stemmed from a cold that he had contracted after delivering his inaugural address (which is the longest on record, at 1 hour, 45 minutes).
8. Ronald Reagan was born in California.

Answer: False

Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois. The only U.S. President born in California is Richard M. Nixon, who was born in Yorba Linda (my hometown).
9. If you were to arrange these presidential birthdays in order of appearance on the calendar, which would be listed first?

Answer: Millard Fillmore

 Nixon, McKinley, and FDR were also born in January, but Fillmore is first, with a birth date of January 7, 1800.
10. By arranging these presidential birthdays on the calendar, which would be listed last?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

 Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808, making him the President born the latest in the year. Wilson's birthday is December 28, Van Buren's is December 5, and Taylor's is November 24.
11. Which U.S. President was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.?

Answer: Ford

 Leslie King, Jr. was adopted by his stepfather, Gerald Rudolph Ford, when he was two years old. When the adoption went into effect, young Leslie King was called Gerald Ford, Jr., but his name was not legally changed until 1935. Only one other President, born William Jefferson Blythe IV, underwent a name change through a stepfather adoption. He grew up to become Bill Clinton.
NOTE -- Clinton is the other sitting President I have seen in person, when he gave a foreign policy speech in Kearney, Nebraska, in December 2000.
12. At least one President was born during the U.S. Civil War.

Answer: False

The president born closest to the Civil War was Warren G. Harding, on November 2, 1865. The Civil War ended in April of that year.
13. Which of these U.S. Presidents was the last to be born in the 18th Century?

Answer: Millard Fillmore

 Millard Fillmore was born January 7, 1800, making him the last President born in the 18th Century. Remember, a century begins with Year 01 and ends with Year 100. Pierce was born in 1804, Polk in 1795, and Buchanan in 1791.
14. Two or more Presidents share the same birthday.

Answer: True

Both James K. Polk (1795) and Warren G. Harding (1865) were born on November 2.
15. Why did Harry S Truman not have a full middle name?

Answer: His parents couldn't decide which grandfather's name to use

 Harry Truman's paternal grandfather was Anderson Shipp Truman, and his maternal grandfather was Solomon Young. After reaching an impasse between Shipp and Solomon, Truman's parents simply gave him the initial "S" to represent both grandfathers. As a result, Harry Truman's middle initial officially does not contain a period after it.
16. Excluding those who died in office, which of these presidents died the soonest after leaving the White House?

Answer: James K. Polk

 James K. Polk died just over three months after leaving office, on June 15, 1849.
17. In which month were the most Presidents born?

Answer: October

 October saw the births of six Presidents: James E. Carter (October 1, 1924), Rutherford B. Hayes (October 4, 1822), Chester A. Arthur (October 5, 1829), Dwight D. Eisenhower (October 14, 1890), Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858), and John Adams (October 30, 1735).
18. In which month did the most Presidents die?

Answer: July

 Seven presidents died in July, three of them on July 4: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (both in 1826), and James Monroe (1831). The other presidents who died in July were Zachary Taylor (July 9, 1850), Ulysses S. Grant (July 23, 1885), Martin Van Buren (July 24, 1862), and Andrew Johnson (July 31, 1875).
19. JFK was the _____ president to die while in office?

Answer: 8th

 As of August 2004, eight Presidents have died in office: William Henry Harrison (pneumonia, 1841), Zachary Taylor (sudden illness, 1850), Abraham Lincoln (assassinated, 1865), James A. Garfield (blood poisoning after being shot, 1881), William McKinley (assassinated, 1901), Warren G. Harding (heart attack, 1923), Franklin D. Roosevelt (cerebral hemorrhage, 1945), and John F. Kennedy (assassinated, 1963).
20. George Bush was the _____ vice-president to become president?

Answer: 14th

 A total of 14 vice-presidents became presidents, either by succession or in their own right. They were (in order of vice-presidency) John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald R. Ford, and George Bush.
Source: Author robmeister

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