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Quiz about US Presidential History 1
Quiz about US Presidential History 1

U.S. Presidential History #1 Trivia Quiz


Test your knowledge of presidential history. See if you have the courage to find out how much you really know!

A multiple-choice quiz by daddyralph. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
daddyralph
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
21,803
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
8 / 15
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Question 1 of 15
1. Which President also served as Speaker of the House? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Which President served in the U.S. Senate after his Presidency? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Which President also served in the Confederate Congress? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Which of the following US president had a foreign-born wife? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. How many Presidents regularly wore beards while serving as President? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Which President had the shortest inaugural address? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Which President was a classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Which President served in the House of Representatives after his Presidency? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Which President's wife was the first first lady to graduate from college? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Who was the first President born in the 20th century (Hint: in order of birth, not in order of attaining the presidency)? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Who was the only President born on July 4? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Who was the first US President to receive a Nobel Prize? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Who was the first President to have a child born in the White House? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. How many Presidents were elected to office immediately after serving as Vice-President (not counting the possibility of Al Gore)? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Who was the first President born west of the Mississippi River? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which President also served as Speaker of the House?

Answer: James K. Polk

2. Which President served in the U.S. Senate after his Presidency?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

3. Which President also served in the Confederate Congress?

Answer: John Tyler

He died shortly after gaining his seat.
4. Which of the following US president had a foreign-born wife?

Answer: John Quincy Adams

His wife, Louisa, was born in London in 1775, and they were married there in 1797. Until Melania Trump (wife of the 45th president and born in what was then Yugoslavia in 1970), she was the only foreign-born US First Lady.
5. How many Presidents regularly wore beards while serving as President?

Answer: 5

Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garlfield and Benjamin Harrison.
6. Which President had the shortest inaugural address?

Answer: George Washington

7. Which President was a classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

Answer: Franklin Pierce

8. Which President served in the House of Representatives after his Presidency?

Answer: John Quincy Adams

He died after voting on a particular bill in the back room of the House.
9. Which President's wife was the first first lady to graduate from college?

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes

10. Who was the first President born in the 20th century (Hint: in order of birth, not in order of attaining the presidency)?

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson

Born in 1908.
11. Who was the only President born on July 4?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

12. Who was the first US President to receive a Nobel Prize?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

He received the Nobel Peace prize. Wilson was the second.
13. Who was the first President to have a child born in the White House?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

His daughter was the inspiration for the Baby Ruth candy bar.
14. How many Presidents were elected to office immediately after serving as Vice-President (not counting the possibility of Al Gore)?

Answer: 4

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren and George Bush.
15. Who was the first President born west of the Mississippi River?

Answer: Herbert Hoover

He was born in Iowa.
Source: Author daddyralph

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