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Quiz about Ultimate Presidential Useless Facts
Quiz about Ultimate Presidential Useless Facts

Ultimate Presidential Useless Facts Quiz


Answer these questions on the presidents of the United States.

A multiple-choice quiz by Amatullah. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Amatullah
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
28,820
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
14 / 25
Plays
954
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Question 1 of 25
1. What was the first name of the 14th president's wife? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Where was the 35th president born? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. Who was the last US president to die who had been alive when the Civil War was still raging? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. Where did the 18th president go to school? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Where was the 8th president buried? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Which president openly admitted an adulterous affair early in his marriage that he regretted deeply (he was married to a deeply religious woman)? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Who did the 9th president defeat to become president? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. Who was the vice president for the 30th president? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. Who was the last president elected who served in the Civil War? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. What religion was the 37th president? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. What was the given first name of the 24th president? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. How old was the 20th president when he married? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Who was the only president born in Nebraska? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Who was the White House hostess for the 12th president? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. How old was the 26th president when he died? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. Which president usually knocked off around noon for the day to play with his grandkids? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. What was the ethnicity of the 5th president? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Which president had an infant son called 'Icky'? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. Where was the 15th president born? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Which president was largely responsible for the Trail of Tears? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. Which president was in office when the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. Where was the 29th president born? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. Which president said he decided to run for vice president because one in four presidents dies in office and he was a betting man? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Who ordered federal troops to break up a Pullman railroad workers strike resulting in much violence? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. What did the 11th president die from? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was the first name of the 14th president's wife?

Answer: Jane

Jane Pierce (Franklin)
2. Where was the 35th president born?

Answer: Brookline, MA

John F. Kennedy
3. Who was the last US president to die who had been alive when the Civil War was still raging?

Answer: William Howard Taft

The US Civil War lasted from April 1861 to May 1865. William Howard Taft was born in 1857, prior to the Civil War, and died in 1930. Woodrow Wilson was born a year earlier (1856) but died in 1924. Theodore Roosevelt was born in 1858 but died even earlier, in 1919. And Warren Harding was born in November 1865, a few months after it ended.
4. Where did the 18th president go to school?

Answer: West Point

Grant went to West Point.
5. Where was the 8th president buried?

Answer: Kinderhook, NY

Martin Van Buren
6. Which president openly admitted an adulterous affair early in his marriage that he regretted deeply (he was married to a deeply religious woman)?

Answer: James Garfield

7. Who did the 9th president defeat to become president?

Answer: Martin Van Buren

It was William Henry Harrison.
8. Who was the vice president for the 30th president?

Answer: Charles G. Dawes

The president was Calvin Coolidge.
9. Who was the last president elected who served in the Civil War?

Answer: William McKinley

McKinley was the first in his hometown to volunteer. He served under the 19th president, Rutherford B. Hayes.
10. What religion was the 37th president?

Answer: Quaker

Richard Nixon was Quaker.
11. What was the given first name of the 24th president?

Answer: Stephen

Grover Cleveland dropped 'Stephen' in college.
12. How old was the 20th president when he married?

Answer: 26

James Garfield turned 27 just eight days later.
13. Who was the only president born in Nebraska?

Answer: Gerald Ford

He was raised primarily in Michigan.
14. Who was the White House hostess for the 12th president?

Answer: Betty Bliss

Betty Bliss Taylor was the daughter of Zachary and Margaret Taylor.
15. How old was the 26th president when he died?

Answer: 60

Theodore Roosevelt
16. Which president usually knocked off around noon for the day to play with his grandkids?

Answer: Benjamin Harrison

17. What was the ethnicity of the 5th president?

Answer: Scottish and Welsh

James Monroe's father was Scottish and mother Welsh.
18. Which president had an infant son called 'Icky'?

Answer: Eisenhower

19. Where was the 15th president born?

Answer: Mercersburg, PA

James Buchanan was from Pennsylvania.
20. Which president was largely responsible for the Trail of Tears?

Answer: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson, the avowed and proud 'Indian fighter'.
21. Which president was in office when the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred?

Answer: Benjamin Harrison

22. Where was the 29th president born?

Answer: Blooming Grove, OH

Warren G. Harding
23. Which president said he decided to run for vice president because one in four presidents dies in office and he was a betting man?

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

24. Who ordered federal troops to break up a Pullman railroad workers strike resulting in much violence?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

The Pullman Railroad Strike was in 1894, during Grover Cleveland's second term as President (1893-1897).
25. What did the 11th president die from?

Answer: cholera

James K. Polk died shortly after leaving office.
Source: Author Amatullah

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