Presidential Trivia

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Presidential Trivia
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Presidential Trivia

• Question Eight of our Presidents were born
  British subjects. Identify five of these
  presidents.

• Answer
• George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
  James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams,
  Andrew Jackson, and William Henry Harrison.

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• Question
• Identify the oldest and youngest elected
  presidents.

• Answer
• The oldest elected president was Ronald Reagan
  (age 69) the youngest was John Kennedy (age 43).

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Presidential Trivia

• Question
• Four presidents were assassinated while in
  office. Identify these presidents.

• Answer
• Abraham Lincoln, Arthur Garfield, John McKinley,
  and John Kennedy

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• Question
• Identify the three presidents who died on July
  4th.

• Answer
• Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and
  James Monroe

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• Question
• Identify the presidents who are portrayed on U.S.
  coins.

• Answer
• Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin
  Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, John
  Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower

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• Question
• Identify the only U.S. president to never live in
  the White House.

• Answer
• George Washington

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• Question
• Who was the tallest president? Who was the
  shortest president?

• Answer
• The tallest president was Abraham Lincoln at
  6'4" at 5'4", James Madison was the shortest

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• Question
• Which president was wounded in the Revolutionary
  War?

• Answer
• James Monroe was wounded during the Revolutionary
  War

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• Question
• There are two presidents who have fathers who
  were also president. Identify these two
  father-son presidents.

• Answer
• John Quincy Adams was the son of a former
  president- John Adams. George W. Bush is the son
  of George H.W. Bush.

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• Question
• Who was the president who began the annual
  Easter Egg Roll at the White House?

• Answer
• Rutherford B. Hayes held the first Easter egg
  roll on the White House lawn.

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• Question
• Who was the first president to win the Nobel
  Peace Prize?

• Answer
• Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win
  the Nobel Peace Prize.

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• Question
• Who was the first president to have earned a
  Ph.D? This president received a degree in
  political science in 1886.

• Answer
• Woodrow Wilson was the first president to have
  earned a Ph.D. He received a degree in political
  science in 1886.

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• Question
• Who was the first president born in a hospital?

• Answer
• Jimmy Carter was the first president born in a
  hospital.

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• Question
• What president was the first actor elected
  president?

• Answer
• Ronald Reagan was the first actor elected
  president. He acted in 53 films before becoming
  president