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U.S. President Trivia Questions
1. How old do you have to be to be President of the United States?
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At least 35 years old.
2. How many terms can an American President serve?
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8 years (two four-year terms).
3. Who was the youngest American President?
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Theodore Roosevelt, who was 42 years 322 days old when he became President.
4. Who was the first President of the United States?
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George Washington.
5. Who is sworn in first, the President or the Vice President?
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The Vice President is sworn in first.
6. Which President said, “I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.”?
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Warren Harding.
7. Walt Whitman’s poem “O Captain, My Captain” was written about which President?
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Abraham Lincoln.
8. Who was the second President of the United States?
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John Adams.
9. How old was John F. Kennedy when he became President?
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43 years old.
10. Who was the only U.S. President to also serve as chief justice of the Supreme Court?
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William Howard Taft.
11. Who was American President during World War I?
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Woodrow Wilson.
12. Who is the only U.S. President whose grandmother outlived him?
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John F. Kennedy.
13. Who was the last U.S. President not associated with either the Democratic or Republican party?
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Millard Fillmore, a member of the Whig party.
14. What number President was Abraham Lincoln?
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16.
15. Who was the last U.S. President to have a mustache in his official Presidential portrait?
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William Howard Taft.
16. Who was the first black President of the United States?
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Barack Obama.
17. Which President signed a law declaring “In God We Trust” to be the official U.S. motto?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower.
18. What President hosted his daughter’s prom at the White House?
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Gerald R. Ford.
19. Who were the 2 Presidents during the Great Depression?
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Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
20. Who was the President of the USA at the end of World War II?
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Harry S. Truman.
21. Who shot and mortally wounded President James A. Garfield?
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Charles J. Guiteau.
22. What is the nickname of the only U.S. President born on the 4th of July?
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“Silent Cal” (Calvin Coolidge).
23. Who was the first Republican President of the United States?
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Abraham Lincoln.
24. Which President refused to acknowledge Thanksgiving during his presidency?
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Thomas Jefferson.
25. What was placed under U.S. President Andrew Johnson’s head when he was buried?
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A copy of the U.S. Constitution.
26. Who was the first U.S. President to have been divorced?
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Ronald Reagan.
27. Which U.S. President imposed the first federal income tax?
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Abraham Lincoln.
28. Which President is pictured on the U.S. paper currency that has the White House on the back?
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Andrew Jackson.
29. Who is the most recent U.S. President without a college degree?
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Harry S. Truman.
30. Who was the third President of the United States?
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Thomas Jefferson.
31. How old was Barack Obama when he became President?
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He was 47 years old.
32. Which U.S. President was born with the first name Hiram?
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Ulysses S. Grant.
33. Who was the first American President to be impeached?
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Andrew Johnson.
34. Which President banned Christmas trees in the White House?
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Theodore Roosevelt.
35. Which U.S. President spoke English as his second language?
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Martin Van Buren.
36. Who was the first U.S. President to preside over all 50 states?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower.
37. Who became youngest first lady when she married a U.S. President at age 21?
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Frances Cleveland.
38. What is the lowest value of paper money without the portrait of a U.S. President?
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The $10 bill.
39. How many Senate votes are needed to impeach the President?
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67 votes.
40. Which President had a home called The Hermitage?
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Andrew Jackson.
41. Which U.S. Vice President killed a man while in office?
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Aaron Burr.
42. Which President moved Thanksgiving up one week to help stimulate the economy?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt.
43. Which U.S. President had a middle name that was just a single letter?
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Harry S. Truman.
44. The only person to serve two non-consecutive terms as U.S. President was known by what nickname?
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“Grover the Good” (Grover Cleveland).
45. Who was U.S. President at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
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Franklin D Roosevelt.
46. Who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?
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Jefferson Davis.
47. Which U.S. President appears on the dime?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt.
48. The tunnel that connects New York City and Weehawken, New Jersey, is named after which President?
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Abraham Lincoln (the Lincoln Tunnel).
49. Who was U.S. President after Abraham Lincoln?
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Andrew Johnson.
50. Who was the longest serving U.S. President, and the only one elected four times?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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