U.S. Presidents Trivia Questions
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Who was the first U.S. president to resign on August 9, 1974?
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richard nixon
Which U.S. President discussed the Four Freedoms in his State of the Union Address on January 6, 1941?
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franklin d. roosevelt
Which U.S. President had two daughters and one niece get married at the White House between 1913 and 1918?
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woodrow wilson
Which president did Benjamin Harrison, speaking in Illinois, say 'had faith in time & time has justified his faith'?
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abraham lincoln
In which state was President Zachary Taylor born, making him the seventh president born in this state?
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virginia
Who is the president commemorated by a statue placed outside the state house in Boston on May 29, 1990, which would have been his 73rd birthday?
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john f. kennedy
Which U.S. president's mother's family, the Cassidys, emigrated from Ireland and settled in Arkansas?
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bill clinton
Which U.S. President was mistakenly given the middle name Simpson at West Point and used his middle name Ulysses as his first name?
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ulysses s. grant
Which U.S. President was known as the 'Man From Missouri'?
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harry s. truman
Which U.S. president was preparing for the U.N. conference in San Francisco when he died in Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945?
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franklin d. roosevelt
Which U.S. President said, 'People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook'?
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richard nixon
Who was the U.S. president from 1961 to 1963?
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john f. kennedy
Who did Billy Graham preside over funeral services for on April 27, 1994, in Yorba Linda, California?
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richard nixon
As president, what did Martin Van Buren assure the South he would protect, referring to it as a 'peculiar institution'?
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slavery
Which president did former slaves honor with the Emancipation Statue in Washington, D.C. in 1876?
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abraham lincoln
Who owned the presidential home known as Rancho del Cielo?
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ronald reagan
Which U.S. President's program in the 1980s was called 'A New Beginning'?
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ronald reagan
Which U.S. president referred to himself as 'The Comeback Kid'?
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bill clinton
Who was the U.S. president that submitted the nation's first trillion-dollar budget to Congress on January 5, 1987?
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ronald reagan
Who was pardoned on September 8, 1974, for any crimes he may have committed while serving as president?
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richard nixon
Which 16th president of the United States, despite rarely attending school, learned reading, writing, and some arithmetic?
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abraham lincoln
Which U.S. president was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky?
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abraham lincoln
Which president, who was also an actor, served six terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild?
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ronald reagan
During his first term, Grover Cleveland used which presidential power over 400 times, more than all his predecessors combined?
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veto
What is the name of George Washingtons ancestral home, named after a British admiral under whom his half-brother served?
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mount vernon
Who was the president-elect that survived an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara on February 15, 1933?
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franklin d. roosevelt
Which president ordered U.S. warplanes to bomb Libyan military installations in 1986?
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ronald reagan
Which U.S. President had Charles Curtis as his running mate in 1932 but was not reelected?
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herbert hoover
Which U.S. President is known by the nickname 'Dutch'?
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ronald reagan
Which U.S. President won the presidency with the aid of a song titled 'Grandfather's Hat Fits Ben'?
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benjamin harrison
Which state was Woodrow Wilson born in on December 28, 1856?
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virginia
Which 20th-century president has an award named the Profile in Courage that is presented around his birthday each year, and would have turned 80 on May 29, 1997?
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john f. kennedy
Which president was known by the nickname 'Dutch' and had a background in acting?
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ronald reagan
Who ran for president in 1928 after Coolidge chose not to run again and carried 40 out of 48 states?
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herbert hoover
Which U.S. President is known to have known Ann Rutledge, though evidence of a great love affair is lacking?
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abraham lincoln
Which U.S. President was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois?
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ronald reagan
Who had Sammy Cahn write new lyrics for 'High Hopes' for his 1960 campaign song?
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john f. kennedy
Which First Lady authored the 1984 book 'C. Fred's Story', written from the perspective of her dog?
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barbara bush
Who is one of the two presidents' widows who remarried after her husband's death?
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jacqueline kennedy onassis
Which former U.S. president made a private visit to China in November 1989?
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richard nixon
Which U.S. President was nicknamed 'Uncle Sam' by his classmates at West Point due to his initials?
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ulysses s. grant
Which president's use of the English language was criticized by H.L. Mencken as 'Gamalielese'?
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warren g. harding
Which U.S. President said, 'To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body'?
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richard nixon
Before taking office, at which president's Arlington, Va. grave did Bill Clinton pray?
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john f. kennedy
Who was the first President since John Quincy Adams to address Congress in 1913?
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woodrow wilson
Which U.S. president brought the Treaty of Versailles back to the U.S., only for the Senate to reject it?
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woodrow wilson
In which state was James Buchanan born in the town of Stony Batter and later died and was buried in Lancaster?
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pennsylvania
Which future president took his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois on December 6, 1847?
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abraham lincoln
Which U.S. President had a grandfather who served two terms as Boston's mayor in the early 1900s?
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john f. kennedy
Which U.S. president, in his second inaugural address, called for peace 'with malice toward none; with charity for all'?
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abraham lincoln
Which U.S. president was born at Sinking Spring Farm in Kentucky on February 12, 1809?
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abraham lincoln
Who was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, and later became President of the United States?
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john f. kennedy
What does the initial G stand for in Warren G. Harding's name?
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gamaliel
Which 20th-century president's administration was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal?
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warren g. harding
Who had Salmon Chase, Edwin Stanton, and William Seward in his cabinet?
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abraham lincoln
Which president signed legislation in 1920 that returned the railroads to private ownership?
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woodrow wilson
Which U.S. president served as an editor of the 'Princetonian' while attending college?
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woodrow wilson
Who frequently emphasized the Soviet phrase 'Doveryai no proveryai', meaning 'Trust but verify', during a D.C. summit?
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ronald reagan
Which president, like Baywatch actress Mitzi Kapture, grew up in Yorba Linda, California?
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richard nixon
Who narrowly won the New York governorship in 1928 but secured the presidency by a large margin in 1932?
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franklin d. roosevelt
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