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Trivia Flashcards

1
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What president weighed 332 pounds and got stuck in the White House bathtub the first time he used it?

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Taft

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What president’s name means “one who is blessed” in Swahili?

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Obama

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Who was the first VP chosen under terms of the 25th Amendment

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Ford

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Who was the first president to be a Rhodes Scholar?

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Clinton

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What president ordered contempt proceedings against John L. Lewis when mine leader, defying a government injunction, called members of the United Mine Workers?

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Truman

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Who was the president during the invasion of Panama and the Persian Gulf War?

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H.W. Bush

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Who said, “it is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business”?

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Hoover

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Who was VP under McKinley?

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T. Roosevelt

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What president was shot twice in the chest point blank range?

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McKinley

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What president averaged 9 hours of sleep a night and took afternoon naps from 2 to 4 hours?

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Coolidge

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Who was the only president to be elected for 4 terms?

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F. Roosevelt

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12
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Who was the president when the 18th Amendment “Prohibition” was ratified?

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Wilson

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13
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What president established the Peace Corps?

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Kennedy

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What president sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to ensure the integration of Central High School?

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Eisenhower

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15
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What president did Leon Czolgosz shot?

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McKinley

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16
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What president owned the last presidential cow?

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Taft

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17
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Who was the first president born in a hospital?

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Carter

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18
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What president proclaimed a “War on Poverty”?

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Johnson

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What president ordered seizure of the railroads by the government to forestall a nationwide strike?

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Truman

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Who was the last president born in the 19th century?

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Eisenhower

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21
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Who was president when a force of anti-Castro Cubans, trained by CIA, staged an unsuccessful attempt to establish a beach head at the Bay of Pigs, Cuba?

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Kennedy

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22
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While he was dying, what president whispered his favorite hymn “Nearer my God to Thee”?

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McKinley

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What president signed a bill creating the Department of Education?

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Carter

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What president began his presidential campaign in 2007, and in 2008, after a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton?

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Obama

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25
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What president had two pet racoons?

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Coolidge

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26
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What president inaugurated the custom of the president throwing out the first ball to start the baseball season?

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Taft

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27
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Who is the only president who had his wife run in the presidential primary?

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Clinton

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28
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Who was the first president whose parents were divorced?

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Ford

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29
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What president approved the “Star-spangled Banner” as out national anthem?

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Hoover

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30
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After, what president was the “teddy bear” named”?

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T. Roosevelt

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31
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What president used his nickname, “Jimmy” when he signed treaties?

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Carter

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32
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Who was the only president to serve in both World Wars?

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Eisenhower

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33
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Who was president when the Social Security Act was passed?

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F. Roosevelt

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34
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What president was born William J. Blythe, III?

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Clinton

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35
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What president has a photographic memory?

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T. Roosevelt

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36
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Who was the first president to have been an Eagle Scout?

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Ford

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37
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Whose wife suffered an epileptic seizure during his second inaugural ball?

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McKinley

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38
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Who was known for wanting to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral?

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T. Roosevelt

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39
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Who was the first president that was a millionaire?

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Hoover

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40
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Who is the only president to serve as a President and Chief Justice of the U.S.?

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Taft

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41
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Who was the last president to be shot?

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Reagan?

42
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What president signed legislation establishing Medicare and the Department of Housing and Urban Development?

A

Johnson

43
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What president had America’s longest period of economic growth in peacetime?

A

Clinton

44
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What president’s wife was responsible for the planting of the Japanese cherry trees in Washington?

A

Taft

45
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Who was the president when 100 Americans were killed as a German submarine torpedoes the British liner “Lusitania”?

A

Wilson

46
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Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

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T. Roosevelt

47
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What president was married to the great-granddaughter of Pocahontas, seven times removed?

A

Wilson

48
Q

Who was president during the 9/11 attacks on NYC and Pentagon?

A

G.W. Bush

49
Q

What president’s high officials were linked to the “Teapot Dome” after his death?

A

Harding

50
Q

What president kept a jar of jelly beans in his desk?

A

Reagan

51
Q

Who was the president when John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the earth?

A

Kennedy

52
Q

What president delivered the first of 30 “Fireside Chats”?

A

F. Roosevelt

53
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What president is credited with formally concluding WWI?

A

Harding

54
Q

Whose wife is Claudia “Lady Bird” Alta Taylor?

A

Johnson

55
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What president passed laws b/c of 2007-2009 recession such as American Recovery and Reinv Act of 2009 and the Tax Relief 2010

A

Obama

56
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What president launched the “New Deal” relief measures, reviving the banking industry?

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F. Roosevelt

57
Q

What president and his wife were models before their marriage?

A

Ford

58
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Who is the only president to have been divorced?

A

Reagan

59
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What president’s goal was to return the country to “normalcy” but scandals during his administration were numerous?

A

Harding

60
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Whose second presidency was marred by several scandals, not least the Lewinsky Affair, which was about sex with a white house intern?

A

Clinton

61
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Who was the only president to be sworn into office by his father, a justice of the peace and notary public?

A

Coolidge

62
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In 1955, what president wrote his biography, Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history?

A

Kennedy

63
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What president popularized the phrase, “if you can’t stand the heat then stay out of the kitchen”?

A

Truman

64
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Who was a “Folksy” President who promised and enactment of programs for social reform so the country would experience “A Great Society”?

A

Johnson

65
Q

John Hinckley wanted to impress Jodie Foster so he tried to assassinate what president?

A

Reagan

66
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This “silent” President lucked out, the stock market didn’t crash until eight months after he left office.

A

Coolidge

67
Q

Who was the only president to resign his office?

A

Nixon

68
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Who was the first president to be born west of the Mississippi?

A

Hoover

69
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What president was the first to own a radio?

A

Harding

70
Q

What president was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald?

A

Kennedy

71
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What president was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.?

A

Ford

72
Q

Hole bunch of acts is 2010’s

A

Obama

73
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Who dropped a reelection bid, because of his unpopular involvement in the Vietnam War?

A

Johnson

74
Q

What president resigned from the CIA when Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976?

A

H.W. Bush

75
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Who was the first president to have his inauguration heard on the radio and the first president to make a radio broadcast?

A

Coolidge

76
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What president was general partner of the Texas Ranger baseball team?

A

W. Bush

77
Q

What president was the first to donate his salary to charity?

A

Hoover

78
Q

Who was the oldest president to be elected president?

A

Reagan

79
Q

Who was VP under JFK?

A

Johnson

80
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What president is credited for establishing the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare?

A

Eisenhower

81
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What president was affected by soaring oil prices, high inflation, and the Iran hostage crisis?

A

Carter

82
Q

What president was famous for “bugging” the Democratic Campaign Headquarters located at the Watergate Hotel?

A

Nixon

83
Q

Who was the president for the War against the Taliban in Afghanistan and the War in Iraq?

A

GW Bush

84
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What president took criticism from many when he fired Douglas MacArthur?

A

Truman

85
Q

What president did NOT promise “a chicken in every pot”?

A

Hoover

86
Q

Who was the president when the US battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor?

A

McKinley

87
Q

Who was the president when the 21st Amendment, ending prohibition, was ratified?

A

F. Roosevelt

88
Q

What president was a famous movie and television star?

A

Reagan

89
Q

What president became famous for prosecuting Alger Hiss?

A

Nixon

90
Q

What president granted Nixon an “absolute pardon” for all federal crimes he may have committed or taken part in while president?

A

Ford

91
Q

What president was the first to ride to his inauguration in an automobile?

A

Harding

92
Q

Who was the president when the space shuttle Challenger blew up and seven astronauts lost their lives?

A

Reagan

93
Q

Who was president during Operation Desert Shield?

A

HW Bush

94
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What president’s campaign was known as “Whistlestop”?

A

F. Roosevelt

95
Q

What president was the youngest to die?

A

Kennedy

96
Q

What president ordered US air and sea forces to aid South Korean troops in resisting the Communist forces of NK which has invaded SK the day before?

A

Truman

97
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Who was the president when the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote?

A

Wilson

98
Q

What president was a skilled chef and was famous for his vegetable soup, steaks, and cornmeal pancakes?

A

Eisenhower

99
Q

What president studied nuclear physics at Annapolis?

A

Carter

100
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Who was the president when the tanker Exxon Valdez leaked in the largest oil spill?

A

HW Bush

Mr Presidents Competition (3 decks)

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