History Quiz

Instead of the usual history lesson today, we will have a history quiz. Now don’t worry, for I am not going to flunk any of my good students. So speak up if you think you know the answers.
Who was the youngest man to serve as President? Teddy Roosevelt
Who was the youngest man to be elected President? John F. Kennedy
Who was the oldest man to be elected President? Ronald Reagan
What state produced the greatest number of presidents? Virginia, 8: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Tyler, Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.
What state produced the second greatest number? Ohio, 7: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley, Taft and Harding.
What president never went to school? Andrew Johnson
What was the Louisiana Purchase? The U.S. bought from France all the area west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.
Who was President at the time? Thomas Jefferson
What president was once the president of Princeton University in New Jersey? Woodrow Wilson
Who was the first president to be impeached? Andrew Johnson
Who was the first president who lived to see his son also become President? John Adams, the second president, whose son John Quincy Adams was the 6th president
Who was the only president to resign? Richard Nixon
Were all of our presidents college graduates? No. All but eight.
Can you name any of the eight who were not college graduates? Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Cleveland.
What ex-president became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court? William Howard Taft
Now let’s try some nicknames of the various presidents:
What president was called “Old Tippecanoe?” William Henry Harrison
What president was called “Tricky Dick” by his political enemies? Richard Nixon
What president was called “Honest Abe?” Abraham Lincoln
What president was called “Ike?” Dwight Eisenhower
Which president was known as “Silent Cal?” Calvin Coolidge
What four presidents were assassinated? Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy
What four presidents died in office? William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the only ex-president to be elected President again? Grover Cleveland
Who was called the “hero of San Juan Hill?” Teddy Roosevelt
Who was the first Democrat to become President? Andrew Jackson
How soon after taking office did Franklin D. Roosevelt close all the banks? The next day
Has any president served three terms? Yes. Franklin D. Roosevelt
What president got into deep trouble with animal lovers when he was shown on TV picking up his dogs by the ears? Lyndon JohnsonYour responses have been very good so I am going to give you all an “A” in history. Now here is one more question I am going to throw in for free: Where did Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater keep his wife? “He put her in a pumpkin shell and there he kept her very well.”

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