US History Questions Trivia - 2
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- 1.How old was President John Tyler when his 15th child was born?
- A.
60
- B.
73
- C.
53
- D.
70
- 2.What two Presidents were arrested together?
- A.
John Adams, John Quincy Adams
- B.
Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
- C.
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
- D.
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
- 3.What future President worked for Pepsi-Cola?
- A.
Nixon
- B.
Carter
- C.
Ford
- D.
Reagan
- 4.What future President was a co-author of the "Ostend Manifesto"?
- A.
Franklin Pierce
- B.
James Buchanan
- C.
Ulysses S. Grant
- D.
James Madison
- 5.Which future President, at the age of 17, was one of the first persons in America to undergo abdominal surgery (without anesthesia!)?
- A.
Andrew Jackson
- B.
James K. Polk
- C.
George Washington
- D.
Abraham Lincoln
- 6.In what year did "In God We Trust" first appear on a U.S. coin?
- A.
1792
- B.
1864
- C.
1869
- D.
1901
- 7.Prior to the 1992 election, when was the last time that both the winning Presidential and vice-Presidential candidates were from the South?
- A.
1856
- B.
1828
- C.
1882
- D.
1844
- 8.Who was the first President to appoint a Jewish diplomat to represent the U.S.?
- A.
James Madison
- B.
Rutherford B. Hayes
- C.
Grover Cleveland
- D.
Ulysses S. Grant
- 9.The first sex scandal in the U.S. executive branch took place during what President's tenure?
- A.
Warren G. Harding
- B.
Thomas Jefferson
- C.
George Washington
- D.
Andrew Jackson
- 10.Which U.S. President played the card game "Bridge"?
- A.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- B.
Richard Nixon
- C.
Dwight Eisenhower
- D.
John F. Kennedy
- 11.Who was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate?
- A.
Barbara Jordan
- B.
Shirley Chisholm
- C.
Carol Mosley-Braun
- D.
Sheila Jackson-Lee
- 12.Which President had a nickname that resulted in the word "okay" being introduced into the language?
- A.
Martin Van Buren
- B.
William Henry Harrison
- C.
Andrew Jackson
- D.
Zachary Taylor
- 13.When people lose their jobs, unemployment results. Which President offered this insightful observation?
- A.
Ronald Reagan
- B.
George W. Bush
- C.
Gerald Ford
- D.
Calvin Coolidge
- 14.Which President did Nan Britton claim to have had a love child with, in her best-selling book, "The President's Daughter"?
- A.
Grover Cleveland
- B.
Warren Harding
- C.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- D.
John F. Kennedy
- 15.How many murders was Timothy McVeigh formally charged with?
- A.
160
- B.
10
- C.
168
- D.
8
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