Trivia Challenge: How Well Do You Know The First Ladies?

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Trivia Challenge: How Well Do You Know The First Ladies? - Quiz

Check out this trivia quiz about how well do you know the first ladies. This quiz is based on America's first female ladies who set new records in the country with their achievements. Do you have a good amount of knowledge about these ladies? Well, let us find out with this quiz today. Take the quiz and prove your knowledge. So, are you ready? Let's start the quiz then.

Questions and Answers

1.

True or False: "Lady Bird" Johnson's real name was Cecile.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

Who was the first first lady to wear pants in public?
- A.
  
  Jacqueline Kennedy
- B.
  
  Eleanor Roosevelt
- C.
  
  Pat Nixon
- D.
  
  Mamie Eisenhower
3.

Who is the only first lady to have been elected to public office?
- A.
  
  Hillary Clinton
- B.
  
  Eleanor Roosevelt
- C.
  
  Barbara Bush
- D.
  
  Bess Truman
4.

Caroline Harrison was the first first lady to have what in the White House?
- A.
  
  A Christmas Tree
- B.
  
  Electricity
- C.
  
  A wedding
- D.
  
  Both A and B
5.

Which of these first ladies was actually alive when her husband was elected President?
- A.
  
  Martha Jefferson
- B.
  
  Hannah Van Buren
- C.
  
  Sarah Polk
- D.
  
  Alice Roosevelt
6.

True or False: Mary Lincoln held seances in the White House.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

____ Bush was the only first lady to write a memoir from the perpective of her dog.
8.

Which first lady was accused of poisoning her husband, who died midway through his Presidency?
- A.
  
  Florence Harding
- B.
  
  Anna Harrison
- C.
  
  Elizabeth Monroe
- D.
  
  Mamie Eisenhower
9.

Which first lady never lived in the White House because her husband died one month into his Presidency?
- A.
  
  Mary Lincoln
- B.
  
  Anna Harrison
- C.
  
  Abigail Adams
- D.
  
  Sarah Polk
10.

Which first lady was the first to live in the White House?
- A.
  
  Abigail Adams
- B.
  
  Martha Washington
- C.
  
  Martha Jefferson
- D.
  
  Dolley Madison
11.

Which first lady worked as a journalist for the Washington Times Herald and interviewed her future husband several years before they married?
- A.
  
  Pat Nixon
- B.
  
  Jacqueline Kennedy
- C.
  
  Nancy Reagan
- D.
  
  Laura Bush
12.

True or False: Louisa Adams was the first and only first lady to be born outside of the U.S. (or what would eventually become the U.S.)
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
13.

Who was the youngest first lady at the time of her husband's election (only 21 years old)?
- A.
  
  Frances Cleveland
- B.
  
  Abigail Adams
- C.
  
  Nancy Reagan
- D.
  
  Jacqueline Kennedy
14.

Which first lady was famous both for her career as an actress and her "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign?
- A.
  
  Pat Nixon
- B.
  
  Barbara Bush
- C.
  
  Nancy Reagan
- D.
  
  Laura Bush
15.

Current first lady Michelle Obama was born Michelle LaVaughn __________.
16.

This widely respected first lady served longer than any other first lady, and is considered by many to have been lesbian or bisexual following the release of letters between her and Lorena Hickok.
- A.
  
  Dolley Madison
- B.
  
  Eleanor Roosevelt
- C.
  
  Bess Truman
- D.
  
  Mary Lincoln
17.

Harriet Lane was never married to an existing or future President - she was instead the neice of the only confirmed bachelor President, ______ ________.
- A.
  
  Ulysses Grant
- B.
  
  Nathan Lane
- C.
  
  James Buchanan
- D.
  
  Andrew Johnson
18.

This first lady was placed in a mental hospital in Illinois by her son Robert for several months following her husband's assassination.
- A.
  
  Mary Lincoln
- B.
  
  Jacqueline Kennedy
- C.
  
  Lucretia Garfield
- D.
  
  Nancy Reagan
19.

Who is the first first lady to have been wife to one President and mother to another?
- A.
  
  Barbara Bush
- B.
  
  Abigail Adams
- C.
  
  Alice Roosevelt
- D.
  
  Mamie Eisenhower
20.

Which first lady died after her husband was elected but before he was inaugerated?
- A.
  
  Dolley Madison
- B.
  
  Rachel Jackson
- C.
  
  Abigail Fillmore
- D.
  
  Grace Coolidge