FOCUS GOVERNMENT PRESIDENTIAL POP QUIZ
It’s President’s Day weekend, so we have a 45-question quiz in honor of our 45 presidents.
Circle A or B and see how many you get right.
1. Who was the youngest president?
A. Theodore Roosevelt B. John F. Kennedy
2. Which president died the youngest? A. Kennedy B. Franklin Pierce
3. How many eventual presidents signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776?
A. Four B. Two
4. How old was George Washington when he became our first president?
A. 58 B. 62
5. How old is President Donald Trump? A. 72 B. 77
6. Which president brought our troops home from the Vietnam War?
A. Lyndon Johnson B. Richard Nixon
7. Which president authorized the invasion of Panama to overthrow the Noriega regime?
A. Ronald Reagan B. George H.W. Bush
8. Which state was our third president, Thomas Jefferson, from?
A. Virginia B. Massachusetts
9. Who was the fourth president?
A. John Quincy Adams B. James Madison
10. Which president was the first to reside in the executive mansion known as the White House? A. George Washington B. John Adams
11. In what year did construction of the Washington Monument begin?
A. 1848 B. 1804
12. In what year did the Jefferson Memorial open? A. 1943 B. 1890
13. In what year was the Washington Monument completed and opened?
A. 1860 B. 1884
14. In what year did construction begin on the Lincoln Memorial?
A. 1875 B. 1914
15. In what year was the Lincoln Memorial opened? A. 1918 B. 1922
16. Who was the only president to never get married?
A. James Buchanan B. Grover Cleveland
17. Which amendment to the Constitution limits presidents to two terms?
A. 18th B. 22nd
18. The Republican Party has had the most presidents. How many?
A. 19 B. 14
19. Which president was the last to be elected from a party other than the Republican or Democratic party?
A. Millard Fillmore B. Theodore Roosevelt Virginia is the state that the most presidents were born in, with eight. Which state produced the second-most?
A. New York B. Ohio
21. How many states have produced presidents? A. 32 B. 21
22. Which state was Abraham Lincoln born in? A. Kentucky B. Illinois
23. Who is the only president born in New Jersey? A. Trump B. Cleveland
24. Who is the only president born in California? A. Reagan B. Nixon
25. Who is the only president born in Nebraska? A. Gerald R. Ford B. Harry S. Truman
26. How tall is the Washington Monument? A. 555 feet B. 1,776 feet
27. Which president was the shortest? A. Madison B. John Adams
28. How many presidents have been 6 feet tall or more?
A. 21 B. 12
29. Which president is featured on the $50 bill? A. Ulysses S. Grant B. Andrew Jackson
30. How many presidents were also vice presidents?
A. 12 B. 14
31. How many presidents had not held a political office before being elected?
A. 10 B. Six
32. How many states were there when Lincoln was elected president in 1860?
A. 33 B. 29
33. Who was president when Alaska became the 49th state?
A. Dwight Eisenhower B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
34. Which president signed the proclamation admitting California to the Union?
A. James K. Polk B. Fillmore
35. How many presidents died while in office? A. Five B. Eight
36. What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cause of death?
A. Cerebral hemorrhage B. Heart attack
37. Which president was the first to travel outside the U.S. on official business?
A. James Garfield B. Theodore Roosevelt
38. Which president was born on July 4? A. Calvin Coolidge B. William McKinley
39. How many presidents died on July 4? A. Three B. One
40. Which president was also a chief justice of the Supreme Court?
A. William Taft B. Benjamin Harrison
41. How many presidential libraries are there? A. 14 B. 41
42. Which president was born in Lamar, Missouri? A. Eisenhower B. Truman
43. Which president served two nonconsecutive terms?
A. Cleveland B. Thomas Jefferson
44. How many presidents were generals in the U.S. Army?
A. Four B. Nine
45. Where in New York was Trump born? A. Queens B. Manhattan