Rex Trulove
There is a great deal of information in regard to US Presidents that is common knowledge. However, that isn’t to say that people commonly know the information, even if they live in the United States. In this quiz, just for fun, we’ll explore some of that common knowledge that is commonly unknown by many. It is difficult to say if this quiz will be hard or easy. It depends on how much you know about the US Presidency.
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The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. and it is the official residence of the President of the United States. Who was the first president who lived in the White House?
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John Adams
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George Washington
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Ulysses Grant
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Question of
Which US President had a middle initial but no middle name?
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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Harry S Truman
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Ulysses S Grant
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Question of
Who was the oldest president ever elected in the US?
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Donald Trump
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Ronald Reagan
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Martin Van Buren
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Question of
Who was the youngest US President at the time they took office?
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John Kennedy
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Millard Fillmore
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Question of
The Louisiana Territory was a vast section of North America that covered part or all of 15 current states: Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, New Mexico, Louisiana, Wyoming, Montana, Texas, Colorado, plus the current Canadian Provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Which President was in office at the time the Louisiana Territory was purchased from France (the Louisiana Purchase)?
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Buchanan
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Question of
Which US President never got married?
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James Buchanan
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William Taft
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They have all been married
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Question of
Who was the last president who actually served in a war?
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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George Herbert Walker Bush
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John Kennedy
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Question of
At six feet four inches, who was the tallest president of the US?
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Gerald Ford
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Herbert Hoover
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Abraham Lincoln
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Question of
Who was the shortest US President?
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Richard Nixon
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James Madison
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Jimmy Carter
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Question of
How many of the last 10 US Presidents served in the US military (any branch)?
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7
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5
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3
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50% is not bad can room for improvement is there.
No, that isn’t bad at all. Most of the information isn’t taught in school, so I’m impressed any time someone can get half of the questions or more correct.
5 of 10, why did I think Harry Truman’s S stood for Stanley?
I’m not sure. However, he had no middle name. That is the reason it was never written with a period after the S. Technically, I suppose that he DID have a middle name. S was his middle name. LOL
5 out of 10. Next time I’ll do better.
For a quiz this hard, getting half of them right is really good!
Three out of ten on the Presidents quiz.
That isn’t bad. This was not an easy quiz unless a person studied the presidents of the US.
It was tougher than I thought but I enjoyed it.
Those aren’t normally the facts that people are exposed to. :))
Should have done better but only got 5, great quiz.
Five is actually a pretty good score. There are probably a number of history teachers who would have some difficulties matching that score.
This was fun, thank you for setting it up!
I’m glad that you liked it and you are quite welcome.
I got 3 out of 10….great quiz just another subject that I am not good in lol.
That isn’t really surprising. This is a topic that is rarely taught in school. At least you got some of them right and might have learned something in the process. :))
True, well most were guesses lol….but learned something as long as I can remember the right answers lol!
You got 4 out of 10 right!
Could be better
That is a pretty good score!
Factoid! Did you all know that ‘POTUS’ is a backronym? It used to stand for ‘Potentially Tragic Under-Secretary’. This was at a time when the word ‘potentially’ was written as two words – ‘Po’ and ‘Otentially’. The term was used as it implied that any serving president would be too good as a junior employee (such as an under-secretary) and therefore would be ‘tragically’ wasted in such a role. The modern usage of the term POTUS only really came into effect when the Americans took notice of Tony Blair’s pandering to George W Bush and pitied him, noting that a head of government could in fact be tragic after all. Therefore the Senate – with the assistance of 10 Downing Street – lobbied for the new meaning behind the letters. The rest, as we say, is history!
Thank you for the additional information. They certainly did note that a head of government could be tragic for the American people and proved it immediately after George Bush’s presidency.