1. What is the difference between the tallest and shortest president?
A. 12 inches
B. 10 inches
C. 8 inches
D. 6 inches
A. 12 inches
TOPICS: The tallest president was Abraham Lincoln at 6'4" and at 5'4", James Madison was the shortest.
2. Who was the heaviest president?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. William Taft
C. William Clinton
D. Ulysses Grant
B. William Taft
TOPICS: The 27th president William Taft weighed in at 340 pounds or more
3. How many presidents were born in a log cabin?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
D. 7
TOPICS: James A. Garfield, the 20th President, was the last of seven presidents to be born in a log cabin.
4. How many presidents also served as vice presidents?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16
C. 14
TOPICS: Fourteen Presidents served as vice presidents: J. Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, A. Johnson, Arthur, T. Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Nixon, L. Johnson, Ford, and George H.W. Bush. Vice Presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second-largest number of electoral votes. The Twelfth Amendment, passed in 1804, changed the system so that the electoral college voted separately for president and vice president. The presidential candidate, however, gradually gained power over the nominating convention to choose his own running mate.
5. Which president was not only the first married at the White House but also the first president to have a child born in the White House?
A. Rutherford Hayes
B. Chester Arthur
C. Grover Cleveland
D. Benjamin Harrison
C. Grover Cleveland
TOPICS: As the 22nd President, Grover Cleveland was the only president married in a ceremony at the White House; the ceremony was held June 2, 1886. As the 24th President, he was the first president to have a child born in the White House; his daughter Esther in 1895.
6. Which president had the largest feet?
A. George Washington
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. William Taft
D. Warren Harding
D. Warren Harding
TOPICS: Warren G. Harding, the 29th President, had the largest feet of any president. He wore size 14 shoes.
7. When did it become law to limit presidential service to two terms?
A. 1776
B. 1802
C. 1939
D. 1951
D. 1951
TOPICS: Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only American president to serve for four terms. After FDR, the 22nd Amendment ratified in 1951, limited the presidential office to two terms. [No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.]
8. How many presidents are portrayed on U.S. currency?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 16
C. 12
TOPICS: Lincoln, Jefferson, F. Roosevelt, Washington, Kennedy, and Eisenhower are portrayed on U.S. coins. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, McKinley, Cleveland, Madison, and Wilson are portrayed on U.S. paper currency.
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Interesting Facts: U.S. Presidential Details
1. George W. Bush is the 43rd president. How many presidents have there been?
A. 41
B. 42
C. 43
D. 44
B. 42
TOPICS: There have only been 42 presidents. Grover Cleveland was elected for two nonconsecutive terms and is counted twice as the 22nd and 24th president.
2. Who was the oldest man to ever hold office as president?
A. George Washington
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Dwight Eisenhower
D. Ronald Reagan
D. Ronald Reagan
TOPICS: By the end of his presidency in 1988, a few months before his 78th birthday, Ronald Reagan was the oldest man to ever hold the office of the President of the United States. He was also the oldest man elected at the age of 69 when he was elected to his first term.
3. Which president was the first to live in the White House?
A. George Washington
B. John Adams
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. James Madison
B. John Adams
TOPICS: John Adams, the second President, was the first president to reside in the White House, moving in November 1800 while the paint was still wet. When Adams and his family moved to Washington to live in the White House, they got lost in the woods north of the city for several hours.
4. The U.S. Forest Service was created by this President?
A. James Garfield
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Harry Truman
D. Ronald Reagan
B. Theodore Roosevelt
TOPICS: Theodore Roosevelt was a great outdoors man who loved nature and wanted to preserve it for generations to come. He created the U.S. Forest Service so the land would be protected.
5. Which president had an electronic horse installed in the White House?
A. Ulysses Grant
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Calvin Coolidge
D. George W. Bush
C. Calvin Coolidge
TOPICS: Calvin Coolidge had an electronic horse installed in the White
House which he rode almost every day.
6. Who was the oldest living former president?
A. William Taft
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Gerald Ford
D. Ronald Reagan
C. Gerald Ford
TOPICS: Gerald Ford was the oldest living former president. He was born on July 14, 1913, and died on Dec. 27, 2006, at age 93. The second oldest was Ronald Reagan, who also lived to be 93 years.
7. Who was the only bachelor president?
A. James Polk
B. James Monroe
C. James Buchanan
D. James Madison
C. James Buchanan
TOPICS: James Buchanan, the 15th president, was the only president never to marry. The White House hostess was his niece, Harriet Lane. In 1819, Buchanan became engaged to Ann Coleman. A misunderstanding took place and their engagement was broken. A short time later, Ann died. Buchanan vowed he would never marry.
8. Who established the first national park?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Ulysses Grant
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. John Kennedy
B. Ulysses Grant
TOPICS: The 18th president Ulysses S. Grant established Yellowstone as the nation's first national park on March 1, 1872.
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A. 41
B. 42
C. 43
D. 44
B. 42
TOPICS: There have only been 42 presidents. Grover Cleveland was elected for two nonconsecutive terms and is counted twice as the 22nd and 24th president.
2. Who was the oldest man to ever hold office as president?
A. George Washington
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Dwight Eisenhower
D. Ronald Reagan
D. Ronald Reagan
TOPICS: By the end of his presidency in 1988, a few months before his 78th birthday, Ronald Reagan was the oldest man to ever hold the office of the President of the United States. He was also the oldest man elected at the age of 69 when he was elected to his first term.
3. Which president was the first to live in the White House?
A. George Washington
B. John Adams
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. James Madison
B. John Adams
TOPICS: John Adams, the second President, was the first president to reside in the White House, moving in November 1800 while the paint was still wet. When Adams and his family moved to Washington to live in the White House, they got lost in the woods north of the city for several hours.
4. The U.S. Forest Service was created by this President?
A. James Garfield
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Harry Truman
D. Ronald Reagan
B. Theodore Roosevelt
TOPICS: Theodore Roosevelt was a great outdoors man who loved nature and wanted to preserve it for generations to come. He created the U.S. Forest Service so the land would be protected.
5. Which president had an electronic horse installed in the White House?
A. Ulysses Grant
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Calvin Coolidge
D. George W. Bush
C. Calvin Coolidge
TOPICS: Calvin Coolidge had an electronic horse installed in the White
House which he rode almost every day.
6. Who was the oldest living former president?
A. William Taft
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Gerald Ford
D. Ronald Reagan
C. Gerald Ford
TOPICS: Gerald Ford was the oldest living former president. He was born on July 14, 1913, and died on Dec. 27, 2006, at age 93. The second oldest was Ronald Reagan, who also lived to be 93 years.
7. Who was the only bachelor president?
A. James Polk
B. James Monroe
C. James Buchanan
D. James Madison
C. James Buchanan
TOPICS: James Buchanan, the 15th president, was the only president never to marry. The White House hostess was his niece, Harriet Lane. In 1819, Buchanan became engaged to Ann Coleman. A misunderstanding took place and their engagement was broken. A short time later, Ann died. Buchanan vowed he would never marry.
8. Who established the first national park?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Ulysses Grant
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. John Kennedy
B. Ulysses Grant
TOPICS: The 18th president Ulysses S. Grant established Yellowstone as the nation's first national park on March 1, 1872.
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