It is the time of year we celebrate our presidents, so here’s a 46-question quiz in honor of America’s 46 presidents.
Quiz score:
41-46 correct: Two-term president
31-40: One-term president
0-30 correct: Unelected
1. Were any presidents born on Presidents’ Day?
Yes, or no.
Answer: No. It is always celebrated on the third Monday of the month.
2. What year was the first U.S. president sworn in to office?
A) 1789
B) 1776
C) 1781
Answer: A) 1789
3. What state has produced the most presidents?A) New York
B) Virginia
C) Ohio
Answer: B) Virginia 8, Ohio, 7, New York 5
4. How many presidents were born in California?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
Answer: A) One, Richard Nixon. Ronald Reagan was born in Illinois and moved to California when he was in his 20s.
5. What president was elected to two nonconsecutive terms?
A) John Adams
B) Grover Cleveland
Answer: B) Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president.
6. Construction of the Jefferson Memorial began in what year?
A) 1945
B) 1889
C) 1938
Answer: C) The Jefferson Memorial was built between 1938 and 1943 under the sponsorship of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
7. What year was ground broken for the Lincoln Memorial?
A) 1914
B) 1921
C) 1881
Answer: A) Ground was broken for the foundation of the Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 12, 1914.
8. The Lincoln statue comprises 28 pieces of marble from what state?
A) Illinois
B) Georgia
C) Ohio
Answer: B) The marble pieces are from Georgia.
9. How many years did it take to complete and dedicate the Washington Monument?
A) About 22
B) About 37
C) About 48
Answer: B) 37; The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848; the capstone was set on Dec. 6, 1884; the completed monument was dedicated Feb. 21, 1885; and opened Oct. 9, 1888.
10. How wide is one of the walls on the Washington Monument?
A) 25 feet
B) 55 feet
C) 100 feet
Answer: B) 55 feet square at the base. The height of the monument is 554 feet, 7 inches.
Side note: After some preliminary discussion about tearing down the unfinished Washington Monument or changing its design, the Army Corps of Engineers assumed responsibility for its completion. Because it was impossible to find marble matching that used to construct the earlier portion, the color of the upper two-thirds of the monument is visibly different from that of the lower third.
11. How many presidential libraries are there?
A) 45
B) 15
C) 8
Answer: B) 15. The presidential library system formally began in 1939 when President Franklin Roosevelt donated his personal and presidential papers to the federal government.
12. What day is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday?
A) Feb. 22
B) Feb. 14
C) Feb. 12
Answer: C) Feb. 12, 1809
13. How old was Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated?
A) 50
B) 56
C) 66
Answer: B) 56
14. How many children did Abraham and Mary Lincoln have?
A) Four
B) Six
Answer: A) They had four sons. Only one lived longer than their parents.
15. How many eventual presidents signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776?
A) Four
B) Two
Answer: B) Only two presidents signed the declaration, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.
16. About how tall are the heads on Mount Rushmore?
A) 100 feet
B) 80 feet
C) 60 feet
Answer: C) Each head on Mount Rushmore is 60 feet tall.
17. How many presidents have birthdays in February?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Six
Answer: A) Four presidents have birthdays in February: George Washington (the 22nd), William Henry Harrison (9th), Abraham Lincoln (12th) and Ronald Reagan (6th).
18. What year did George Washington’s profile first appear on the 25-cent piece?
A) 1890
B) 1932
C) 1832
Answer: B) Washington has been on the quarter since August 1932.
19. What year did Thomas Jefferson first appear on the five-cent piece?
A) 1890
B) 1938
C) 2006
Answer: B) He’s been on the nickel since 1938, although the current portrait dates to 2006.
20. Which president was also a chief justice of the Supreme Court?
A) William Taft
B) Benjamin Harrison
Answer: A) William Taft
21. Which president’s sculpted head on Mount Rushmore has a room behind it?
A) George Washington
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Abraham Lincoln
Answer: C) There’s a secret room behind President Lincoln’s head that was meant to be called the Hall of Records.
22. Who was president when Alaska was admitted into the Union as the 49th state?
A) Harry Truman
B) John Kennedy
C) Dwight Eisenhower
Answer: C) Eisenhower in 1959.
23. What president is pictured to the below?
B) William Taft
Answer: A) Millard Fillmore, 13th president.
24. Who is the only president born in New Jersey?
A) Donald Trump
B) Grover Cleveland
Answer: B) Cleveland
25. Which president was the last to hold office from a party other than the Republican or Democratic party?
A) Millard Fillmore
B) Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: A) Millard Fillmore took office in 1850 and was in the Whig Party.
26. How many presidents also were vice presidents?
A) 12
B) 15
Answer: B) 15
27. What year did Lincoln’s profile first appear on the one-cent piece?
A) 1909
B) 1932
C) 1929
Answer: A) 1909
28. Who was the youngest president to assume the presidency?
A) John Kennedy
B) Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: B) Theodore Roosevelt, 42 years, 322 days.
29. Who was the oldest president to assume the presidency?
A) Donald Trump
B) Joe Biden
C) Ronald Reagan
Answer: B) Biden. Biden took office at 78. Trump 70, Reagan 69.
30. What president had the most children?
A) John Tyler
B) John Kennedy
C) John Adams
Answer: John Tyler fathered the most children, having 15 over two marriages, and allegedly fathering more with slaves.
31. What president left office with the highest approval rating?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) Donald Trump
C) Bill Clinton
Answer: C) Clinton. Clinton left office with a 66% approval rating the highest of all presidents.
32. Who was the first Republican president?
A) Franklin Pierce
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Andrew Jackson
Answer: B) Abraham Lincoln
33. Who was the first Federalist president?
A) John Tyler
B) John Adams
C) James Monroe
Answer: B) John Adams
34. Of the first 12 presidents, how many owned slaves?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 6
Answer: A) 10. John Adams and John Quincy Adams did not.
35. How many presidents were in the Whig party?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 1
Answer: B) 4
36. What president had the shortest term?
A) William Harrison
B) James Garfield
Answer: A) Harrison died 31 days into his term.
37. How many presidents, excluding our current president, served less than 1,000 days?
A) 3
B) 12
C) 6
Answer: C) 6. Millard Fillmore (969), Gerald Ford (895), Warren Harding (881), Zachary Taylor (492), James Garfield (199), William Harrison (31).
38. Franklin D. Roosevelt had the most days in office. How many days?
A) 4,422
B) 2,922
C) 3,322
Answer: A) 4,422. He died 2 months, 23 days into his fourth term.
39. What year was Mount Rushmore completed?
A) 1941
B) 1949
C) 1909
Answer: A) 1941
40. How many presidents served only one full term?A) 13
B) 15
C) 22
Answer: A) 13. Twelve presidents served 1,461 days (one full term), John Adams served 1,460 days which was also a full term.
41. How many presidents served two consecutive terms?
A) 10
B) 13
C) 16
Answer: B) 13, including F.D.R. (three full terms). Grover Cleveland served two terms but not consecutively.
42. What’s the minimum age to run for president?
A) None
B) 35
C) 40
Answer: B) 35
43. How many presidents served in the military?
A) 26
B) 12
B) 18
Answer: A) 26
44. What president was the last to fly on a commercial airline flight during their term?
A) Dwight Eisenhower
B) Richard Nixon
C) Joe Biden
Answer: B) Nixon. In 1973, in response to the nationwide gas crisis, Nixon stepped aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles to save fuel.
45. What president is pictured below?
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Calvin Coolidge
C) Herbert Hoover
Answer: A) Woodrow Wilson
46. What president was the first to deliver a televised speech to the nation?
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Harry S. Truman
Answer: B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
The design of today’s seal was specified by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 by executive order.
Sources: National Archives, The White House, Library of Congress, potus.com
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