Presidential Trivia Challenge - Round 2
Round 2 is here and ready to give your brain another fun workout. Try your luck with these 15 questions!
Resources for this activity:
Beyer, R. (2007). The greatest presidential stories never told: 100 tales from history to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy. HarperCollins.
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John Quincy Adams pushed for who to accept an inheritance from British citizen James Smithson, leading to the founding of the Smithsonian Museums?
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President Andrew Johnson
Congress
British Parliament
Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson was known for multiple accomplishments. However, what was something that he was terrible at doing?
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Writing
Math
Reading
Managing Money (having $1 Million in debt when he died)
Zachary Taylor refused to pay his portion of the postage for a letter that had been sent to him telling that he had been nominated for the presidency. From where did he have to retrieve his letter?
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Congress
The Mailbox
The Dead Letter Office
The Police Station
Millard Fillmore is responsible for opening trade with what country that would become a top trader with the U.S.?
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Japan
France
England
Spain
A little girl told Abraham Lincoln that wives would convince their husbands to vote for him if he did what to make himself more attractive?
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Grow his hair really long
Buy a fancy carriage
Wear a gray suit
Grow a beard
Ulysses S. Grant, because of his love for fast horses, became the only president to receive what while serving in the White House?
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Community Service Sentence
Speeding ticket and a $20 fine
House Arrest Sentence
No punishment (He was the President)
Andrew Johnson was the first president to go through what (Bill Clinton and Donald Trump would endure this later.)
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Assassination Attempt
Removal from Office
Impeachment
A national pandemic
Abraham Lincoln is the only President to have received what?
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A typewriter
A beehive
A pontoon boat to float on the Potomic
A patent for an invention
Three days before Abraham Lincoln's death, how was he warned?
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A dream
A telegram
A letter
A fortune teller
What did people send to Ulysses S. Grant after his victory at Fort Donelson that would later affect his health?
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Beer
Horses
Cigarettes and Cigars
Morphine
What kind of animal did John Quincy Adams keep as a pet in one of the White House bathrooms?
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Pony
Alligator
Goat
Turtle
What animal did Lewis and Clark present to Thomas Jefferson as a pet?
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Deer
Wolf
Mountain Lion
Bear Cub
What holiday did Grover Cleveland make a national holiday?
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Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Halloween
Before being discontinued in 1969, Woodrow Wilson's face was printed on what piece of money?
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$2 bill
$25 bill
$10,000 bill
$100,000 bill
What animals did Theodore Roosevelt's children have as pets in the White House?
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Hyena
Snakes
Wildcat
All of the above
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