Sunday Special - POTUS This & That
1. Who was the first president to run against a woman candidate?
a. - Andrew Johnson
b. - Ulysses S. Grant
c. - George H.W. Bush
d. - Donald J. Trump
2. Which former president will Donald Trump supplant as the oldest person
ever elected?
a. - Ronald Reagan
b. - George H.W. Bush
c. - James Buchanan
d. - William Henry Harrison
3. Who inaugurated the first televised presidential news conference?
a. - Harry S. Truman
b. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. - John F. Kennedy
d. - Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Who was the first president to be impeached?
5. Who signed the legislation to create the Social Security system?
6. Who was the first president to live in the White House?
a. - George Washington
b. - John Adams
c. - Thomas Jefferson
d. - James Madison
7. Name the only U.S. president who never married.
a. - James Monroe
b. - James Garfield
c. - James Buchanan
d. - Franklin Pierce
8. Who among these did not die on the fourth of July?
a. - John Adams
b. - Thomas Jefferson
c. - Ulysses S. Grant
d. - James Monroe
9. Which President was in office for the shortest time ?
a. - William Henry Harrison
b. - James A. Garfield
c. - Zachary Taylor
d. - Warren G. Harding
10. Who was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office?
11. Which president signed the treaty to buy Alaska from Russia?
a. - Andrew Jackson
b. - James Madison
c. - Franklin Pierce
d. - Andrew Johnson
12. Who was the first president to appear on TV?
a. - Herbert Hoover
b. - FDR
c. - Harry S. Truman
d. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
13. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to the
Supreme Court?
a. - Harry S. Truman
b. - JFK
c. - LBJ
d. - Richard Nixon
14. For which president was the poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" written by
Walt Whitman?
a. - William McKinley
b. - James Garfield
c. - Abraham Lincoln
d. - FDR
15. Who was the first president to light the national Christmas tree on the
White House lawn?
a. - Calvin Coolidge
b. - Woodrow Wilson
c. - FDR
d. - Herbert Hoover
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1. - b *
2. - a
3. - b
4. Andrew Johnson
5. - FDR
6. - b
7. - c
8. - c
9. - a
10. Grover Cleveland
11. - d
12. - b**
13. - c
14. - c
15. - a
*He campaigned against Virginia Woodhull, the nominee of the “Equal Rights
Party” in 1872.
** He appeared on black and white TV sets on April 30, 1939 during the
opening ceremony for the New York’s World's Fair.
1. Who was the first president to run against a woman candidate?
a. - Andrew Johnson
b. - Ulysses S. Grant
c. - George H.W. Bush
d. - Donald J. Trump
2. Which former president will Donald Trump supplant as the oldest person
ever elected?
a. - Ronald Reagan
b. - George H.W. Bush
c. - James Buchanan
d. - William Henry Harrison
3. Who inaugurated the first televised presidential news conference?
a. - Harry S. Truman
b. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. - John F. Kennedy
d. - Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Who was the first president to be impeached?
5. Who signed the legislation to create the Social Security system?
6. Who was the first president to live in the White House?
a. - George Washington
b. - John Adams
c. - Thomas Jefferson
d. - James Madison
7. Name the only U.S. president who never married.
a. - James Monroe
b. - James Garfield
c. - James Buchanan
d. - Franklin Pierce
8. Who among these did not die on the fourth of July?
a. - John Adams
b. - Thomas Jefferson
c. - Ulysses S. Grant
d. - James Monroe
9. Which President was in office for the shortest time ?
a. - William Henry Harrison
b. - James A. Garfield
c. - Zachary Taylor
d. - Warren G. Harding
10. Who was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office?
11. Which president signed the treaty to buy Alaska from Russia?
a. - Andrew Jackson
b. - James Madison
c. - Franklin Pierce
d. - Andrew Johnson
12. Who was the first president to appear on TV?
a. - Herbert Hoover
b. - FDR
c. - Harry S. Truman
d. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
13. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to the
Supreme Court?
a. - Harry S. Truman
b. - JFK
c. - LBJ
d. - Richard Nixon
14. For which president was the poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" written by
Walt Whitman?
a. - William McKinley
b. - James Garfield
c. - Abraham Lincoln
d. - FDR
15. Who was the first president to light the national Christmas tree on the
White House lawn?
a. - Calvin Coolidge
b. - Woodrow Wilson
c. - FDR
d. - Herbert Hoover
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1. - b *
2. - a
3. - b
4. Andrew Johnson
5. - FDR
6. - b
7. - c
8. - c
9. - a
10. Grover Cleveland
11. - d
12. - b**
13. - c
14. - c
15. - a
*He campaigned against Virginia Woodhull, the nominee of the “Equal Rights
Party” in 1872.
** He appeared on black and white TV sets on April 30, 1939 during the
opening ceremony for the New York’s World's Fair.
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