Saturday, November 3, 2012

POP QUIZ (What's Your White House IQ ?)

As the 2012 election draws near, try your hand at these questions to see how much you know about the American presidents.
(Bonus points if you can name all 44!)

1. Who was the first president born an American citizen?
a) George Washington
b) Andrew Jackson
c) Martin Van Buren
2. Who was the first president to take the nation into a declared war?
a) James Madison
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Woodrow Wilson
3. Which president was the first to be elected after all women won the vote?
a) William Howard Taft
b) Woodrow Wilson
c) Warren G. Harding
4. Who was the first poet to take part in a presidental inauguration?
a) Walt Whitman
b) Robert Frost
c) Maya Angelou
5. Name two of the four presidents to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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6. Which woman was the first to pursue her career before she became first lady?
a) Dolley Madison
b) Abigail Fillmore
c) Jacqueline Kennedy
7. Who was the first vice president to become president when the previous officeholder died?
a) John Tyler
b) Andrew Johnson
c) Chester A. Arthur
8. Which former president was elected to the House of Representatives after serving his term?
a) John Quincy Adams
b) Andrew Johnson
c) Franklin Pierce
9. Which four presidents were assassinated?
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10. Who named the first African-American Supreme Court justice?
a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
b) John F. Kennedy
c) Lyndon B. Johnson




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Answers : 1. c  ; 2. a  ; 3. c  ; 4. b  ; 5. Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama.  Carter's prize came after he left office; the others won the prize while president.
 6. b  ; 7. a  ; 8. a  ; 9. Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy.  ;  10. c

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