Twenty Questions about Presidents' Day

Let's see what you know about some of the 44 presidents we honor with a holiday.

1. He was the first president --- and the only one among the first five ---- not born in Virginia.
a) James Monroe
b) John Quincy Adams
c) Andrew Jackson
d) John Adams
2. He was the last president born in Virginia.
a) Zachary Taylor
b) Woodrow Wilson
c) James Madison
d) John F. Kennedy
3. He was president when the British invaded Washington, torching the Capitol and the president's house.
a) George Washington
b) Andrew Jackson
c) James Madison
d) Martin van Buren
4. He was the only one to serve in the House of Representatives after leaving the White House --- and he actually died in the Capitol.
a) John Quincy Adams
b) Millard Fillmore
c) Franklin Pierce
d) John Adams
5. He was held prisoner by the British during the Revolutionary War.
a) George Washington
b) James Monroe
c) Andrew Jackson
d) William Henry Harrison
6. He was the first vice president to become president upon the death of his predecessor, and was later elected to the Confederate Congress.
a) Millard Fillmore
b) John Tyler
c) Zachary Taylor
d) James Polk
7. He was elected with 39.8 percent of the popular vote, over three candidates from the Democratic, and the Constitutional Union parties.
a) Franklin Pierce
b) James Buchanan
c) Andrew Johnson
d) Abraham Lincoln
8. The last president to sport a beard ---- his grandfather had also been president.
a) Benjamin Harrison
b) James Garfield
c) Rutherford B. Hayes
d) Ulysses Grant
9. The only Democrat to be elected and serve as president between 1861 and 1913.
a) Chester Arthur
b) Grover Cleveland
c) William McKinley
d) Woodrow Wilson
10. The last president who was a Civil War veteran.
a) William H. Taft
b) Theodore Roosevelt
c) William McKinley
d) Benjamin Harrison
11. Was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in 2001.
a) George Washington
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d) Dwight Eisenhower
12. Served four years as president and almost nine as chief Justice of the United States.
a) William H. Taft
b) Warren G. Harding
c) Herbert Hoover
d) Grover Cleveland
13. The first president elected after women won the right to vote.
a) Woodrow Wilson
b) William H. Taft
c) Calvin Coolidge
d) Warren G. Harding
14. Took the oath of office from his father.
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Calvin Coolidge
c) Franklin Roosevelt
d) Harry S. Truman
15. The first Quaker elected president.
a) Calvin Coolidge
b) Franklin Roosevelt
c) Herbert Hoover
d) Dwight Eisenhower
16. He was the Democratic nominee for the vice president in 1920.
a) Franklin Roosevelt
b) Harry S. Truman
c) Lyndon Johnson
d) Dwight Eisenhower
17. Before becoming president of the United States, he was president of Columbia University.
a) Franklin Roosevelt
b) Richard Nixon
c) Harry Truman
d) Dwight Eisenhower
18. His father served as FDR's ambassador to the Court of St. James's.
a) Richard Nixon
b) Lyndon Johnson
c) John F. Kennedy
d) George H. W. Bush
19. The second Quaker elected president.
a) Jimmy Carter
b) Richard Nixon
c) Lyndon Johnson
d) Ronald Reagan
20. He was the second president to nominate his vice president under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
a) Richard Nixon
b) Gerald Ford
c) Jimmy Carter
d) Ronald Reagan



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Answers : 1. d  ; 2. b  ; 3. c  ; 4. a  ; 5. c  ; 6. b  ; 7. d  ; 8. a  ; 9. b  ; 10. c  ; 11. c  ; 12. a  ; 13. d  ; 14. b  ; 15. c  ; 16. a  ; 17. d  ; 18. c  ; 19. b  ; 20. b