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U.S. Presidents Trivia Quiz
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1. Who was the first president to broadcast a televised address? It occurred on a compact black-and-white screen from the New York World's Fair.

2. Obviously coming after FDR's 3+ terms as the head of the US, what president introduced and secured the passage of the legislation that establishes a two-term limit for US Presidents?

3. Cartoonist Jim Davis named his most famous creation after his grandfather who was named after what 19th century U.S. President?

4. In June 2020, what Ivy League school removed Woodrow Wilson's name from its school of public and international affairs because of his history of racism?

5. Which president was elected on the slogan 'Vote Yourself a Farm' based upon their support for the Homestead Act?

6. What early 19th century president was the first graduate student at Princeton?

7. The FDA's first commissioner, Harvey Washington Wiley, began serving in 1907, and was appointed by what President?

8. The close results of the 1948 election created the unusual scenario in which Harry Truman won the election, but the Chicago Tribune speculated that what Republican governor of New York was victorious? A celebratory Truman held up this headline while celebrating his win.

9. What TV show, which ran from 1995 to 2004, featured the theme song, 'Cleveland Rocks,' performed by The Presidents of the United States of America?

10. What president's surname derives not from a Midwestern city, but an area in the northeastern part of England?

11. Located more than 4,000 miles from Washington, DC, what is the only world capital city outside the United States to be named after an American President?

12. Who was the first president to broadcast from the White House? He did so by radio.

13. George Washington famously never fathered any children. Name one of the four other U.S. Presidents that never fathered any children?

14. Jimmy Carter, America's 39th President, was famous for being a farmer of what type of legumes before he was POTUS?

15. What then-presidential candidate is famous for having uttered the phrase 'Read my lips, no new taxes!' at the 1988 Republican convention before seeing taxes increase under his presidency?

16. Charles Fairbanks, the 26th vice president of the United States was born in a log cabin just outside Delaware, Ohio in 1852. For what man did this man serve as VP?

17. What US president had the middle name of Birchard? When referred to in speaking or writing, this president's middle initial is frequently included.

18. Referring to then-future president John Adams, the songs 'Sit Down, John' and 'But, Mr. Adams' come from what Broadway musical named for an important year in American history?

19. In a 2012 speech, Barack Obama compared Boulder City's Copper Mountain Solar Facility to what ginormous hydroelectric piece of infrastructure straddling the Arizona-Nevada border?

20. There has only been one Grandfather/Grandson duo to both serve as President in the US. Who was the Grandson?

21. Who is the only US president to have the letter 'M' as their middle initial

22. What British man received two Oscar nominations for acting roles in the 1990s for playing two different American presidents? The presidents were Richard Nixon and John Quincy Adams.

23. The contested 1876 election of which president marked the end of Reconstruction due to the backroom Compromise of 1877, which ensured which president's election and averted a constitutional crisis?

24. James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce were both associated with the nickname 'Young ______.' Fill in the blank, an attempt to associate their presidencies with the nickname of Andrew Jackson.

25. Which president was the first—and only—to hold a patent when he received one for inventing a boat lifting device (albeit, one that was never made)?

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