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U.S. Presidents Trivia Quiz
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1. The No Child Left Behind Act was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and was signed into law by what U.S. President?

2. As of March 2020, who was the oldest U.S. President as measured by age on day of inauguration? If the President served multiple terms, we're only using the age from their first inauguration.

3. Rated by the Wall Street Journal as #2 on the list of best fictional Presidents, Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet was the POTUS played by Martin Sheen on what long-running series?

4. Ronald Reagan very briefly relinquished the U.S. presidency in 1985, during a surgery to remove cancerous polyps from what organ?

5. On March 13, 2022, what former U.S. President announced that he had tested positive for COVID, tweeting that 'it's a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven't already?'

6. There are four U.S. state capitals named after a President. The one that is furthest north has an airport with what three-letter abbreviation?

7. Despite a bellicose reputation, what US President won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a peacemaker in the Russo-Japanese War?

8. In October 1884 in Washington, U.S. President Chester Arthur hosted an international conference to discuss the choice of 'a ______ to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the world'. What word fills in the blank?

9. What famously witty U.S. president famously said the following? 'I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.'

10. The Washington Nationals have a famous 4th-inning promotion in which presidential mascots participate in a running race. What U.S. president has won the highest number of races (through the 2018 season) with over 300 victories?

11. Up until 1901, the White House was known by what on-the-nose two-word name? We're looking for BOTH words here, and there are two acceptable answers.

12. James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau in 1881. This assassination attempt eventually led to Garfield's death. The bullet was lodged near Garfield's spine and could not be located by doctors. What contemporary American scientist and inventor created a metal detector to try (unsuccessfully) locating the bullet for removal?

13. Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, Tiger Woods and Rush Limbaugh received what prestigious medal by President Donald Trump during his presidential term?

14. How many future US Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?

15. What man turned down a Supreme Court appointment and became the sixth U.S. President 14 years later?

16. 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.

17. What actor, also a star of 'Sideways' and 'Cinderella Man,' won an Emmy for his portrayal of the titular President in the 2008 HBO miniseries 'John Adams?'

18. He might have claimed he wasn't a crook, but legend has it that which president made more money playing poker during his Navy days than he got from his military paycheck?

19. John Tyler opposed president Andrew Jackson during what 1832-1833 'N' crisis of US history, where South Carolina declared tariffs to be unconstitutional and void in the state?

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

21. What ninth President had the shortest term in office -- one month -- but also the longest inaugural speech of any President in American history, at a whopping 105 minutes in length?

22. How many US Presidents have been primarily affiliated with Michigan?

23. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison used the pen name 'Publius' to publish what set of 85 essays in New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788?

24. 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?

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

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