PRESIDENT QUIZ
NOTE:  Questions on the left.  Answers are on the right.
    QUESTIONS     ANSWERS
1 Which President’s wife was the first with a college education? 1 Rutherford Hayes – Lucy Webb
2 Which two Presidents of the first 7 Presidents only served one term? 2 John Adams & John Quincy Adams
3 Two Presidents to be impeached? 3 Bill Clinton & Andrew Johnson
4 First Resident of New York to seek the Presidency? 4 Martin Van Buren
5 Last President to campaign from front porch? 5 Warren Harding
6 Only President to be married in the White House? 6 Grover Cleveland
7 Wife started the tradition of playing 'Hail to the Chief" whenever President appeared at state function? 7 John Tyler
8 The first President to visit all 50 states? 8 Richard Nixon
9 First President to visit West Coast? 9 Rutherford Hayes
10 Second shortest term for President?  President and length of term? 10 James Garfield - 6 Months
11 The first President whose voice was heard over the radio? 11 Warren Harding
12 The President who grew up speaking a language other than English? 12 Martin Van Buren (he grew up speaking Dutch
13 Only 3 time Ohio Governor to be President? 13 Rutherford Hayes
14 What two Presidents died on 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on 7-4-1826? 14 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
15 The only President born on the 4th of July? 15 Calvin Coolidge
16 The President who was buried with his head resting on a copy of the Constitution? 16 Andrew Johnson
17 The first President to call Washington D.C. residence the 'White House'? 17 Theodore Roosevelt
18 Distantly related to Presidents Pierce, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Ford and Winston Churchill 18 George H. W. Bush
19 First Presidents mother to attend his inauguration? 19 Rutherford Hayes
20 First President from Vermont? 20 Chester Arthur
21 President with youngest wife and age of wife? 21 Grover Cleveland - 21 (he was 49)
22 Only President ever to be elected twice without ever receiving 50% of the popular vote? 22 Bill Clinton.  He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.  
23 Credited with saying, 'I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damn business'? 23 Chester Arthur
24 Only President to own a Pilot 's license 24 Dwight Eisenhower
25 Which President's home is the most popular historic home in America? 25 George Washington's home - Mount Vernon
26 Who was the first President to graduate from college? 26 John Adams - Harvard
27 Which President's wife was the first to be referred to as 'first lady'? 27 James Madison's wife Dolly Madison
28 The only two President's to be unopposed in the general presidential election? 28 George Washington and James Monroe
29 First President to be born a citizen of the United States? 29 Martin Van Buren
30 First President to be a Rhodes Scholar? 30 Bill Clinton
31 Which President was the first career army officer to attain the presidency? 31 Zachary Taylor
32 First President to die in office? 32 William Henry Harrison
33 First President to have a telephone in the Executive Office? 33 Rutherford Hayes
34 First President to marry while in the White House? 34 John Tyler
35 First President to throw out the first ball to start a baseball season? 35 William Howard Taft
36 Who was the President with the political nickname of 'The Little Magician'? 36 Martin Van Buren
  37 Who was the only ordained minister to live in the White House? 37 James Garfield
38 Who was the only President to become a senator after his Presidency? 38 Andrew Johnson
39 First President to be a General in the Civil War? 39 Ulysses S. Grant
40 Who was the fifth and last President to be a General in the Civil War? 40 Benjamin Harrison (Grant, Hayes, Arthur, Garfield other 4)
41 Who was the only officer in the Civil War not to be a General that became President? 41 William McKinley
42 Which President was assassinated earliest in his Presidency? 42 James Garfield at 4 months
43 Who was the youngest president? 43 Theodore Roosevelt at 43.  
44 Three President libraries on a university campus? 44 Jack Kennedy (U of Mass), Lyndon Johnson (Texas) and George Bush (Texas A&M).
45 What President was nicknamed 'Old Rough and Ready'? 45 Zachary Taylor
46 Who was the only President to become Chief Justice after his Presidency? 46 William Howard Taft
47 Who was the first President to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? 47 Teddy Roosevelt
48 Who was the first President born west of the Mississippi River? 48 Herbert Hoover
49 Only President to fight in the Spanish American War? 49 Theodore Roosevelt
50 Who was the President in the first graduating class at Stanford in 1895? 50 Herbert Hoover
51 Who were the only two Presidents to graduate from West Point? 51 Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower
52 Only President to serve 13 years as VP and President? 52 Richard Nixon
53 Only President to replace a resigned VP and a resigned President? 53 Gerald Ford replaced VP Spiro Agnew and President Nixon
54 First 3 Presidents to never serve in Washington D. C. before Presidency or had been a General? 54 Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter (Clinton, Reagan, Bush Jr)
55 Three Presidents that were top General in the Army? 55 Washington, Grant, Eisenhower
56 What two states were the most Presidents born in? 56 Virginia (8) and Ohio (7)
57 Only President to actually build a home he lived in? 57 Millard Fillmore - built home in 1826
58 Tippecanoe and Tyler too referred to which two Presidents? 58 William Henry Harrison and John Tyler
59 Who was the first President to be born in a hospital? 59 Jimmy Carter 
60 What President's home was first to be restored? 60 George Washington, Mount Vernon in 1858.
61 President of Princeton for 8 years? 61 Woodrow Wilson
62 Who is the only President who was Speaker of the House? 62 James K. Polk
63 Which President descended from people on the Mayflower   63 Zachary Taylor
64 Who was the only Bachelor President? 64 James Buchanan  
65 Who was the 6th and last President to be born in a log cabin? 65 James Garfield
66 What President was first to have a funeral at the White House? 66 Zachary Taylor
67 What President will always be associated with November 22, 1963? 67 John Kennedy
68 First President to visit a national park? 68 Chester Arthur
69 Who was the tallest President? 69 Abraham Lincoln at 6'4".
70 Who was the oldest President? 70 Ronald Reagan was 77 when his Presidency ended.
71 What first lady lived to the oldest age? 71 Bess Truman at 97 years 8 months.  Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon Johnson wife, died at 94 in 2007.
72 What President lived to the oldest age? 72 President Gerald Ford died 12-26-2006 at the age of 93 years, 5 months,12 days.  President Reagan died 6-5-04 at 93 years and 4 months
73 First President & VP of different parties? 73 John Adams and VP Thomas Jefferson 
74 Second President & VP of different parties? 74 Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson
75 What President finished 4 years of college at Princeton in 2 years? 75 James Madison
76 Who was first President to ride a rail road train? 76 Andrew Jackson
77 First President to sleep in the White House? 77 John Adams
78 Hardest working President? 78 James K. Polk
79 Only President to resign? 79 Richard Nixon
80 Father of Constitution? 80 James Madison
81 Only tie in electoral vote was by what two Presidential candidates? 81 Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied after electoral vote
82 Second VP to become President upon death of a President 82 Millard Fillmore 
83 First President to visit China? 83 Richard Nixon
84 Served in House of Rep for 17 years after President and had fatal stroke in the House of Rep?  84 John Quincy Adams - died on floor of House of Representatives
85 What President became a father at 70? 85 John Tyler
86 Third President to die on July 4th? 86 James Monroe.  3 of first 5 Presidents died on July 4th.
87 Last Whig to become President? 87 Millard Fillmore  
88 First President born in a metropolitan city? 88 Theodore Roosevelt
89 Which President lost both the electoral and popular vote? 89 John Quincy Adams (3 candidates and Clay later gave votes to Adams)
90 Who was Old Hickory? 90 Andrew Jackson
91 Which President was Little Ben? 91 Benjamin Harrison - 5'6"   
92 First President to use telephone in campaigning? 92 William McKinley
93 What President was responsible for constructing Panama Canal? 93 Theodore Roosevelt
94 Only President sworn in by his dad? 94 Calvin Coolidge
95 Only President to be elected for 3 and 4 terms? 95 Franklin D. Roosevelt
96 Only Vice President to witness the assassination of the President? 96 Lyndon Johnson
97 Youngest Governor in the Nation at the time at 32? 97 Bill Clinton
98 First Vice President to become President due to death of a President in office? 98 John Tyler
99 Longest inaugural address? 99 William Henry Harrison - 2 hours
100 Only President to have studied Medicine? 100 William Henry Harrison
101 President thrown out of his own party (Whigs) while President? 101 James K. Polk
102 What President and his Vice President never met until after elected? 102 President Zachary Taylor and his VP Millard Fillmore
103 What President never registered to vote before becoming President and didn't vote in his own election? 103 Zachary Taylor
104 What two future Presidents were involved in the dirtiest election campaign for President? 104 John Quincy Adams vs Andrew Jackson
105 President with Cocker Spaniel named Checkers? 105 Richard Nixon
106 Fell ill on July 4th at Washington Mon. ceremonies and died 5 days later?  Only son was Confederate General. 106 Zachary Taylor
107 Lost his last of 3 children in train wreck two months prior to taking office? 107 Franklin Pierce
108 Played football at West Point before knee injury ended his career? 108 Dwight Eisenhower
109 Youngest Vice President at 39? 109 Richard Nixon
110 Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine? 110 John Quincy Adams as Sec of State for James Monroe
111 First President to graduate from West Point? 111 Ulysses S. Grant
112 Shot 5 times in Civil War and horse shot out from under him 4 times? 112 Rutherford Hayes
113 Two Presidents named after Benjamin Franklin? 113 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Franklin Pierce
114 First Catholic Vice President? 114 Joe Biden
115 Two Presidents that were Secretary of State and Vice President? 115 Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren
116 What President and Vice President had the greatest age difference? 116 Eisenhower (62) and Nixon (39) 
117 Lieutenant at Valley Forge under George Washington who later became President? 117 James Monroe  
118 Red Fox of Kinderhook? 118 Martin Van Buren
119 Brought cow to White House to guarantee milk? 119 William Henry Harrison
120 Had 15 children, most of any President? 120 John Tyler
121 President of Columbia University for 3 years? 121 Dwight Eisenhower
122 Took 49 ballots before he became Democratic candidate to run against General Winfield Scott? 122 Franklin Pierce
123 Lived most of his life in East Aurora, New York? 123 Millard Fillmore
124 Congress missed by one vote of impeaching what President? 124 Andrew Johnson
125 First minority President? 125 Barack Obama   
126 Elected to Congress while General in Civil War.  Wouldn't serve until war over a year later? 126 Rutherford Hayes
127 Wheatland was home of which President? 127 James Buchanan
128 Both grandfathers served in Massachusetts legislature? 128 John Kennedy
129 Two Presidents to take the Oath of Office in New York City? 129 Chester Arthur & George Washington
130 President between Grover Cleveland's two terms? 130 Benjamin Harrison
131 Heaviest President - 300 to 340 pounds? 131 William Howard Taft
132 Father was Chaplain in the Confederate Army? 132 Woodrow Wilson
133 Two Presidents with a wife named Abigail? 133 John Adams and Millard Fillmore
134 Became ill while visiting Alaska and died later in San Francisco? 134 Warren Harding
135 Summer home was in Black Hills of South Dakota? 135 Calvin Coolidge
136 Was Captain in the Army in 1st World War? 136 Harry Truman
137 2nd youngest person to become President at 43 years of age? 137 John Kennedy
138 Lived in 27 houses during marriage? 138 Dwight Eisenhower
140 Won tidy sum of money playing poker while rising to lieutenant commander in WW II? 140 Richard Nixon
141 Enlisted in Civil War as a Private and left as a Major? 141 William McKinley
142 President during Watergate? 142 Richard Nixon
143 Lineman  for Michigan football team 143 Gerald Ford  
144 Sportscaster for Radio Station WHO, Des Moines, Iowa 144 Ronald Reagan  
145 Son of  President with a brother who was Governor of Florida 145 George Bush, Jr
146 Assassinated in Ford Theater 146 Abraham Lincoln
147 First baseman for Yale baseball team 147 George Bush, Sr.
148 First Secretary of State under George Washington 148 Thomas Jefferson
149 Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson 149 James Madison
150 Career officer whose cousins included James Madison and Robert E. Lee 150 Zachary Taylor
151 First two presidents to die in office 151 William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor
152 Only President born in New Hampshire 152 Franklin Pierce
153 First Catholic President and 2nd Catholic nominated by a major party? 153 John Kennedy - 1st nominated was Alfred Smith
154 Secretary of State under James K. Polk 154 James Buchanan
155 Had famous debates vs 'Little Giant' in lost bid for Senate and won bid for President 2 yrs later.  Name both. 155 Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
156 What General did Ulysses Grant served under in the Mexican War 156 Zachary Taylor
157 What was first National park established and by what President? 157 Yellowstone by Grant in 1871
158 Who won most disputed election despite losing popular vote 4.3 to 4 million votes? 158 Rutherford Hayes
159 Fourth Vice President to become President on death of President in 1881?  159 Chester Arthur
160 What President served the 2nd shortest term? 160 James Garfield - six months
161 First Democrat elected President after the Civil War? 161 Grover Cleveland
162 Shortest President at 5'4"? 162 James Madison, 5'4"
163 Last veteran of Civil War to become President? 163 William McKinley
164 What two Governor's of Ohio became President? 164 Rutherford Hayes & William McKinley
165 Last President whom every visitor to Washington could meet? 165 Calvin Coolidge
167 Fifth cousin was Theodore Roosevelt and he married a distant cousin? 167 Franklin D. Roosevelt
168 First President after Grant to have engaged in farming as an adult? 168 Harry Truman
169 Three second shortest Presidents at 5'6"? 169 John Adams, Martin Van Buren & Benjamin Harrison
170 President of Western Reserve? 170 James Garfield
  171 Which President was father-in-law to Jefferson Davis, 2nd cousin of Madison and 4th cousin of Jefferson? 171 Zachary Taylor
172 First assassination attempt was on what President? 172 Andrew Jackson - walking stick misfirred twice
173 Father served in Grants cabinet and he graduated 2nd in his class at Yale?  173 William Taft
174 President associated with Teapot Dome? 174 Warren Harding
175 Third President assassinated? 175 William McKinley
176 Fourth President assassinated? 176 John Kennedy
177 President with middle initial standing for nothing  177 Harry S. Truman
178 Three Presidents to win Nobel Pece prize while President 178 Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, Obama
179 Only President to win Nobel Peace prize while not President 179 Jimmy Carter 
180 Only VP to win Nobel Peace Prize 180 Al Gore
181 Who was the first President to have been survived by both his parents 181 John Kennedy
182 What President's son, Rihard, served as a brigadier general during the Civil War 182 Zachary Taylor
183 The wife of which President was accused of spying for the Confedarcy during the Civil War 183 Abraham Lincoln
184 Two Presidents who beame fathers while service as President 184 Grover Cleveland and John Kennedy
185 What President ran for President three times, but lost the 2nd and 3rd time 185 Martin Van Buren
186 What President made a record twenty-six changes to his cabinet, all within a four year period. 186 Franklin Pierce
187 The only President to keep his cabinet intact for all 4 years of his administration. 187 John Tyler
188 What President was buried the farthest south 188 Lyndon Johnson
189 What two Presidents had brothers who were generals in the U.S. Army 189 James Madison (Gen. William Madison), Zachary Taylor (Gen Joseph P. Taylor)
190 What President saw the most cabinet member investigated for wrongdoing? 190 Ronald Reagan
191 What President at the age of 10 won the Massachusetts spelling contest? 191 John Adams
192 Who was the first President born in a log cabin? 192 Andrew Jackson
         ANSWERS  
1 Rutherford Hayes – Lucy Webb
2 John Adams & John Quincy Adams
3 Bill Clinton & Andrew Johnson
4 Martin Van Buren
5 Warren Harding
6 Grover Cleveland
7 John Tyler
8 Richard Nixon
9 Rutherford Hayes
10 James Garfield - 6 Months
11 Warren Harding
12 Martin Van Buren (he grew up speaking Dutch
13 Rutherford Hayes
14 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
15 Calvin Coolidge
16 Andrew Johnson
17 Theodore Roosevelt
18 George H. W. Bush
19 Rutherford Hayes
20 Chester Arthur
21 Grover Cleveland - 21 (he was 49)
22 Bill Clinton.  He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.  
23 Chester Arthur
24 Dwight Eisenhower
25 George Washington's home - Mount Vernon
26 John Adams - Harvard
27 James Madison's wife Dolly Madison
28 George Washington and James Monroe
29 Martin Van Buren
30 Bill Clinton
31 Zachary Taylor
32 William Henry Harrison
33 Rutherford Hayes
34 John Tyler
35 William Howard Taft
36 Martin Van Buren
37 James Garfield
38 Andrew Johnson
39 Ulysses S. Grant
40 Benjamin Harrison (Grant, Hayes, Arthur, Garfield other 4)
41 William McKinley
42 James Garfield at 4 months
43 Theodore Roosevelt at 43.  
44 Jack Kennedy (U of Mass), Lyndon Johnson (Texas) and George Bush (Texas A&M).
45 Zachary Taylor
46 William Howard Taft
47 Teddy Roosevelt
48 Herbert Hoover
49 Theodore Roosevelt
50 Herbert Hoover
51 Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower
52 Richard Nixon
53 Gerald Ford replaced VP Spiro Agnew and President Nixon
54 Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter (Clinton, Reagan, Bush Jr)
55 Washington, Grant, Eisenhower
56 Virginia (8) and Ohio (7)
57 Millard Fillmore - built home in 1826
58 William Henry Harrison and John Tyler
59 Jimmy Carter 
60 George Washington, Mount Vernon in 1858.
61 Woodrow Wilson
62 James K. Polk
63 Zachary Taylor
64 James Buchanan  
65 James Garfield
66 Zachary Taylor
67 John Kennedy
68 Chester Arthur
69 Abraham Lincoln at 6'4".
70 Ronald Reagan was 77 when his Presidency ended.
71 Bess Truman at 97 years 8 months.  Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon Johnson wife, died at 94 in 2007.
72 President Gerald Ford died 12-26-2006 at the age of 93 years, 5 months,12 days.  President Reagan died 6-5-04 at 93 years and 4 months
73 John Adams and VP Thomas Jefferson 
74 Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson
75 James Madison
76 Andrew Jackson
77 John Adams
78 James K. Polk
79 Richard Nixon
80 James Madison
81 Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied after electoral vote
82 Millard Fillmore 
83 Richard Nixon
84 John Quincy Adams - died on floor of House of Representatives
85 John Tyler
86 James Monroe.  3 of first 5 Presidents died on July 4th.
87 Millard Fillmore  
88 Theodore Roosevelt
89 John Quincy Adams (3 candidates and Clay later gave votes to Adams)
90 Andrew Jackson
91 Benjamin Harrison - 5'6"   
92 William McKinley
93 Theodore Roosevelt
94 Calvin Coolidge
95 Franklin D. Roosevelt
96 Lyndon Johnson
97 Bill Clinton
98 John Tyler
99 William Henry Harrison - 2 hours
100 William Henry Harrison
101 James K. Polk
102 President Zachary Taylor and his VP Millard Fillmore
103 Zachary Taylor
104 John Quincy Adams vs Andrew Jackson
105 Richard Nixon
106 Zachary Taylor
107 Franklin Pierce
108 Dwight Eisenhower
109 Richard Nixon
110 John Quincy Adams as Sec of State for James Monroe
111 Ulysses S. Grant
112 Rutherford Hayes
113 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Franklin Pierce
114 Joe Biden
115 Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren
116 Eisenhower (62) and Nixon (39) 
117 James Monroe  
118 Martin Van Buren
119 William Henry Harrison
120 John Tyler
121 Dwight Eisenhower
122 Franklin Pierce
123 Millard Fillmore
124 Andrew Johnson
125 Barack Obama   
126 Rutherford Hayes
127 James Buchanan
128 John Kennedy
129 Chester Arthur & George Washington
130 Benjamin Harrison
131 William Howard Taft
132 Woodrow Wilson
133 John Adams and Millard Fillmore
134 Warren Harding
135 Calvin Coolidge
136 Harry Truman
137 John Kennedy
138 Dwight Eisenhower
140 Richard Nixon
141 William McKinley
142 Richard Nixon
143 Gerald Ford  
144 Ronald Reagan  
145 George Bush, Jr
146 Abraham Lincoln
147 George Bush, Sr.
148 Thomas Jefferson
149 James Madison
150 Zachary Taylor
151 William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor
152 Franklin Pierce
153 John Kennedy - 1st nominated was Alfred Smith
154 James Buchanan
155 Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
156 Zachary Taylor
157 Yellowstone by Grant in 1871
158 Rutherford Hayes
159 Chester Arthur
160 James Garfield - six months
161 Grover Cleveland
162 James Madison, 5'4"
163 William McKinley
164 Rutherford Hayes & William McKinley
165 Calvin Coolidge
167 Franklin D. Roosevelt
168 Harry Truman
169 John Adams, Martin Van Buren & Benjamin Harrison
170 James Garfield
171 Zachary Taylor
172 Andrew Jackson - walking stick misfirred twice
173 William Taft
174 Warren Harding
175 William McKinley
176 John Kennedy
177 Harry S. Truman
178 Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, Obama
179 Jimmy Carter 
180 Al Gore
181 John Kennedy
182 Zachary Taylor
183 Abraham Lincoln
184 Grover Cleveland and John Kennedy
185 Martin Van Buren
186 Franklin Pierce
187 John Tyler
188 Lyndon Johnson
189 James Madison (Gen. William Madison), Zachary Taylor (Gen Joseph P. Taylor)
190 Ronald Reagan
191 John Adams
192 Andrew Jackson
Nelson Slagle
Updated:  9-14-11