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U.S. president trivia questions and answers

Try our fun U.S. president trivia questions and see how many answers you can get right.

Did you pay attention in history class at school? If so, you just might do well at this American president trivia quiz! Try it now and see just how many of these fascinating facts you know about the people who have held the position of leader of the free world.

Question 1
Who was the first president of the United States?
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George Washington.
Question 2
Which U.S. president had the nickname “Old Hickory”?
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Andrew Jackson.
Question 3
Who is the only American president to have served more than two terms?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Question 4
Four presidents have been assassinated whilst in office. Name them.
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Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy.
Question 5
Who is the only president to have resigned whilst in office?
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Richard Nixon.
Question 6
Who is the only president to have served two non-consecutive terms in office?
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Grover Cleveland.
Question 7
Who was the first vice president to take over the presidency during a presidential term?
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John Tyler, in 1841.
Question 8
Which of these presidents did not die in office: Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Buchanan?
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James Buchanan.
Question 9
Which president had the shortest term in office, dying just 31 days after taking office?
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William Henry Harrison.
Question 10
Which president founded the University of Virginia after retiring from office?
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Thomas Jefferson.
Question 11
Who was the president of America during World War I?
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Woodrow Wilson.
Question 12
Who was the last president to be a member of the Whig Party while in office?
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Millard Fillmore.
Question 13
Which president created the Department of Justice in 1870?
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Ulysses S. Grant.
Question 14
John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate which president?
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Ronald Reagan, in 1981.
Question 15
Who was the first president to be impeached?
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Andrew Johnson.
Question 16
The heads of which four presidents feature on the Mount Rushmore sculpture?
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George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Question 17
Which president was responsible for the New Deal, a series of programs to bring about economic relief from the Great Depression?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Question 18
Who was president at the end of World War II?
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Harry S. Truman.
Question 19
Who assumed the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963?
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Lyndon B. Johnson.

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