Presidents Day: 41 Fun Trivia Questions About U.S. Presidents

Presidents' Day falls on the third Monday in February to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and all others who served as presidents of our country. It's a perfect time to refresh those long-forgotten facts and perhaps learn some interesting snippets about the most significant men of United States.

U.S. Presidents' Trivia Questions

1.Who was the only bachelor president?

2.Which president was a tailor before he was President?

3.Which president was a peanut farmer before he became President?

4.Who was the heaviest president?

5.Who was the oldest elected president?

6.Which president was related by either blood or marriage to eleven other presidents?

7.Which president was the youngest person to become president?

8.Which president took over office without ever being elected?

9.Which president served the longest in office?

10.Which was the first president to appear on TV?

11.Which president served two non-consecutive terms?

12.Which president served the shortest time in office?

13.How many U.S. states are named after a president?

14.Who is the only president to have survived two assassination attempts by women?

15.What U.S. president installed solar panels on the White House roof?

16.What U.S. president's State of the Union address lasted a record 81 minutes?

17.How many presidents were born in a log cabin?

18.How many presidents also served as vice presidents?

19.Which president was not only the first married at the White House but also the first president to have a
child born in the White House?

20.Which president had the largest feet?

21.What U.S. President won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002?

22.What president's mug graces a $100,000 bills?

23.Which first president lived in the white house?

24.Who was the only President of the United States to serve more than two terms in office?

25.The name 'White House' was given by which president?

26.Which President never voted in a presidential election?

27.Which President was sent a 1,235-poutd block of cheese, with a note that read: "The greatest cheese in America for the greaest man in America."

28.Who was the only U.S. President of the 20th century to quit before his term of office was finished?

29.How many US Presidents' name starts with the letter Z?

30.Whose presidency was known as "The Era of Good Feelings?"

31.Who was the third president to be left handed?

32.Mount Rushmore is a very famous monument in the United States. Four of the country's most honored Presidents have their likenesses carved into the mountain. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and which other President?

33.Who was the first president to win an election without winning the popular vote?

34.Which President was the first one to attend a baseball game?

35.Which President first used the term "First Lady?"

36.Which presidents are buried in Arlington National Cemetery?

37.Which president ran with the slogan "54-40 or fight"?

38.Which president was nicknamed "Old Man Eloquent"?

39.Which president was nicknamed "Schoolmaster in Politics"

40.Which president popularised the term "O.K."?

41.Who was the first president born outside of the contiguous United States?

U.S. Presidents' Trivia Answers

1.James Buchanan

2. Andrew Johnson

3. Jimmy Carter

4.William Taft weighed 300-340 pounds

5.Ronald Reagan was 69.

6.Franklin D. Roosevelt

7.Theodore Roosevelt

8.Gerald Ford

9,Franklin D. Roosevelt

10.Franklin D. Roosevelt

11.Grover Cleveland

12.William Harrison

13. One

14.Gerald Ford

15. Jimmy Carter.

16. Bill Clinton's.

17. 7

18. 14

19.Grover Cleveland

20. Warren G. Harding, the 29th president. He wore size 14 shoes

21.Jimmy Carter

22. Woodrow Wilson

23. John Adams

24. Franklin D. Roosevelt

25.Theodore Roosevelt

26.Zachary Taylor

27. Thomas Jefferson

28. Richard Nixon

29. One

30. James Monroe

31. Harry S. Truman

32. Theodore Roosevelt

33. Benjamin Harrison in 1888

34. Benjamin Harrison saw the Cincinnati Reds beat the WashingtonSenators 7 to 4 on June 6, 1892.

35.President Zachary Taylor called Dolley Madison "First Lady" at her state funeral in 1849.

36. John F. Kennedy and William Taft

37.John Polk

38. John Quincy Adams

39. Woodrow Wilson

40. The term "O.K." was popularized because of Van Buren. Van Buren was from Kinderhook, New York, sometimes referred to as Old Kinderhook in speeches and print. O.K. Clubs soon formed to support Van Buren's campaign. "O.K." later came to mean all right.

41. Barack Obama

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Source(s)
Presidents of the United States
Fun Facts About US presidents
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