US Presidents Facts Quiz For Students & Children
In contemporary times, the president is looked upon as one of the world’s most powerful political figures as the leader of the only remaining global superpower. The role includes responsibility for the world’s most expensive military, which has the second largest nuclear arsenal. The president also leads the nation with the largest economy by nominal GDP. The president possesses significant domestic and international hard and soft power.
Quiz: US Presidents Facts
- Question 1 of 8
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What is the difference between the tallest and shortest president?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – 12 inches
The tallest president was Abraham Lincoln at 6’4″ and at 5’4″, James Madison was the shortest.
- Question 2 of 8
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Who was the heaviest president?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – William Taft
The 27th president William Taft weighed in at 340 pounds or more.
- Question 3 of 8
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How many presidents were born in a log cabin?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – 7
James A. Garfield, the 20th President, was the last of seven presidents to be born in a log cabin.
- Question 4 of 8
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How many presidents also served as vice presidents?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – 14
Fourteen Presidents served as vice presidents: J. Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, A. Johnson, Arthur, T. Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Nixon, L. Johnson, Ford, and George H.W. Bush. Vice Presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second-largest number of electoral votes. The Twelfth Amendment, passed in 1804, changed the system so that the electoral college voted separately for president and vice president. The presidential candidate, however, gradually gained power over the nominating convention to choose his own running mate.
- Question 5 of 8
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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?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – Grover Cleveland
As the 22nd President, Grover Cleveland was the only president married in a ceremony at the White House; the ceremony was held June 2, 1886. As the 24th President, he was the first president to have a child born in the White House; his daughter Esther in 1895.
- Question 6 of 8
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Which president had the largest feet?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – Warren Harding
Warren G. Harding, the 29th President, had the largest feet of any president. He wore size 14 shoes.
- Question 7 of 8
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When did it become law to limit presidential service to two terms?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – 1951
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only American president to serve for four terms. After FDR, the 22nd Amendment ratified in 1951, limited the presidential office to two terms. [No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.]
- Question 8 of 8
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How many presidents are portrayed on U.S. currency?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – 12
Lincoln, Jefferson, F. Roosevelt, Washington, Kennedy, and Eisenhower are portrayed on U.S. coins. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, McKinley, Cleveland, Madison, and Wilson are portrayed on U.S. paper currency.
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US Presidents Facts Quiz: Fun Facts
In honor of American Presidents – we’ve put together some of our favorite fun facts about presidents:
- George Washington was the only president unanimously elected. Meaning all of the state representatives voted for him.
- John Adams died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson, July 4th, 1826. This day was also the 50th anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of Independence!
- Thomas Jefferson was also an accomplished architect. He designed his famous home at Monticello as well as buildings for the University of Virginia.
- James Madison and George Washington are the only presidents who signed the Constitution.
- James Madison was the shortest president at 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 100 pounds.
- Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at 6 feet 4 inches tall (Lyndon B. Johnson was also 6′ 4″).
- James Monroe was the 5th president, but the 3rd to die on the 4th of July.
- On the day he was shot, Lincoln told his bodyguard that he had dreamt he would be assassinated.
- Abraham Lincoln often stored things like letters and documents in his tall stove-piped hat.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt met President Grover Cleveland when he was five years old. Cleveland said “I am making a wish for you. It is that you may never become president of the United States”.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to appear on television during a 1939 broadcast from the World’s Fair.
- At 42 years, 10 months, 18 days old Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to hold the office of president. Ronald Reagan was the oldest at 69 years 11 months. John F. Kennedy was the youngest to be elected president.
- Teddy Roosevelt was blind in his left eye due to an injury in a boxing match.
- When Ronald Reagan was shot by an assassin in 1981, he joked “I forgot to duck”.
- The “S” in Harry S. Truman does not stand for anything.
- John F. Kennedy was the first president who was a Boy Scout.
- Woodrow Wilson was buried at the Washington National Cathedral. He is the only president buried in Washington D.C.
- Andrew Jackson was shot in the chest during a gun dual, but managed to stay standing and shoot and kill his opponent. The bullet could not be safely removed and remained in his chest for the next 40 years.
- George W. Bush is the only president to have a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
- Barack Obama won a Grammy Award in 2006 for his voice on the audio book Dreams From My Father.
- After working at a Baskin-Robbins as a teen, President Obama no longer likes ice cream. Bummer!
- Bill Clinton enjoys playing the saxophone and was a member of a band called “Three Blind Mice” in high school.
- Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born as a citizen of the United States. The presidents before him were born as British subjects.
- Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His first language was Dutch.
- William Henry Harrison was the 9th president. His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd president.
- John Tyler had 15 children. The White House must have been hopping!
- James K. Polk was the first president to have his photograph taken while in office.
- William Henry Harrison died just 32 days after becoming president. He died from a cold he got while standing in the rain giving his inauguration speech.