Trivia Questions - US Presidential Details

1. What is the difference between the tallest andB. Chester Arthur
shortest president?C. Grover Cleveland
A. 12 inchesD. Benjamin Harrison
B. 10 inchesC. Grover Cleveland
C. 8 inchesTOPICS: As the 22nd President, Grover Cleveland
D. 6 incheswas the only president married in a ceremony at
A. 12 inchesthe White House; the ceremony was held June 2,
TOPICS: The tallest president was Abraham1886. As the 24th President, he was the first
Lincoln at 6'4" and at 5'4", James Madison was thepresident to have a child born in the White House;
shortest.his daughter Esther in 1895.
2. Who was the heaviest president?6. Which president had the largest feet?
A. Theodore RooseveltA. George Washington
B. William TaftB. Abraham Lincoln
C. William ClintonC. William Taft
D. Ulysses GrantD. Warren Harding
B. William TaftD. Warren Harding
TOPICS: The 27th president William Taft weighedTOPICS: Warren G. Harding, the 29th President,
in at 340 pounds or morehad the largest feet of any president. He wore
3. How many presidents were born in a log cabin?size 14 shoes.
A. 17. When did it become law to limit presidential
B. 3service to two terms?
C. 5A. 1776
D. 7B. 1802
D. 7C. 1939
TOPICS: James A. Garfield, the 20th President,D. 1951
was the last of seven presidents to be born in aD. 1951
log cabin.TOPICS: Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only
4. How many presidents also served as viceAmerican president to serve for four terms.
presidents?After FDR, the 22nd Amendment ratified in 1951,
A. 10limited the presidential office to two terms. [No
B. 12person shall be elected to the office of the
C. 14President more than twice, and no person who
D. 16has held the office of President, or acted as
C. 14President, for more than two years of a term to
TOPICS: Fourteen Presidents served as vicewhich some other person was elected President
presidents: J. Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren, Tyler,shall be elected to the office of the President
Fillmore, A. Johnson, Arthur, T. Roosevelt,more than once.]
Coolidge, Truman, Nixon, L. Johnson, Ford, and8. How many presidents are portrayed on U.S.
George H.W. Bush. Vice Presidents were originallycurrency?
the presidential candidates receiving theA. 8
second-largest number of electoral votes. TheB. 10
Twelfth Amendment, passed in 1804, changedC. 12
the system so that the electoral college votedD. 16
separately for president and vice president. TheC. 12
presidential candidate, however, gradually gainedTOPICS: Lincoln, Jefferson, F. Roosevelt,
power over the nominating convention to chooseWashington, Kennedy, and Eisenhower are
his own running mate.portrayed on U.S. coins. Washington, Jefferson,
5. Which president was not only the first marriedLincoln, Jackson, Grant, McKinley, Cleveland,
at the White House but also the first president toMadison, and Wilson are portrayed on U.S. paper
have a child born in the White House?currency.
A. Rutherford Hayes