President’s Day Quiz

on February 15, 2012
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Oldest president

Name the oldest elected president.

a. George Washington

b. Woodrow Wilson

c. Ronald Reagan

d. Thomas Jefferson

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Mount Rushmore

Which president’s face is not part of Mount Rushmore?

a. Thomas Jefferson

b. Franklin D. Roosevelt

c. George Washington

d. Abraham Lincoln

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Marriage

Which president never married?

a. William Howard Taft

b. Benjamin Harrison

c. James Buchanan

d. Martin Van Buren

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West of the Mississippi River

Name the first president born west of the Mississippi River.

a. Ronald Reagan

b. Richard Nixon

c. William Howard Taft

d. Herbert Hoover

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U.S. Naval Academy

Name the only president to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy.

a. Franklin Roosevelt

b. Dwight Eisenhower

c. Jimmy Carter

d. Richard Nixon

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California!

Name the only president born in California.

a. Gerald Ford

b. Richard Nixon

c. Ronald Reagan

d. James Garfield

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On television

Name the first president to appear on television.

a. Harry Truman

b. Dwight Eisenhower

c. John F. Kennedy

d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Burial

Name the only president buried in Washington, D.C.

a. Franklin Roosevelt

b. Woodrow Wilson

c. John F. Kennedy

d. William Howard Taft

The answer

B. Woodrow Wilson is buried in Washington National Cathedral.

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Speeding ticket

Which president received a ticket for speeding in Washington, D.C.?

a. Ulysses S. Grant

b. Lyndon Johnson

c. Andrew Johnson

d. Calvin Coolidge

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Born on the Fourth of July

Name the only president born on the Fourth of July.

a. James Monroe

b. Calvin Coolidge

c. Franklin Pierce

d. Thomas Jefferson

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Short term

Which president served the shortest time in office?

a. Abraham Lincoln

b. James A. Garfield

c. William McKinley

d. William Harrison

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Education

What college boasts the most graduates who became presidents?

a. Harvard

b. Yale

c. College of William

& Mary

d. Princeton