Quiz  /  Weird U.S. Presidents Quiz

  • 1. 
    What did Richard Nixon add to the White House so he could practice his favorite sport at home?

  • a swimming pool
  • a tennis court
  • a bowling alley
  • a basketball court

  • 2. 
    What toy was named after Theodore Roosevelt?

  • a model train set
  • Cabbage Patch dolls
  • the teddy bear
  • the sock monkey

  • 3. 
    What pet did Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice carry around as if it were a bracelet?

  • a gerbil
  • a ferret
  • a lizard
  • a snake

  • 4. 
    What language did Herbert Hoover and his wife speak in the White House if they didn’t want anyone else to understand them?

  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Mandarin
  • Japanese

  • 5. 
    What instrument did Bill Clinton play?

  • violin
  • oboe
  • cello
  • saxophone

  • 6. 
    What was William McKinley’s good luck charm?

  • a clover
  • a rabbit’s foot
  • a bracelet
  • a carnation

  • 7. 
    Who was the first vice president to become president after a president’s death?

  • Andrew Johnson
  • Millard Fillmore
  • Chester A. Arthur
  • John Tyler

  • 8. 
    What did Thomas Jefferson invent to make work more comfortable?

  • the file cabinet
  • the standing desk
  • the swivel chair
  • the lap desk

  • 9. 
    What sport did Abraham Lincoln excel at as a young man?

  • cricket
  • horseback riding
  • wrestling
  • baseball

  • 10. 
    How many presidents were born before the United States of America was a country?

  • eight
  • three
  • five
  • ten

  • 11. 
    What animal, meant for dinner, did Calvin Coolidge pardon and keep as a pet?

  • raccoon
  • cow
  • chicken
  • turkey

  • 12. 
    Who was the only U.S. president to serve two nonconsecutive terms?

  • Grover Cleveland
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Andrew Johnson

  • 13. 
    Whose chair did John Adams and Thomas Jefferson vandalize to get souvenirs?

  • King George III
  • George Washington
  • Ovid
  • William Shakespeare

  • 14. 
    An almost certainly false rumour claims which president ran over an old woman with his horse or carriage?

  • Franklin Pierce
  • John Adams
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Thomas Jefferson

  • 15. 
    What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s beloved dog?

  • Fala
  • Alice
  • Georgie
  • Spot
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