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QUIZ: US presidents
1) Who was the first US president to die while in office?
2) Besides Jimmy Carter, who were the two American presidents to have received the Nobel Peace Prizes?
3) Which US president received the oath of office from his father?
4) Who is the only US president to serve in both World War I and World War II?
5) This president was 6 feet 2 inches tall, with red hair and a firey temper to match it. Claimed to be the father of the nation, he was the only president to have died in the 18th century. Who was he?
6) Name the two US presidents to sign the US Constitution?
7) He was the first presidential candidate to use the telephone for political campaigning and was elected twice as the President of the US but the second term ended suddenly when he was assassinated in 1901. Name him.
8) Without including those who died, how many US presidents have had attempts made on their lives?
9) Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, he was 90. Incidently, another former president of the United States also died on the same day. Who was he?
10) How many past presidents of the US were living in 2001, during the inauguration of George W. Bush?
Answers:
1) William Henry Harrison. Harrison, the 9th president, gave a speech in the pouring rain, he caught pneumonia and died 31 days after he was inaugurated.
2) Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
3) Calvin Coolidge. On August 3, 1923 when he received the word that he has become the president, his father, a notary public, administered the oath by the light of a kerosene lamp.
4) Dwight Eisenhower.
5) George Washington.
6) George Washington and James Madison.
7) William McKinley.
8) Six. Andrew Jackson was the first on Jan. 30, 1835, Theodore Roosevelt Oct. 14, 1912,Franklin Roosevelt Feb. 15, 1933, Harry Truman Nov. 1, 1950, Gerald Ford(twice) Sept. 6, 1975 and Sept. 22, 1975, Ronald Reagan Mar. 30,1981.
9) John Adams.
10) Five – they were: George Bush, Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan
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