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U.S. Presidential Trivia #2

Can you name these Presidents based on a short clue?
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President
The first President
George Washington
The only President to serve more than two terms
Franklin Roosevelt
A former University of Michigan football player
Gerald R. Ford
Nicknamed "Bubba"
Bill Clinton
The only Hawaii-born President
Barack Obama
The youngest President (42 years)
Theodore Roosevelt
Marilyn Monroe sang a sexy version of "Happy Birthday" to him
John F. Kennedy
He was a WWII general
Dwight Eisenhower
Died after just 31 days in office
William Henry Harrison
Was a Hollywood actor
Ronald Reagan
Was a peanut farmer
Jimmy Carter
Served as director of the CIA
George H. W. Bush
Made Thanksgiving an official holiday
Abraham Lincoln
Lived at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
The only Federalist President
John Adams
The last to wear a powdered wig
James Monroe
Won the highest % of the popular vote in the 20th century
Lyndon Johnson
Shot by a madman and then finished off by his doctors
James Garfield
His middle name was merely an initial
Harry S. Truman
"Dark horse" candidate of 1844
James K. Polk
Had a mountain named for him, then didn't, now does again
William McKinley
The only President with an MBA degree
George W. Bush
Namesake of a famous dam
Herbert Hoover
A native Dutch speaker
Martin Van Buren
The shortest President (5'4")
James Madison
Served on the Supreme Court after his term as President
William Taft
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29 Comments
RDH131
+11
Level 39
Aug 24, 2014
Am I right in thinking that the S in Ulysses S Grant doesn't stand for anything either?
tylerdavid
+2
Level 76
Aug 24, 2014
I think you're right. His first name at birth was Hiram and him middle name was Ulysses.
plattitude
+2
Level 94
Sep 24, 2014
@Erikthev, correct, but ambiguous.
RX782Pilot
+6
Level 49
Feb 12, 2015
It stands for Simpson
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Jun 28, 2025
Animaniacs?1
jjensen795
+4
Level 24
Oct 9, 2016
Ulysses middle name was Simpson
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Jun 28, 2025
Animaniacs?2
zGonzo8
+10
Level 51
Jan 5, 2018
It stands for Shaquan
Fee
+4
Level 49
Jan 5, 2018
It stands up, does a twirl and sits back down.
AlTheCatIsBack
+3
Level 43
Jan 6, 2018
He legally changed his name to Ulysses Simpson grant
tazzerman
+1
Level 46
Jul 6, 2025
Animaniacs?4
EFOREWEL
+3
Level 55
Apr 8, 2021
I was pretty sure it was too, it should also be accepted as an answer
PHG1960
+3
Level 69
Nov 30, 2021
Grant was born Hiram Ulysses but a clerk in the Army or in a Senator's office (when recommending him to West Point)--depending on which story you believe--inadvertently changed it to Ulysses Simpson, so the S stands for Simpson.
dt1
+3
Level 43
Aug 24, 2014
it was concocted because of his nickname Unconditional Surrender "US".
PHG1960
+2
Level 69
Nov 30, 2021
U.S. Grant changed his name before the Civil War--it was while he was at West Point.
Terradraconum
+4
Level 32
Aug 24, 2014
The "S" in Ulysses S. Grant stands for Simpson.
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Jun 28, 2025
Animaniacs?3

Also, using "s doesn't make you sound smarter if you didn't do any research.

pinverarity
+7
Level 33
Aug 24, 2014
"What does the S stand for in Ulys.'s name? in mine you know it does not stand for anything!" -- U.S. Grant to Julia Grant, March 31, 1853

"In answer to your letter of a few days ago asking what 'S' stands for in my name I can only state *nothing* [italicized]. It was a mistake made by Senator Morris of Ohio when application was first made for my appointment as Cadet to West Point. …I tried on entering West Point to correct this mistake but failing, after I received my Diploma and Commission, with the 'S' inserted, adopted it and have so signed my name ever since." -- U.S. Grant to Elihu Washburne, June 23, 1864

divantilya
+3
Level 36
Oct 3, 2016
Actually, I believe that the term is "derivative" citizenship. (Having derived citizenship from one's parent(s) being naturally born American citizens. In the case of Bush, I believe that it was his grandfather (George H. W. Bush's father) who has born in Mexico

and in the case of John McCain, the Panama Canal Zone was American territory at time wasn't it? - And now, to Barack Obama;

He was born in Hawaii in either 1961 or 1962. Hawaii became the

50th STATE in 1959, at least two years BEFORE HE WAS BORN.

Si2
+3
Level 66
Sep 7, 2017
Hawaii became an organized incorporated territory on August 12, 1898, meaning that the Constitution applied there and anyone born on that land was a natural-born U.S citizen. So even if Obama had been born before August of 1959 (which he wasn't, he was born in 1961), then he still would have been a natural born citizen. Not to mention the fact that his mother was born in Kansas, and so being her son also made him a citizen at birth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

Archer1212
+2
Level 65
Jan 5, 2018
not enough time. needs at least another minute.
Littlep
+2
Level 4
May 8, 2018
I got 22 out of. 26
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Jan 31, 2021
AAARRRGGHHHGHHH The only one I missed was Monticello.
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Jun 28, 2025
THAT ONE?
Froststar101
+2
Level 73
Nov 29, 2021
Maybe it was a different quiz, but I think I left comments here before discussing which candidate truly received the highest percentage of the popular vote (and I don't think it's Johnson).
JetsFan08
+1
Level 45
Nov 29, 2021
I MISSED TAFT BY A SECOND UGHHHHHHHH Can you please extend time by a minute?
ManicBrown
+2
Level 57
Apr 6, 2025
The answer to the Truman question was the interesting fact below the quiz
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Jun 28, 2025
You know those are random, right? I got this one:

Interesting Facts #187

68% of boys born in the Soviet Union in 1923 would not survive to 1946, due to infant mortality, famine, and WWII.

Which one did you get?

Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Jun 28, 2025
8/26

I got FDR and Madison thanks to Cenapsis,

Eisenhower because of EasyTech,

Jefferson because of quite a few things but mainly Hamilton;

And I Googled Garfield.

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