U.S. Presidents in Order - Whammies

Type the FIRST LETTER of the last name of each President in chronological order. Three wrong answers ends the quiz.

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First submitted	June 19, 2014
Times taken	76,178
Average score	27.7%
Rating	4.32

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Hint	Term	Answer
1	1789–1797	George Washington
2	1797–1801	John Adams
3	1801–1809	Thomas Jefferson
4	1809–1817	James Madison
5	1817–1825	James Monroe
6	1825–1829	John Quincy Adams
7	1829–1837	Andrew Jackson
8	1837–1841	Martin Van Buren
9	1841	William Henry Harrison
10	1841–1845	John Tyler
11	1845–1849	James K. Polk
12	1849–1850	Zachary Taylor
13	1850–1853	Millard Fillmore
14	1853–1857	Franklin Pierce
15	1857–1861	James Buchanan
16	1861–1865	Abraham Lincoln
17	1865–1869	Andrew Johnson
18	1869–1877	Ulysses S. Grant
19	1877–1881	Rutherford B. Hayes
20	1881	James Garfield
21	1881–1885	Chester A. Arthur
22	1885–1889	Grover Cleveland
23	1889–1893	Benjamin Harrison
24	1893–1897	Grover Cleveland
25	1897–1901	William McKinley
26	1901–1909	Theodore Roosevelt
27	1909–1913	William Howard Taft
28	1913–1921	Woodrow Wilson
29	1921–1923	Warren G. Harding
30	1923–1929	Calvin Coolidge
31	1929–1933	Herbert Hoover
32	1933–1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt
33	1945–1953	Harry S Truman
34	1953–1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
35	1961–1963	John F. Kennedy
36	1963–1969	Lyndon B. Johnson
37	1969–1974	Richard M. Nixon
38	1974–1977	Gerald R. Ford
39	1977–1981	Jimmy Carter
40	1981–1989	Ronald Reagan
41	1989–1993	George H. W. Bush
42	1993–2001	Bill Clinton
43	2001–2009	George W. Bush
44	2009–2017	Barack Obama
45	2017–2021	Donald Trump
46	2021–2025	Joe Biden
47	2025–	Donald Trump

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29 Comments

Level 59

Nov 5, 2016

yes 100%!!!

+22

Level 65

Sep 22, 2017

Needs an update, but otherwise this would be a great featured quiz. The regular Presidents quiz doesn't require them to be guessed in order.

Level 28

Oct 19, 2017

Here is an updated version of this quiz

Level 59

Nov 7, 2017

3:51 remaining! Woo!

Level 4

Jun 15, 2018

Had rptrouble with van buren Had to use full name

Level 54

Feb 8, 2019

I only got Benjamin Harrison because I knew there were two Harrisons. The second was somewhere before Roosevelt I

+13

Level 87

Jan 22, 2025

Didn't read close enough and blew all my whammies in less than a second typing "Washington".

Level 96

Jan 22, 2025

Yeah, I don’t get the point of these only-type-the-first-letter quizzes. Just let me say the answer.

Level 78

Jan 22, 2025

I couldn't agree more. If it's gonna be just the first letter, then the title should probably have "by First Letter" somewhere in there.

Level 93

Jan 28, 2025

Well, the point is so you don't waste a whammie by spelling a word wrong or fat-fingering a wrong letter. The computer couldn't distinguish between a misspelled correct guess and an incorrect guess. It might work to type the whole word if there was an "Enter" button on these types of quizzes that you had to click when you were satisfied you had typed the correct answer, but then again there would be no room for misspelling.

Level 63

Jan 29, 2025

It can distinguish between typos and incorrect guesses, though. Whammies are set manually, and I can't think of any typos that would happen to be another president's name.

Level 83

Jan 28, 2025

Try creating the quiz you're talking about and you'll see why it's done this way.

Level 70

Jan 28, 2025

Me except typing "George" and getting 0 points 😭

Level 78

Jan 22, 2025

I realize the time is pretty short because you only have to type the first letter, but more time would probably be nice to have the chance to stop and think about placements. Otherwise it turns into a bit of a race, which I don't think is the point

Level 93

Jan 22, 2025

I got the first 8 and the last 16 with no problems (once I read the instructions to type the first letter only!). Got a little spotty in the middle, but I got 4/5 points! ;)

Level 78

Jan 22, 2025

I'm would wager the low average score is due to people taking the quiz and just typing "Washington" in and having the quiz end with only 2 correct answers.

Level 61

Jan 23, 2025

For any confusion Martin Van Buren is done with a V. This was just for future me before comments start criticizing me for this.

Level ∞

Jan 23, 2025

We'll allow B for that one too now.

Level 87

Jan 24, 2025

As of the moment of typing, 39% of test takers got exactly 2 correct answers. This is clearly from people typing "Washington" and then losing instantly.

Perhaps the title should indicate that it's by first letter?

Level 94

Jan 25, 2025

Thanks JetPunk for teaching this to a limey! I think you need to know these quite well even to get the first letter in the allotted time

Level 55

Jan 28, 2025

Agreed. This quiz is very time stressed, I feel like there should be more time added, especially considering that it's sudden death. Either you know 'em or you don't.

Level 55

Jan 28, 2025

Lost because I picked g for Grover Cleveland

Level 49

Jan 28, 2025

+types g for george washington 3 times+

Level 83

Jan 28, 2025

Only took me 17 attempts to fully memorize the presidents! Great quiz!

Level 29

Jan 28, 2025

i lost while writing washington

Level 48

Jan 28, 2025

Oh my God. My whole life I thought that George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush were the same president.

Level 64

Jan 28, 2025

I only used a W for Washington, but I had a heck of a hard time remembering to not write "JFK."

Level 94

Mar 2, 2025

How do I make Whammies work on a quiz like this? I’ve done a first letter of European countries quiz, but I can only set ten whammies, while it seems like I need 26 to cover each letter of the alphabet?

Level 69

Oct 20, 2025

Easiest 1 point ever!