U.S. Presidential Trivia #1

What about Warren G Harding and Bill Clinton?

What about them?

both often given credit for preceding Obama.

And Bush.

well anyone can tell you that the great Warren G. was the first black president, not Obama.

;)

Cannot believe that I forgot it was FDR who had polio. I feel like an idiot.

All of it in 32 seconds I've known presidents since 4 this nothing

Well I could fully recite each presidents inauguration speech at 2 months.

I agree, and I didn't support GWB or the current president, but I think a better measure is days away from the White House. That would be a way to factually state it, without implying whether or not the President did any actual work while away. Of course that equates trips to Asia or the G20 with golf trips in Honolulu or days cutting brush in Midland, Texas. But its measurable, not arbitrary, and not political - doesn't place a value judgment on those days' activities.

ugh. wow that comes across as... myopic. We need more Teddy Roosevelt type presidents. Not more Bushes and Trumps. Though I guess the latter prove you can still do a lot of damage even when you spend most of your time on vacation, tweeting, or watching television. But presidents who did nothing and took a hand-off approach, when there is so much presently that needs aggressive fixing, would be far worse that one that actually had a positive vision and agenda and cared about getting stuff done. You want to leave everything to Congress? Or the free hand of the market? That doesn't mean that there won't be people meddling. All it means is that the corrupt greedy plutocrats, oligarchs, and hostile foreign autocrats who are already mostly running the show will be able to do so completely unimpeded. This is the chief problem with Anarchy and Libertarianism, too. You're voluntarily surrendering agency and sovereignty. Power vacuums will be filled.

Why not cover all of them? First President to have served as Vice President; Co-author of the Bill of Rights; Prominent opponent of European colonization of the Americas; Died while serving in the House of Representatives; Only President to speak English as a second language; Held office for only 31 days; His Accidency; The Napoleon of the Stump; Old Rough and Ready; Ran for President as a Know Nothing; Called a doughface by his opponents; Teetotaler; Less well-known than the cartoon character named after him; Collector of Customs at the Port of New York; Last President to have fought in the Civil War; Lent his name to temporary encampments of the homeless and unemployed during his administration; President of Columbia University; Reality show personality.

All that just means there's room for a part 2 of this quiz! You should make it.

And no, that wasn't sarcastic. Seriously, make the quiz please.

Trump is now the oldest right?

No. 70 when inaugurated

But Ronald Reagan was inaugurated twice. The 2nd time he was 73.

and besides that the question is just oldest. Not oldest when inaugurated. So anyway... Trump is currently 71.

This quiz is too US-centric. Why can't you include some leaders of African countries? How are us non-americans to be expected to know these things? I demand that this quiz be remade to include other countries because I cannot fathom the idea that a site with a userbase consisting mostly of Americans would have lots of quizzes focused on America and not have as many for other countries.

It's strange that it accepts last names until James Buchanan. I typed in Buchanan and it didn't accept it.

It did for me. Are you sure you didn't make a typo?

Find this easy?..... try US President's Anagram quiz.........here it is

I think you could already add 'lied the most' because we all know who that person is

For the memoirs question, I first guessed the more literary-minded presidents, including Jefferson a second time.

Then, since Trump wasn't president yet when this was made and never would have been the answer to that question anyway, I guessed the only president since 1932 that was not an answer to any of the other questions--poor Ike. Then I guessed the only other president since 1901 not to make an appearance (Hoover deserves to be left out).

Then I gave up and got the answer by typing in the names of all the presidents who had not been the answer to any of the other question. Still had enough time left that I might have made it through to McKinley, the last one I hadn't already guessed and wasn't an answer to one of the other questions.

There will now be a second catholic president!

Just what I was going to say, but you beat me to it! :)

Just gotta wait until January 20th.

Fun fact: A lot of historians think that James Buchanan might have been gay. In addition to never marrying, he was known for having an oddly close relationship with a colleague.

This is wild. I can't believe I've never heard of this.

ok can someone explain the george w bush one?

This pretty much sums it up: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-27/youtube-video-of-george-w-bush-in-rain-poncho-at-inauguration/8217106?nw=0

obama last name pls?

Obama's last name is Obama. Always glad to help.

Can we get a first ladies trivia?