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U.S. Presidents - Sudden Death

Click on all the real U.S. presidents. If you click a fake one, the quiz will end!
Quiz by FreeStater
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Last updated: November 7, 2024
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First submittedNovember 7, 2024
Times taken16,206
Average score61.1%
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Bryan
Clay
Cleveland
Clinton
Columbus
Cook
Davis
Eisenhower
Ford
Franklin
Garfield
Garner
Grant
Harding
Harrison
Hoover
Jackson
Johnson
Lincoln
Madison
Marshall
McKinley
Monroe
Pierce
Scott
Smith
Tyler
Walker
Washington
Young
25 Comments
+5
Level 79
Nov 7, 2024
Nice one!
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Level 76
Nov 7, 2024
Thanks!
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Level 67
Nov 7, 2024
nice quiz
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Level 76
Nov 7, 2024
Thanks!
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Level 59
Nov 8, 2024
Very cool. I gave this quiz a spotlight because I would like to see more of this format.
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Level 76
Nov 9, 2024
Thanks for the spotlight!
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Level 66
Nov 9, 2024
Great use of this format. I hope it gets featured.
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Level 76
Nov 9, 2024
Thanks. Seems like eight others agree with you...
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Level 61
Nov 15, 2024
congrats on second feature!
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Level 61
Nov 15, 2024
whh my goat
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Level 68
Nov 15, 2024
Finally one of these Sudden Death quizzes that hasn't eaten me alive!

This one was awesome, thank you!

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Level 86
Nov 16, 2024
This one was easy for me too.

Maybe a few more "distractors" could make it a little tougher, though I can't think of any off the cuff.

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Level 76
Nov 16, 2024
That's what I was going for with Franklin. Most of the rest are just failed presidential candidates and popular last names.

(Also, nice to see a fellow free stater!)

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Level 70
Nov 15, 2024
37 seconds
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Level 61
Nov 15, 2024
Curse you Henry Ford!
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Level 67
Nov 15, 2024
damn, congrats on the feature
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Level 75
Nov 15, 2024
Congrats on feature FreeStater (can you please add last names only to the description someone is bound to complain about Franklin)
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Level 62
Nov 15, 2024
and I am that someone :) I got stumped by this option
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Level 84
Nov 16, 2024
Shouldn't it be blazingly obvious considering they're all surnames and nobody calls them "President firstname"?
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Level 75
Nov 16, 2024
It was obvious to me but maybe not for other people and Franklin is technically the name of a president
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Level 86
Nov 16, 2024
Actually two - as a first name. (Pierce and Roosevelt)
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Level 76
Nov 16, 2024
Yeah, I think it's alright. If not, it's a good exercise in reading context.
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Level 70
Nov 16, 2024
Remember that the names of dead US presidents are not 'blazingly obvious' to most of the world. People may know that Franklin (i.e. Benjamin) was a founding father and important figure in early US politics but won't necessarily know he wasn't a president. So it's a good red herring.

You could also consider adding Hamilton (and maybe other characters from the musical) for similar reasons.

Maybe famous US generals like MacArthur or Patton? People might assume they all followed Eisenhower's lead?!

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Level 45
Nov 16, 2024
:26 without trying.
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Level 78
Nov 17, 2024
There is great misdirection in the non-presidents. Here's who I think of:

William Jennings Bryan, Henry Clay, Christopher Columbus, Jefferson Davis, Ben Franklin, Thurgood Marshall, Brigham Young... others are common American last names that one could think of as possible presidents too. (I'm sure others can ascribe American figures here as well, such as Joseph Smith, Scott Walker, etc.)