U.S. Presidents Quiz

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Level 67

Oct 18, 2017

I would happily have voted to leave the presidency vacant over any of the choices we were offered.

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Level 28

Jun 4, 2020

LOL i agree

SpankyMcFabulous

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Level 47

Oct 22, 2017

Anyone else get the Animaniacs' Presidents song rattling through their head to help with this?

Aesthus

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Level 54

Oct 24, 2017

Here's a relevant quote: 'People happy with the results argue the system is working fine -- of course they do. Their team won. But government isn't a sport where a singular "winner" must be determined. It's a system to make rules that everyone follows and so, we need a system where everyone can agree the process is fair even if the results don't go in their favour. If you support a system that disenfranchises people you don't like and turbo-franchises people you do - then it doesn't look like you support representative democracy, it looks like you support a kind of dictatorship lite.' That's CGP Grey. If you're upset with how the election turned out, *tough luck*. There's a set of rules for how an election works and, no matter how stupid the rules are, Trump used them to garner a majority of electoral college. Logically, he is the president. He isn't a good president? Well, neither were any of the others, according to (about) half of all people. At least in most cases. Deal with it.

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Level 80

Mar 1, 2018

"If you support a system that disenfranchises people you don't like and turbo-franchises people you do" then you are probably Republican.

Waikareiti

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Level 38

Jan 31, 2019

What about people like me, who are not American and can't vote (not that I'd want to) but I can still see the failings of the system? I'm not saying the system is unfair because my person lost, I'm saying it's unfair because it's not fair!

jmellor13

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Level 65

Dec 23, 2019

People like you are right.

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Level 57

Sep 16, 2020

If Hillary would have won, none of you would be crying and no republicans would have rioted. Get ready for 4 more years

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Level 83

Sep 16, 2020

I'm ready for 4 years of Biden.

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Level 80

Sep 21, 2020

Why would we be crying? We'd have a competent president in office who had won the popular vote. What would there even be to cry about?

If she had somehow won in the electoral college, but lost the popular vote (not terribly likely, in spite of all their mighty efforts to suppress voting Republicans have only won the popular vote once in the past 32 years), I would still support abolishing the electoral college. But I still wouldn't be crying, as she was very obviously the superior candidate. Unlike every Republican, and many Democrats, I'm not a hypocrite. I mean the things that I say and party loyalty never factors into it.

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Level 80

Sep 21, 2020

Also there are exactly zero people rioting because Hillary lost the election. Let's see what happens if Donald loses next month. If any Republicans take up arms, are you going to denounce them, or find some way to justify their actions? Do you have anything to say about Kyle Rittenhouse?

HectorVortac

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Level 50

Oct 29, 2017

Dang, I forgot one of only two presidents mentioned by They Might be Giants.

flushfido

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Level 48

Sep 16, 2019

James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump?

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Level 37

Oct 30, 2017

Oh, yeah. We must all gleefully accept the legitimacy of a winner who as a candidate declared before the election that if he lost, the election would have been rigged and that he would not accept the results.

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Level 57

Sep 16, 2020

Like the democrat primaries were?

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Level 80

Sep 19, 2020

The Democratic primaries were what? Gleeful? You know it's been 4 years get some new material.

theguy316

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Level 45

Nov 19, 2017

42/44 not bad for a Brit

DasCreamy109

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Level 53

Nov 20, 2017

Check this quiz out.

DasCreamy109

+1

Level 53

Nov 20, 2017

Or this one.

kidztv

+1

Level 7

Nov 24, 2017

it is not fair that i taught myself the presidents in second grade... 3 years ago.

DapperAlpaca

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Level 44

Mar 29, 2018

Why isn't it fair? You shouldn't have been allowed to teach yourself American Presidents?

coopny14

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Level 43

Dec 6, 2017

I voted for Pat Paulson

Sean1573

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Level 45

Dec 10, 2017

Got 'em all with 4:04 remaining

Papaya

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Level 46

Dec 12, 2017

...Chester Arthur gets instated, 4 years later he was traded...

IrredeemableHickspanic

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Level 34

Dec 13, 2017

I was about to miss Fillmore, Tyler and Arthur!

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Level 37

Dec 13, 2017

Finally aced it, after some six tries.

geographyman19

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Level 34

Dec 19, 2017

I feel proud of myself for knowing 32 of the 45 presidents

michaelgtcpa

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Level 45

Dec 21, 2017

I cringe every time I write Martin Van Buren.

Footballmann

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Level 40

Dec 21, 2017

45/45... 3:39 left

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Level 28

Dec 22, 2017

2:43 out of 44/44

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Level 28

Dec 22, 2017

easy peasy

Wiikipedia

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Level 40

Dec 23, 2017

Should add type inns for Donald J Trump

Stursi

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Level 43

Dec 26, 2017

Got 40/44 and am proud of myself because I’m european and have never really studied these things. I knew most of them only because of animaniacs :D

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Level 28

Jun 4, 2020

Good job! :)

+1

Level 28

Dec 30, 2017

3:43 REMANING my highscore so far

FamousRob

+17

Level 86

Jan 2, 2018

I keep on missing Trump because the quiz won't accept "Moron" as an answer. Can this be corrected?

+2

Level 57

Sep 16, 2020

No, it doesn't work with your own name

+2

Level 80

Sep 19, 2020

Making clever remarks is hard, isn't it?

msliv

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Level 32

Jan 7, 2018

I think it's a bit unfair to ask for 100% on this quiz for the history badge, makes it very US-centric and implies that all these presidents are super-important to world history, whereas for the other quizzes you don't ask 100%

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Level 67

Jan 12, 2018

You mean they don't learn about Franklin Pierce in Australia or Europe?

YellowJacket

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Level 72

Dec 21, 2019

As an American, I don't recall ever learning about Franklin Pierce in any history class - and I have a history degree. Even in college classes, Pierce was basically relegated to a footnote and was someone who did not do much.

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Level 80

Jan 26, 2020

I remember learning about him in school. But not a lot. I picked up more watching documentaries on TV and YouTube.

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Level 67

Mar 16, 2020

YellowJacket, that was my point. I suppose the sarcasm didn't come through very well. I think msliv has a point regarding the history badge requiring 100% on this quiz.

biggus56

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Level 80

Sep 3, 2020

Just watch "M*A*S*H". That's all I know about him.

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Level 49

Jan 23, 2020

Agree.

Gotterdammerung

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Level 52

Mar 20, 2020

It is already on the U.S. badge and has a more forgiving requirement for the beginner badge, so this isn't the worst idea.

coopny14

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Level 43

Jan 7, 2018

Think about it. California, New York, Texas, Michigan would have the most power due to their population. Give the little guys a say in the election process.

DapperAlpaca

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Level 44

Mar 29, 2018

Nobody lives there. By popular vote, they get a say. Their vote is equal to everyone else's.

Asterlan

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Level 46

Oct 16, 2020

But then you get people that only would campaign for bigger states and leave the smaller ones behind.

MyMindWentBlank

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Level 52

Aug 4, 2018

Those states don't even account for 30% of the total population of the country. That's significantly less than a majority, even if every single person in those states held exactly the same political beliefs.

JGElias

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Level 52

May 23, 2020

The smaller the state the more representation they have per capita. Each state gets 2 guaranteed seats in the electoral college no matter the size. Those 2 seats become more valuable when the population is smaller - so the smaller the state the more representation they get. Bigger states are under-represented.

hbomber

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Level 42

Jan 8, 2018

Why does the test say out of 44 when there are 45 answers?

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Level 67

Jan 12, 2018

Grover Cleveland probably only counts as one, even though his terms were non-consecutive.

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Level 28

Jan 11, 2018

beat it by getting all right with 3:53

ironhawk

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Level 22

Jan 12, 2018

For all of you guys ranting on about the electoral college and how the election should be decided on the popular vote, there's a reason we have the electoral college. This reason is so other states with lower populations (ex: Wyoming, the Dakotas, Montana) can have a say in the voting. Our government is a republic, so everyone has a say. If the elections were decided on the popular vote, the election would be decided only in the states with a large population such as California, New York, Texas, and Florida. So that would basically ruin the point of our government and start a tyranny.

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Level 80

Mar 1, 2018

Every ONE has a say? That doesn't make any sense when the ONEs from Wyoming have 3.6x the voting power as the ONEs from California. We've moved past the idea that the United States is a collection of states with competing interests. We're all one country. The only reason Republicans want to disenfranchise people so much or reduce their voting power is because they know that they can't possibly win if the will of the people was accurately represented. They NEED things like gerrymandering, illegal voter purging and voter registration restrictions, and the electoral college to hold on to power. If you're worried about tyranny look to those who represent a minority and are imposing their will on the majority, not the majority who have no power.

Malbaby

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Level 70

Jan 15, 2018

If you think voting in the US is weird just see what voting in Australia is like ........ here it is

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Level 59

Jun 17, 2018

Wow. 82 candidates!? AV has many other flaws but this was one I hadn't thought about before.

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Level 80

Sep 21, 2020

I could get behind the 6-week-long election season Australia has or whatever it is, I could have the time period wrong. Trump started his campaign to get reelected like the day after being sworn in, and most candidates for president in the USA start trying to generate buzz at least 3 or 4 years before the election and then start openly campaigning at least a year before. It's exhausting, even though you do have longer to vet and get to know everyone that is running.

cesario

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Level 45

Jan 15, 2018

There's a book called "Yo Millard Fillmore" that's an extended mnemonic for remembering all the presidents. I only remember parts of it, but I used it to help on this quiz. The only one I missed is...Millard Fillmore. *facepalm*

MorganaVelaryon

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Level 25

Jan 16, 2018

I'm from Germany and got 15, I think I should start to learn more about american history (and the presidents are a great staring point, I guess).

emcee2

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Level 21

Jan 19, 2018

I am so ashamed of myself. I'm taking american republic and i had to look into my history book. oh well

Kontio100

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Level 48

Jan 31, 2018

I'm from Finland and got 25 - I bet that no one of you Americans can name 25 Finnish presidents...don't worry, neither can I. Mainly because there has been only 12...

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Level 28

Feb 1, 2018

NOW 3:54!

Malbaby

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Level 70

Feb 20, 2018

Try Governors who became Presidents ......here it is

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Level 37

Mar 21, 2018

I fail to laud someone who is on his third wife as being the protector of "the nuclear family, or has "family values" sprouted a new definition?

YellowJacket

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Level 72

Dec 21, 2019

I fail to see how someone who cheated on wife #1 with wife #2, cheated on wife #2 with wife #3, and who cheated on wife #3 with multiple other women is someone Evangelicals say is a Christian and the guy before him, who has not cheated on his first wife, and who went to church most Sundays, was not. For the record, I also have the same complaints about Newt Gingrich but he, thankfully, is not the president.

payel123

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Level 40

Mar 26, 2018

Can You Accept Barrack Obama?

DapperAlpaca

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Level 44

Mar 29, 2018

It's wrong, so hopefully not.

HectorVortac

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Level 50

May 9, 2018

To do this the quizmaster would basically have to figure out every possible misspelling of every president's name and make them all count. Let's make it simple and require the right spelling.

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Level 80

Jan 26, 2020

If so you should also accept Baraka Obama

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Level 28

Jun 4, 2020

Or "Barraco Barner", remember that Tweet?

killerkyle

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Level 27

Mar 30, 2018

Got 100% ! #HistoryMajor

Littlep

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Level 8

Apr 10, 2018

Great quiz

Pharley

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Level 65

Apr 26, 2018

I was sure there was an American president called Munro. Or possibly Monro. Should have thought to stick and E on the end....

Malbaby

+1

Level 70

Jun 6, 2018

Do you know your Presidents? try US President's Anagram quiz ....here it is

Sirinwara

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Level 42

Jun 9, 2018

21/44 and I'm from Hungary. Sorry guys but your antebellum presidents are totally unknown here - apart from Washington and Jefferson which I knew but the rest...

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Level 80

Jun 15, 2018

Minus Polk the run of 8 presidents before Lincoln are also not well known amongst Americans. They were all forgettable. Most of them exercised little power (Congress was really in control of the country at the time). A few of them died a short while in to their terms in office. One was not even elected. And all are ranked among the worst presidents in US history, though Trump has got them beat in that category according to the latest polls.

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Level 80

Jun 15, 2018

If you don't know Jackson, Madison, Monroe or Adams they are worth looking up even if you are not American.

There's an entertaining miniseries on John Adams that was produced by HBO a few years back. Worth a download.

+1

Level 80

Jun 15, 2018

(the 7 or 8 presidents after Lincoln are also often ranked among the worst in history, though not as bad as the lot that came before- not a good time in Presidential history)

+1

Level 67

Jul 6, 2018

Why do you say minus Polk?

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Level 80

Oct 8, 2018

Because he's more noteworthy than the other 7.

SilentFox

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Level 52

Jun 22, 2018

does it matter. regardless whoever is President. The job is not easy. The most important thing is Our Presidents in th epast and current and future will always be # 1 because we are The United States Of America.

Hazey78

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Level 14

Jun 27, 2018

I love that I get to learn about the presidents, I love George Washington because wouldn't it be cool if you were the person to be the starter of the presidency. It would be cool if I were the first president!!

SilentFox

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Level 52

Jul 5, 2018

This is an awesome quiz. I am in awe of the 45 men who listed as The President of The United States of America. We are the greatest country on this earth. Yes, we have our ups and downs and we are not perfect and we only make up 5 percent of the World's population; yet We are the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. All 45 men deserve our respect for the office and all 45 served. Thanks to all of Our Presidents.

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Level 59

Jul 16, 2018

There have only been 44 of them.

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Level 80

Jun 14, 2019

While it's true only 44 men have served as president, often people get confused because the current president is usually listed as the 45th. That's because Garfield, who served two non-consecutive terms, is listed as both POTUS # 22 and POTUS #24.

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Level 59

Jul 5, 2019

While Garfield may have been president twice or even two presidents, he was certainly not two men.

LincolnIsTheBestOne

+4

Level 62

Aug 26, 2019

Um, kalbahamut, don't you mean Grover Cleveland, not James Garfield? Remember that Garfield was assassinated after a couple hundred days in office.

+1

Level 80

Aug 29, 2019

yes, Cleveland. My mistake.

someone2018

+3

Level 81

Oct 13, 2019

I'm still waiting for the 44th person to serve.

+1

Level 85

Oct 5, 2020

Any day now...

oastone

+1

Level 63

Jul 12, 2018

I wonder what accounts for the percentage difference between the two Roosevelts and the two Harrisons. The Bushes and Adams have the same percentage points, as one would expect.

+1

Level 59

Jul 16, 2018

For the Roosevelts it will be people writing "FDR".

+1

Level 67

Aug 22, 2018

And for the Harrisons, it's probably because the misspelling "Harison" works for William but not Benjamin.

ChipOtley

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Level 75

Aug 26, 2019

Possibly because they have different forenames too? So typing John Adams will still hit both, etc.

Cwej

+7

Level 64

Jul 16, 2018

Accept "Putin" for "Trump"? :-)

llamedos

+1

Level 46

Oct 16, 2018

well played getting there before me

coopny14

+3

Level 43

Jul 16, 2018

44 Presidents is correct. Cleveland served two non consecutive terms.. 45 Administrations 44 Men. Excellent quiz. It got people to discuss the good and bad about America.

ivocado

+1

Level 20

Jul 17, 2018

Most of the streets in my neighborhood are named after presidents and I still can't remember all of them! I will keep trying though because I want to earn the beautiful USA badge.

btlover90

+1

Level 25

Jul 21, 2018

Got 100%. I knew that George H. W. Bush and George Bush were related, so I knew about two presidents that had the same name. Forgot that some of the presidents also had the same last name also.

AliGeo

+1

Level 29

Jul 27, 2018

I can't help but forget Fillmore... maybe because I can't fill my head with more informations... ;)

AliGeo

+1

Level 29

Jul 27, 2018

It's easy to remember every president : if you watch grey's anatomy you have Wilson and Pierce. Pretty Little Liars : Harding (Ian). Indiana Jones : Harrison and Ford. Garfield : Garfield. Imagine those characters together and you'll remember them

REKZKING67

+1

Level 21

Sep 19, 2018

finished with 1.50 left

bezz

+1

Level 65

Oct 1, 2018

Trump 2017-2019

+1

Level 57

Sep 16, 2020

*2024

jm

+1

Level 72

Oct 22, 2018

Instead of Washington, could we have a picture of Franklin Pierce - because he is the only one I missed. 59% of my fellow quiztakers are in the same boat. :-)

edj99

+2

Level 24

Nov 2, 2018

This quiz is really hard as a non-American

+8

Level 67

Nov 6, 2018

Typing the most recent answer is really hard as an American...

+1

Level 57

Sep 16, 2020

What? "T-R-U-M-P" is pretty easy to type and remember

+1

Level 85

Oct 5, 2020

And yet, REALLY hard to type. Kinda like knowing you've got cancer, and having to type the answer to "How are you going to die?"

gccwang24

+1

Level 39

Nov 25, 2018

Who remembers the song from the Simpsons: "There's Taylor, there's Tyler, there's Fillmore and there's Hayes. There's William Henry Harrison: 'I died in thirty days!'" Also remembered Chester A. Arthur from Die Hard 3.

TheodoreE45

+3

Level 76

Dec 1, 2018

George H.W. Bush: June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018. (94) He was a good president, an even better family man, and an amazing human being. May he rest in peace.

bezz

+3

Level 65

Dec 12, 2018

Yes, despite his funneling of money to the contras in Nicaragua from illegal arms sales to Iran, the appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme court, the blow up and utter destruction of the savings and loans, etc etc. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States#George_H._W._Bush_administration_(1989%E2%80%931993) compared to Trump, anyone looks good.

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Level 80

Dec 26, 2018

Pretty minor scandals and Bush was only vice president when Iran-Contra went down, though he did pardon most of the guilty parties later on. Clarence Thomas is way better than Brett Kavanaugh.

+4

Level 67

Dec 29, 2018

Better than Brett Kavanaugh is a very, very low bar to clear.

+1

Level 80

Dec 31, 2018

Perhaps. Still. Bush Sr. wasn't that bad. Especially if the appointment of Thomas to the Supreme Court was the worst thing he's done. Trump wishes the worst thing he'd done was appointing Brett Kavanaugh, but he currently touts it (probably rightly) as among his greatest achievements.

YellowJacket

+1

Level 72

Dec 21, 2019

From what I gathered during Mr. Kavanaugh's confirmation, he has cleared (out) many bars since he really, really likes beer.

+1

Level 80

Sep 21, 2020

He likes beer. He liked beer. He still likes beer. Do you like beer? What do you drink?

JonahFeigelson

+1

Level 26

Dec 18, 2018

i actually just forgot abe lincoln...

Jayjaysciz

+2

Level 49

Dec 21, 2018

Today as I'm reading these pro Trump comments, it struck me that they have not aged well at all. And as 2019 sets to begin, it's just going to get worse for him.

+6

Level 80

Dec 26, 2018

They had already aged poorly a year before the inauguration. Trump has always been beyond horrible and if you can't see that something is wrong with you. This presidency has been every bit as bad as anyone paying attention could have predicted it would be.

jtb77

+2

Level 43

Apr 11, 2019

Yeah, how'd that work out? NO COLLUSION

+1

Level 80

May 5, 2019

I've said this before: given the mental acumen of some posters on this site the rules against dirty words and ad hominem attacks are onerous and unfair.
The Mueller investigation created a legal framework whereby Mueller's team could find Trump either "not guilty" or "not not guilty." If you read the actual report they make it clear that they are finding Trump "not not guilty." The evidence is there, but they left it up to Congress to do anything about it. Also, Mueller makes it clear that since COLLUSION is not a legal term in the United States what was being investigated was criminal obstruction of justice and criminal conspiracy, things for which enormous amounts of evidence are detailed over the 400 pages, and part of why almost everyone in the Trump administration and campaign is currently either in jail, awaiting sentencing, making plea deals or under investigation.

+1

Level 80

Aug 28, 2020

To add to all of the above, which was bad enough, the Republican-controlled Senate recently released its own findings that Russia did indeed interfere in the 2016 election, that there was indeed contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russians, that Russia was aiming to help Trump get elected, that the Trump campaign welcomed this help, that multiple members of the administration coordinated with Russian intelligence, that multiple crimes were committed, and that FBI investigations into these crimes was entirely warranted. This is from the Republican-led Senate, and a Republican-led committee.

edgarjx1

+1

Level 21

Dec 30, 2018

I forget JFK Lord forgive me...

Volhosis

+1

Level 28

Jan 4, 2019

100% with 4:11 left!

GeoDude

+5

Level 53

Jan 7, 2019

I got them all, from Washington to Obama!

+3

Level 37

Jan 21, 2019

Unfortunately, ignoring Trump will NOT make him go away. Like it or not, he is now part of our history; an ignoble part to be sure, but a part of it nonetheless.

jtb77

+2

Level 43

Apr 11, 2019

Trump 2020

+4

Level 80

May 6, 2019

stupid is as stupid does

FamousRob

+1

Level 86

Jun 30, 2020

Trump 2016-2020. Fixed it for you.

+2

Level 80

Sep 11, 2020

Neil, don't be so sure. Get out and vote. Better yet, buy a school bus and drive people to the polls. But don't vote twice like Trump suggested. That's a felony.

Waikareiti

+2

Level 38

Jan 31, 2019

Quizmaster, the 2 Harrison's have different acceptance criteria. Can you please strandardise the acceptable spellings.

+2

Level 37

Jan 31, 2019

I would like to debunk at least part of the theory behind the creation of the Electoral College, that among the reasons it was created was to guard against a demagogue successfully convincing the uneducated masses into voting for him. At the time of the creation of the EC, only (with very few exceptions in a few of the more progressive states), white male landowners were allowed to vote. While they may have been uneducated, they certainly were not part of the "masses".

+1

Level 80

Feb 1, 2019

Tyranny of the majority

Read paragraph #2

MatGoesBoom

+1

Level 31

Feb 3, 2019

This was So Easy

stylus

+5

Level 51

Feb 5, 2019

My friends asked me what I'd done over the weekend. Learnt all the US presidents in order. This is proof of what an incredibly boring life I lead. I'm sad now.

TH0R

+2

Level 28

Mar 5, 2019

And here I thought I was cool for doing so. Now we're both sad.

Sifhraven

+2

Level 67

Feb 25, 2020

Now I'm confused if I am cool or sad.. I guess I settle on cool but sad.. :/

jsmash

+2

Level 31

Feb 6, 2019

Can't believe only 39% got Chester A Arthur, it's like the easiest one. Narly.

annyesoluvely

+1

Level 34

Feb 20, 2019

taken this quiz 12+ times and every time always forget Garfield...

TH0R

+1

Level 28

Mar 5, 2019

Well, he hates Mondays.

LincolnIsTheBestOne

+1

Level 62

Mar 15, 2019

If anyone would like to practice Democratic-Republican presidents, try this.

Rainy

+1

Level 16

Mar 24, 2019

How did I get everyone except RICHARD NIXON and THOMAS JEFFERSON. Those are such weird ones to forget, my mind just blanked.

HinesBrothers

+1

Level 71

Apr 30, 2019

Arthur is officially irrelevant

+4

Level 80

May 6, 2019

No he's not. He's one of the 43 presidents we've had that were better than the current one.

jtb77

+4

Level 43

May 8, 2019

Yes, what a horrible President Mr. Trump is. Unemployment rates that we haven't seen in what, 40-50 years? Record high stocks. Strong economy. A President that actually got the closest to peace on the Korean peninsula. But hey! Let's get a good socialist person in office. "Free" college. More welfare dependants. You know, a person who supports outsourcing, then raises taxes on the working class to pay for all the people who want something for nothing. It's working well in Venezuela.

+6

Level 83

May 11, 2019

...sigh...

+6

Level 80

May 15, 2019

Why don't you become a presidential historian, jb? Then maybe you can convince all the others of what a terrific president Trump is. Right now I'm afraid it's just you and other people who have no clue what they're talking about.

jkabq

+3

Level 61

Jun 22, 2019

"you and other people who have no clue wat they're talking about"? anger much? pot calling kettle black. nothing jtb said wasn't true.

+5

Level 83

Jun 23, 2019

Unemployment is low and stocks are high, but they've been respectively declining and rising ever since Obama took office back in 2009. You can't give credit to Trump for that. We may be getting close to peace in North Korea, but that was only after Trump threatened to destroy the country, and in their last meeting they failed to reach an agreement. Still got a long way to go...

+3

Level 80

Jun 25, 2019

jtb's first sentence was spot-on I'll give him that. Any anger I feel is justified but I wasn't expressing it here and you're projecting.

+1

Level 49

Apr 6, 2020

@jtb it was a silly comment to begin with, and looking back on it from the present day.........it did not age well. If anything you said before was true, aside from the first sentence, (which it wasn't), it definitely isn't now.

Vincent11

+1

Level 15

May 25, 2019

I forgot a lot of them I used to know them by heart but now my mind is blank.

dvorkjoker

+5

Level 56

Jul 12, 2019

Whenever I take this quiz, I feel like I need to Fillmore gaps.

LincolnIsTheBestOne

+1

Level 62

Aug 22, 2019

(Laughing so hard)

someone2018

+4

Level 81

Jul 27, 2019

Of the 144 questions on quizzes for the USA Badge you must get 143 correct. You're allowed to miss 1 President.
Everybody has that one they just refuse to acknowledge as existing as President, don't they?

ProQuizzzer

+1

Level 25

Jul 28, 2019

i beat 1.4 % quiz takers being from india good enough

ChewyDock

+1

Level 28

Aug 4, 2019

2:09 left B)

Gheltaro

+3

Level 15

Aug 5, 2019

Isn't it shameful that this quiz is needed for the History Badge!? USA is not the centre of the world! I would rather cite all the roman or chinese emperors...

Quizmaster

+5

Level ∞

Aug 5, 2019

I bet you couldn't even name a single Chinese emperor. I know I couldn't have until I started this site.

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Level 80

Sep 29, 2019

I can name several, but not all of them.

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Level 73

Dec 21, 2019

Neither are Rome and China the centers of the world (despite the latter's claim). However, Rome and China were the world's most powerful empires in their prime, and the United States still is.

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Level 49

Jan 23, 2020

I don't object to having it required for the badge, but I do object to needing every single answer. Most of these presidents were not massively relevant to world history.

ethanos343

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Level 30

Aug 6, 2019

done with 2:50 remaining :)

twained

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Level 59

Aug 21, 2019

I like to take this quiz every so often. But it still fills me with disgust that I have to type Trump's name in this company.

flushfido

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Level 48

Sep 16, 2019

I purposely leave his name blank. It lowers his overall recognizability rank under Obama, which, if he knew about, I'm sure would drive him nuts.

NeilVedwan

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Level 49

Sep 8, 2019

can you accept buren for martin van buren

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Level 80

Sep 29, 2019

Trump should have been removed from office two years ago, and I think it's impossible, from an ethical standpoint, to not impeach him now as, if his behavior in office is not worthy of impeachment, then honestly what would be? ...at the same time this late in to his first term and I think the Democrats might actually be better off just running out the clock. Trump in 2020 will be easier to beat than Mike Pence or anyone else the Republicans run. I used to say that Trump was the only candidate they could have run that could lose to Hillary Clinton, if not for the fact that Hillary Clinton was the only candidate the Dems could run that could lose to Trump.

Politics aside, though, he should be removed as soon as possible. No telling what damage he could do with even one more year in office. It's already going to take generations to repair what's been done.

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Level 83

Sep 30, 2019

Hopefully we'll actually get somewhere with the inquiry Nancy Pelosi initiated recently. Though like you said, he should have been impeached a long time ago.

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Level 73

Dec 21, 2019

Trump will be hard to beat if the Democrats do the same mistake as in 2016, which was electing a candidate that only appeals to the core voters. Biden might even drive away some of those.

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Level 80

Dec 21, 2019

I think that you're right that it would be a mistake to pick Biden over some of the other candidates that will more energize and excite the Democratic base. But at the same time, I think Biden would crush Trump in the general election in 2020 all the same. He and Clinton might have similar policy ideas, but he is a much less flawed and polarizing candidate.

P.S. I think Warren and Sanders would crush Trump in a general election, as well.

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Level 73

Dec 22, 2019

I'm going out on a limb as someone from far away. But if I had to bet, I'd say that Trump will crush Biden and that he has decent chances to defeat even Warren. His base of fans is in the minority relative to the total population, but they will all be there on Election Day. What's needed to counter that is a radical shift - not just in policies, but even more so in strategy and rhetoric. It will be interesting to go back to this in one year's time.

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Level 80

Dec 23, 2019

I think and hope sincerely that you are wrong. I don't think that I am being naive or out-of-touch. Back in 2015 I was one of the few who was doubtful about Hillary's chances vs Trump. You are right that the minority of people in the US who are big Trump fans are loyal to a fault- how they remain so completely oblivious to *any* factual information is beyond me- but I also think that they will not be as passionate to get to the polls in 2020. A lot of Trump voters were going to vote because they despised Hillary Clinton. Right wing media had been painting her as the antichrist since the 1990s. People, like my dad, had a visceral reaction just to hearing her name or seeing her face. They were voting against Hillary often more than they were voting for Trump. Nobody hates Joe Biden that much. And the fact that Trump has been a complete and total disaster as president might encourage some small percentage of them to just stay home. Even a small number would have cost him 2016.

jmellor13

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Level 65

Dec 23, 2019

I hope you're right, kal, but I doubt it. I think the people who voted for Trump the first time have spent all their mental energy since trying to defend their decision, and they've dug their heels in so deep that there is no convincing them otherwise. A lot of them will vote for him against just to "stick it to the liberals." I think Warren has the best skill set to beat him, but there is too much misogyny in this country for her to get enough votes. I like Biden, but his campaign has been pretty bad (although Trump's was worse and it didn't stop him). Biden seems slow and anemic these days. Bernie can match Trump's charisma, and he's only about a billion times smarter and more authentic. But his age is a concern. Nonetheless, I think, all things considered, Bernie is the surest best to beat Trump. Biden is second, in my view.

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Level 80

Jan 26, 2020

I don't understand why people believe that a woman can't get enough votes to be president. That's absurd. Hillary Clinton already got more votes than Trump in 2016, and she's awful. Run a *good* female candidate for president, in either party, and she could coast to victory.

JWatson24

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Level 62

Feb 20, 2020

I actually think that Trump will be difficult to beat--not impossible, but he's had a streak of good luck in the past few weeks that's entrenched him in power, including his acquittal in the impeachment trial, his rising approval numbers, and the success of the economy (although this is unpredictable and could change in a moment). The Democrats are also completely disorganized right now with the Iowa debacle and a still very divided field. I'm still hopeful that America will come to reject him this year, but the economy often plays a major role in elections and that alone might be enough for him to win a second term.

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Level 80

Apr 17, 2020

I wish they would institute mandatory IQ minimums for certain things. Minimum to serve as president should be about 140-150. Minimum to serve on the Supreme Court should be at least 130. Minimum to serve in Congress should be around 115. Minimum to vote should be 105, and you should have to pass a basic test on current events, history, sound epistemology, and rudimentary science. This would solve the Trump problem immediately as his IQ can't possibly be above 85.

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Level 73

May 23, 2020

Sure, what could go wrong if we quantify an ambiguous and multi-layered property and strip people of their fundamental rights based on the results? Hope your comment was a joke.

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Level 80

May 29, 2020

Not joking in the slightest. The bad memory of Jim Crow and literacy tests does not make it a bad idea. And in response to "what could go wrong?", I counter with the presidential election of 2016. What HAS gone wrong is far more terrible than your hypothetical what could. The system is catastrophically broken and needs to be fixed. Nobody as dumb as Trump should ever be allowed to hold office. Nobody dumb enough to vote for Trump should ever be allowed to vote. I'm sorry if this offends those of you who fetishize democracy. Worrying about the damage that selective suffrage and office eligibility could do to democracy when we're living through the damage that indiscriminate suffrage and a mentally unfit president has done is like arguing that we shouldn't confiscate a hand grenade from a crowded pre-school classroom on the principle that it's too dangerous to not trust all those in attendance to act responsibly. After it's already gone off.

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Level 67

Jul 27, 2020

If such a test were required to vote or serve in office, who would you trust to design and administer the test? Anyone with the power to design and require such a test would absolutely design it in such a way as to favor their own agenda. It'd be nice if idiots or people unable to pass a civics test didn't vote, but as soon as you try to actively stop them from doing so, those in power will game the criteria to their own advantage.

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Level 80

Aug 4, 2020

kenpo: some non-partisan group staffed by credentialed psychologists, historians, and law professors, chosen by their peers, not political appointees.

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Level 73

Oct 8, 2020

I'm not a democracy fetishist who believes in the wisdom of the masses. But I agree with the old Churchill quote that democracy is the worst form of government except for all the other ones. One reason is the limitation and fluctuation of power, and another one is representation. With IQ limits you'd strip the poor and most minorities of their most meaningful way to influence politics. Inequality in the US and, to an extent, European countries is already a problem but it's nothing to what would happen with your proposal. The winner of the next election might be a reasonable social-liberal candidate but in the long run there would be no incentive to take the lower classes into consideration. Which also means worse education for them (than now already), probably worse protection by the law, social stigma, worse opportunities to make your way up. And on the other side, those lower classes would have less incentive to care about politics or really the world around them...

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Level 73

Oct 8, 2020

Why learn anything about these things without even the illusion that you have a say in them? All in all, you'd breed an idiot class. When workers and former slaves demanded suffrage in previous centuries, conservatives said they were too uneducated and didn't know what was best for them or their country. Luckily, this shortsightedness did not prevail. The answer is to provide education and a social perspective for as large a share of the population as possible. De-suffrage is not a counteraction against throwback developments; it's the next big step. And by the way, the outcome of the IQ limits may lead to a (very) short-term success of progressive platforms nationwide (talking about the US), but it's different in Alabama. Segregation reloaded.

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Level 73

Oct 8, 2020

And while Trump's atrociousness shouldn't be underestimated, you're giving too much eminence to one single person. I'd rather live under president Trump or PM Johnson than under president Jefferson or PM Disraeli. Not taking into account technical progress and the like, of course. By trying to get rid of the consequences of populism, you throw the baby out of the water.

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Level 80

Oct 9, 2020

You think poor people only have low IQs? Or minorities? I don't think that's accurate.

Even if that were true... dumb poor people are easily convinced en masse to vote against their own interests. I mean, some poor out-of-work red stater being convinced that a born-wealthy New York trust fund narcissist is somehow their guy and going to stick up for them, when he truly couldn't care less, is a good example of this. It might actually be for their own good that stupid people lose the right to vote. You think that if people who were engaged, informed, who had the capacity to understand what was going on in the world.. that would lead to greater inequality? Based on what?? In theory giving everyone the vote gives politicians reason to consider everyone's needs... but again I would point to reality... what does this actually produce in practice? It certainly does not lead to one party giving a crap about the needs of the poor or minorities.

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Level 80

Oct 9, 2020

It only leads to them spending large amounts of money to DUPE those people into thinking that they care about their interests, while behind their backs they work to disenfranchise and marginalize those voters as much as they can, betray their promises to help any of these people, and make more money for themselves. All the while, the stupids are still enthusiastically fighting for their right to get fleeced and screwed over. This system is not working.

And did you honestly just say that you'd rather have Trump as president than Thomas Jefferson? Was that a typo or are you serious? I suspect you might be one of the people not following what's going on.

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Level 73

Oct 10, 2020

kal, your comments betray a lack of comprehension that is usually found in the idiots you like to quarrel with. Disappointing. You misunderstand or ignore just about every point I raised. I don't feel like explaining them right now, maybe some time later. Only that much about the last one: I would rather live in the United States in 2020 under bad president Trump than in the United States in 1805 under good president Jefferson. A country and its political system depend on more than one politician, even if it's an exceptionally capable/moronic leader. That was the entire point.

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Level 83

Oct 10, 2020

I want to interject with my own thoughts on all this but if I do then this whole chain of comments will just get deleted. So I won't. Here's a puppy on the beach instead:

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Level 80

Oct 13, 2020

I'd also prefer living in the USA of today over the United States of 1800. But... the United States of 2015? That was a hell of a lot better.... does that even need to be said? I mean even ignoring the sinking feeling of disgust and dread that one feels in their gut every time they remember who is in the White House, which could be dismissed as political bias. 210k dead and rising. A pandemic that could not have been handled worse if the government actively tried (and in many ways they did actively make it worse). Distance learning for all our kids. Movies and concerts canceled. Restaurants shuttered. Small businesses going bust. The economy in the crapper. Immigrant families destroyed. Rioting in the streets. Vital allliances broken. The world less secure. Political division and hatred at (recent) record levels, as well as disinformation. The farm belt ravaged and may not recover. Our democratic institutions under threat. Government in shambles. All directly the fault of one man.

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Level 80

Oct 13, 2020

and I responded to the rest of what you wrote but this comment was deleted for no discernible reason. In short, if you make points clearly and well, they will be understood. There is no problem with my comprehension.

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Level 85

Oct 5, 2020

"No telling what damage he could do with even one more year in office." Knowing now and with the ability to go back in time, do you think any of the senators who voted not to convict would change their vote? Sadly, I don't think they would.

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Level 80

Oct 13, 2020

Maybe one or two? I think that if all of them voted for what they knew was right or good for the country, then it would be been about 82-18 for removal if he were impeached after the Mueller Report dropped, perhaps 92-8 after the "perfect call" with Ukraine, and maybe 98-2 with foreknowledge of the catastrophic pandemic response. I don't know. I might be giving some senators too much credit. But of course there was exactly one Republican senator that voted for what he thought was the right thing to do. The rest, often after admitting openly that this is what they were doing, voted to keep their jobs, country and rule of law be damned.

undeadwarrior

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Level 56

Nov 5, 2019

I just came here for the comments!

kzn05

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Level 56

Nov 7, 2019

Why is this quiz included in the history badge? Non-American users who are interested in general history as a subject matter cannot be expected to be experts on American presidents. Plus, this quiz is already in the USA badge, so I would request you to remove this quiz from the history badge. Thanks!

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Level 80

Dec 11, 2019

somewhat reasonable suggestion

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Level 49

Jan 23, 2020

Or have a lesser number of answers required, but keep it in, would also be fine.

WillA25

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Level 30

Nov 14, 2019

If you'd like to check out my quiz about US currency, specifically who is featured on each denomination, that would be awesome! You can find it here If you like it, please rate and nominate so more people can experience it! Thank you :)

MCreeperWL

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Level 27

Nov 14, 2019

Finally made it after a couple of attempts. I'm from France so it was quite hard as i only knew a few of them. ;)

Shiloh376

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Level 72

Dec 20, 2019

Its 44 people who have been president, not 45. Good quiz.

tomwinkler95

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Level 58

Dec 21, 2019

Finally Fillmore

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Level 73

Dec 21, 2019

Everyone talks about the Electoral College (rightly so), but what about the fact that elections take place on a working day, and that voting is a complicated hassle compared to other countries? Average Joe thinks twice before going to vote. And if he does, he's drawn in by a hype around a charismatic, larger-than-life candidate. This was the case with Obama, and now with Trump.

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Level 80

Dec 21, 2019

Republicans seem to oppose anything that makes voting easier, though in this case I'm not sure if it really advantages them or not as more and more working class voters vote Republican. It would make a lot of sense to make it a national holiday.

jmellor13

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Level 65

Dec 23, 2019

Everyone I know agrees with you. Election Day should be a holiday. It's the government, not the people, keeping that from happening.

freamishly

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Level 61

Dec 21, 2019

I was astonished by the periodic table one but how was THIS not featured yet?

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Level 80

Dec 22, 2019

It was featured before several times. Quizmaster sometimes recycles popular quizzes.

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Level 67

Mar 6, 2020

Expect this to be featured again either after the election in November, or more likely after the inauguration next January.

Bdubz

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Level 44

Jan 3, 2020

Damn you James Garfield

Nintenjoe03

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Level 41

Jan 23, 2020

Anyone remember the animaniacs song

Hezzer619

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Level 24

Jan 24, 2020

2016: Trump 2020: Reese's commercial guy REESES GUY 4 PRESIDENT!!

driehoek25

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Level 55

Mar 14, 2020

As a Dutch person I would like to intervene with the heated discussion that has taken place in this comment section. Whether you like it or not I do not see Trump's presidency as a failure. The economy has grown a lot under Trump's presidency (The market crash happend because of Covid19 and Saudi Russian oil crisis), very low unemployment rate, removing troops from the Middle-East, not started any war , solving migration problems, crime rates have decreased and many more positive things. I think that Trump is doing good. The problem I see with politics in the US is that both the Republican party as the Democratic party are corrupt and rotten to the core and that the people of the US should see this to and just ditch both. Also the electoral college is vastly outdated and should be abolished to remove the now present two party system. This system should just be replaced by a popular vote system so that one party cannot have so easily a majority. 1/2

driehoek25

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Level 55

Mar 14, 2020

The presidential seat has to much power and it should be stripped of some so the importance of the election should be focussed on the House and Senate wich should be far more important factors in US-politics. But propably this will never happen because of the ignorance of both the Republican and Democratic parties. The people can change it but they wont because they will always say: "It will not work" or "Than the other party will win easliy." But change never came falling out of the air. It has always been a struggle so if you want to change US politics than you have to struggle for it. That is what I wanted to say about. 2/2

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Level 80

May 29, 2020

power has shifted back and forth between Congress and the Executive branch over the decades. Trump and his dog Barr, with the help of his servile, self-neutering allies in Congress, have pushed presidential overreach to unprecedented levels, though, in their vision of the Imperial Presidency and unchecked executive power. The last president to try and grab this much power was probably Lincoln; difference being Lincoln did it in an effort to save the country, not destroy it.

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Level 80

Mar 14, 2020

If comments are spaced 2 months apart can a discussion really be called "heated?" Also, your perspective on Trump and the US presidency is even less accurate than your choice of adjectives to describe the comments section here.

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Level 49

Apr 6, 2020

The comments about Trump are inaccurate (to me it's particularly sad that "not starting a war" is somehow an achievement? Is it not just something you would expect as the norm?), but I do agree with your points about changes the American system needs.

KingWarfare846

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Level 47

Mar 20, 2020

I typed in LBJ to save time, just to find out at the end there's another president called Johnson, and I just lost out on a free answer.

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Level 80

Mar 22, 2020

Coronavirus 2020

kevlarkev

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Level 49

Apr 7, 2020

I've taken this quiz 3 times since it came out and never remember Chester Arthur. Poor Chester

Joyjeet

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Level 42

Apr 18, 2020

Urge you to rethink the necessity of country-specific quizzes for a welcome badge.

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Level 80

Apr 24, 2020

it's one of the most popular quizzes on the site, and the minimum scores for the welcome badge are pretty low.

wafflol

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Level 32

Apr 19, 2020

today i learned how dumb i am

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Level 80

Jun 4, 2020

words the sitting president will never be self-reflective enough to utter.

Sean1573

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Level 45

Jul 17, 2020

Hoes mad

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Level 80

Jul 20, 2020

Gardening tools? What are they mad about? Or are you referring to the ladies that Trump's grandfather made his fortune employing?

Fishyyy

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Level 44

Apr 22, 2020

Here's one way to remember, think of one important aspect of the president. For example, Taylor died because he ate too many cherries. Taft had to have a special bathtub built for him because he was just too fat. Presidents Fillmore, Buchanan, and Pierce refused the offer to celebrate Thanksgiving.

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Level 28

Apr 30, 2020

Got them all... I've been reading all the comments, and I really don't get how a US presidents quiz turned into a battleground between people who support Trump and people who oppose him

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Level 67

May 21, 2020

He's the current POTUS, and lots of people feel strongly enough about him that they feel compelled to give their opinion whenever he is mentioned. Then people feed off each other's opinions and before you know it there's a heated argument.

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Level 80

Jun 4, 2020

Trump is a US president. Not that complicated.

Squidward55

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Level 21

May 15, 2020

as an ignorant european, i only managed to get around 20, and i am pretty proud of myself :)

1bullsfan

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Level 38

Jun 3, 2020

Could you accept Thomas Wilson, Stephen Cleveland,John Coolidge , and for the history nerds, Hiram Grant?

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Level 83

Jun 3, 2020

You know it’s quite astounding. I already had a low opinion of Trump long before he even took office. But every day since his inauguration has been absolutely worse than the last. He somehow keeps sinking lower and lower and each time I keep thinking that this is it. This is the lowest he’s ever gone. But no, he keeps sinking lower. And at this point the Republicans are no better. I’ve lost all respect for them at this point. And if Trump gets re-elected, then it’s a guarantee they’ll never get my vote ever again.

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Level 80

Jun 4, 2020

Read the recent editorial by noted Conservative thinker George F Will. Trump has no such thing as rock bottom.

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Level 80

Sep 24, 2020

Today he announced his plan to try and throw out the ballots and have a peaceful continuation of power, in other words, just cancel the election. The It Could Happen Here podcast playing out in real time before our eyes...

PA11BAR

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Level 31

Jun 19, 2020

26 for a middle englander, i'll take that

NeilVedwan

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Level 49

Jul 6, 2020

100% I know my presidents well!

plattitude

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Level 88

Sep 3, 2020

Is there a reason that "Harison" is accepted for William, but not for Benjamin? "Harrison" works for both.