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U.S. Presidential Trivia Quiz #2

Based on the clue, name the President.

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Last updated: August 02, 2014

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Clue	President
First president	George Washington
Longest term (12 years)	Franklin Roosevelt
Played football at Michigan	Gerald R. Ford
Had an affinity for McDonald's	Bill Clinton
Only Hawaiian-born president	Barack Obama
Youngest (42 years)	Theodore Roosevelt
Marilyn Monroe sang "happy birthday" to him	John F. Kennedy
WWII general	Dwight Eisenhower
Shortest term (31 days)	William Henry Harrison
Was a Hollywood actor	Ronald Reagan
Was once a peanut farmer	Jimmy Carter
Served as director of the CIA	George H.W. Bush
Lived at Monticello	Thomas Jefferson

Clue	President
Only Federalist president	John Adams
Shortest (5'4")	James Madison
Made Thanksgiving an official holiday	Abraham Lincoln
Last to wear a powdered wig	James Monroe
Earned highest % of popular vote	Lyndon Johnson
Discovered a proof to the Pythagorean theorem	James Garfield
His middle name was merely an initial	Harry S. Truman
The first "dark horse" candidate	James K. Polk
On the $500 bill	William McKinley
Only president with a MBA degree	George W. Bush
Namesake of a famous dam	Herbert Hoover
Native Dutch speaker	Martin Van Buren
Served on the Supreme Court	William Taft

RDH131

level 45

Aug 24, 2014

Am I right in thinking that the S in Ulysses S Grant doesn't stand for anything either?

tylerdavid

level 63

Aug 24, 2014

I think you're right. His first name at birth was Hiram and him middle name was Ulysses.

plattitude

level 80

Sep 24, 2014

@Erikthev, correct, but ambiguous.

RX782Pilot

level 51

Feb 12, 2015

It stands for Simpson

jjensen795

level 23

Oct 9, 2016

Ulysses middle name was Simpson

zGonzo8

level 37

Jan 5, 2018

It stands for Shaquan

Fee

level 51

Jan 5, 2018

It stands up, does a twirl and sits back down.

AlTheCatIsBack

level 25

Jan 6, 2018

He legally changed his name to Ulysses Simpson grant

dt1

level 46

Aug 24, 2014

it was concocted because of his nickname Unconditional Surrender "US".

Terradraconum

level 40

Aug 24, 2014

The "S" in Ulysses S. Grant stands for Simpson.

pinverarity

level 28

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

Yankee

level 55

Aug 24, 2014

Obama was born in Kenya.

Yankee

level 55

Aug 24, 2014

Just kidding. I like to stir up a bit of excitement. Good quiz by the way.

kalbahamut

level 73

Aug 25, 2014

Kenya, HI. ?

ozzdome

level 53

Aug 25, 2014

I looked in the comments specifically to find this comment. ... Thanks.

divantilya

level 39

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.

faolchu1014

level 41

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

theharknessmo

level 55

Jan 5, 2018

Didn't George Washington win 100% of the popular vote?

kalbahamut

level 73

Jan 5, 2018

It's a little complicated. In the United States' first election only 6 of 10 states had anything like a popular vote and fewer than 2% of the population in those states participated. Washington is said to have won 100% of the popular vote in Virginia but just above 90% overall. I can see why this wouldn't count. But then, Jefferson won 73% of the popular vote in 1804 (to Johnson's 61.1%), Madison won 65% in 1808, Monroe got 68% in 1816... so I'm not sure where this stat comes from maybe it ought to say the biggest margin in a "modern" election?

ponnuki

level 55

Jan 16, 2018

Actually, Monroe got an even higher percentage (80.6%) in 1820. The Federalists (the opposition party) were so weak that they didn't even appoint a candidate, so Monroe ran basically unopposed.

Archer1212

level 51

Jan 5, 2018

not enough time. needs at least another minute.

sg1rob

level 69

Jan 5, 2018

Trump has an affinity for McDonald's, too. Although if you're going to use past tense, i.e., "had", then we'll have to wait unitl he's out of office (insert joke here) for that to be an acceptable answer.

tylerdavid

level 63

Jan 5, 2018

That was my first guess, too, until I looked at the date of the quiz. I remember the photo of him eating McDonald's.

prdoz

level 68

Jan 6, 2018

Apparently he chooses it because he is afraid of being poisoned!

POOCH

level 74

Jul 31, 2018

Could it be possible that Trump's affinity for McDonald's stems from sharing a hair dresser/colorist with Ronald?