U.S. Presidents by Picture Quiz

funny how people know what obama looks like more than washington

I feel like a good part of that is just that people don't make it down to Washington.

It is understandable that most people know Obama's face since he is the current president. What's sad is how many people don't recognize Washington, or Lincoln and Roosevelt for that matter.

Funny that 5% couldn't identify Obama. I wonder how many are Americans.

Why is that funny? Certainly well expected to me.

all of the old ones look the same! and I would hope obama is more recognized than any other...

@dombski You just cracked me up.

Really? EVERY republican in congress fits that description?

Grant was very handsome. There's also one photo of college-age Nixon that pops up a lot in which he looks like a Hollywood idol (and, more specifically, like John Dillinger). I don't know if it's just the best photo ever taken of him or if things really south in the looks department as he aged, but it's always amused me that he is so famously homely and cantankerous, and there's one photo out there of him looking like a coverboy.

I was wondering the same thing..lol

Got them all with over 3 minutes left. Would have been more but kept throwing typos trying to go too fast.

43/43 Sad if it is mostly Americans that only got half right as the average. Shows how little this country recalls its own history. We have the a crap load of information at our fingertips compared to other generations, and are more ignorant and clueless than any other, quite sad.

Firstly, we are not "more ignorant than any other" generation. That's ridiculous. Previous generations were so enlightened that they denied women, gay people, and minorities basic human rights. Secondly, why is it so damning if someone can't pick one bourgeois white guy apart from 40 others? I learned all about James Madison...the Federalist Papers, the Constitution, the War of 1812, etc., etc. Why does it matter that I missed his picture? It's really a trivial matter. Get over yourself.

Name one right all those people don't have, that I have...I'll wait.

The right not to be fired or denied housing for your sexuality, for one. So you can stop waiting. Good try though.

Show me one instance where it specifically said a person was either fired or denied housing. Where does it say it? If not, you can't prove it, therefore your argument is null & void. It's like playing the race card when you have zero evidence of racism...it's a good excuse for when things don't go your way.

@pmack, you're wrong. A good way to know someone's argument is terrible is when they need to set the parameters themselves: "If you can't name a specific instance of someone being denied a job for being gay, your argument is null and void." Says who? Says you? It is well-established that there are jurisdictions in which people can be denied housing and jobs based on their sexuality. Analogously, the speed limit in New York is 55 miles per hour. Whether I personally know anyone who got a speeding ticket in New York does not affect the law. Federal law (and many state laws) do not protect certain groups the same as they protect others. The extent of the damage and injustice coming from that is very much up for debate, but to deny it outright is silly. Gay marriage wasn't even legal in many states until the Supreme Court intervened. Before that happened, plenty of states had those discriminatory laws on the books. And they still have discriminatory laws regarding other subjects.

Times and ideals change. Jefferson was considered enlightened in his day for his writing and thinking and scientific interests but he owned slaves and is often condemned for that today. I strongly disagree that we are more enlightened today than in the past. It's like that old candle in a dark room analogy...the brighter the light, the more we know and the more we realize how much we don't know. I can't think of any modern US leader I would put in the same category with Adams, Jefferson, Madison. The last worldwide leader I'd say was great was Churchill, and many would disagree. The reason I think we're not that enlightened is we know so much more today and yet we still squabble like children over petty issues. The number of outspoken racists has gone down but the number of racists who want to atone for past sins has gone up. The average person doesn't know how to do many simple tasks because our lives are so much more comfortable and our arrogance has increased accordingly.

Education, widely available, is considered by American conservative oppressors as a SOCIALIST concept, only to be afforded to the privileged few, lest the control of the rich corporate machine over the masses be lost.

that's a load of crap.

Yeah, that's not bad! Get any obscure ones?

Interesting, when I took this quiz more people recognized JFK than Obama.

Buzzer beater on William Henry Harrison....would have come to mind sooner if he'd served any significant length of time!

I always get W.H. Harrison right, but only because he looks so very much like Jack McCoy to me.

William Henry Harrison looks like Jack McCoy from Law & Order. For the record, I would absolutely vote Jack McCoy for president.

Finally, the house has fallen on her. Hopefully, her witchy powers are not enough to resurrect her and we are finally done with her.

44 of them do not look incompetent nor ignorant of international affairs and policy making. What happened America? I voted. I respect the results, and understand the desire for change,... but the agent for change is also important. Let's hope the country succeeds.

George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln. Donald Trump. It sounds so right. Trump is going to be remembered as one of the greatest presidents to ever live.

You should probably update the Trump picture now that there is an official one.

Hard to forget the iconic Millard Fillmore!

I never remember Harding. No matter what variation of US Presidents quiz I take, I NEVER remember that dude.

Do you mean "better" as in "more amusing"? Because, and I really mean this apolitically, I have always been struck by how odd he looks in still photos. His smile is bizarre.

Trump smiles???

Or the previous one.

I will never get this one 100% as I just don't "recognize" one of the men as being president.

3:42 left. Good quiz!

I suck at this but I guess its okay cause I'm not american. From New Zealand

Really good quiz I take all the quizzes in the presidents that I can

yellow box is annoying

If the truth be told, with very few exceptions (Jefferson, Grant, Lincoln, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt... even JFK if his photos weren't so widely published) and obviously Obama, most of these photos are interchangeable. We may know of their accomplishments and/or scandals before, during or after their terms in office, but there is very little difference in their appearances.

For sure. They're nearly all white men between age 45 and 65, and they're from the white-collar sector of society, so it's really about using context clues to pin down the era of the picture (e.g., photo or painting? Color or black & white? What kind of tie and collar combination? Facial hair?) I recognize probably 32 presidents without any help, but for the others (Garfield, Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, Pierce, Tyler...), I just narrow it down to time period and eliminate the ones I could recognize on my own. Works fairly well. I got 42 right.

44/44 with 3:37 remaining. Nice quiz!

Well...I got 19.I think it's not bad for a European! But I accidently guessed Millard Fillmore, who's apperently the least guessed one of all. Well done me :D

LOL I'm French am I got 7( the most recent ones) :/

Duh! - There are only 44 Presidents. (Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms)

So glad to see Hillary not on here! But Oprah might be Oprah later! lol

Some of these numbers are really low!!!

Liked the updated picture quiz better

The only president I need to know is who's in office now. They say those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. So what's going to happen, I get elected? Come on people.

Grover Cleveland spanked me on two non-consecutive occasions!

13/44. Not bad for a Brit.

I keep typing in Turd but the quiz wouldn't take it. Tried Orange Turd, clown, bonespurs,p#$*% grabber and nothing would work. Guess it's impossible to get 100%