How much presidential trivia do you know?
Presidents’ Day is an occasion to honor the nation’s former Commanders-in-Chief. Given the holiday, why not find out how much you know about some of the men who occupied the highest office in the land?
- Which presidents visited the birthplace of William Shakespeare together?
- GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON
- JOHN ADAMS AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
- JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON
- JAMES MADISON AND JAMES MONROE
- Which president achieved the highest rank during his time serving in the military?
- ZACHARY TAYLOR
- ANDREW JACKSON
- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- Andrew Jackson was nicknamed “Old Hickory” Who earned the monicker “Young Hickory?”
- JAMES K. POLK
- ANDREW JACKSON, DURING HIS YOUNGER DAYS BEFORE THE PRESIDENCY
- MARTIN VAN BUREN
- ANDREW JOHNSON
- Which president had electricity installed at the White House?
- CHESTER A. ARTHUR
- GROVER CLEVELAND
- WOODROW WILSON
- BENJAMIN HARRISON
- Which president liked golf so much that he painted his golf balls black so he could play in winter?
- JOHN F. KENNEDY
- RICHARD NIXON
- WOODROW WILSON
- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
- Which president had a bowling lane installed at the White House?
- RICHARD NIXON
- JIMMY CARTER
- LYNDON B. JOHNSON
- GEORGE H.W. BUSH
- Which of the following presidents gambled away the White House china collection?
- HERBERT HOOVER
- FRANKLIN PIERCE
- MILLARD FILLMORE
- WARREN G. HARDING
- Which president was so large he once got stuck in the White House bathtub?
- CHESTER A. ARTHUR
- JAMES BUCHANAN
- WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
- GROVER CLEVELAND
- Which president died in office after consuming milk and a bowl of cherries?
- ZACHARY TAYLOR
- FRANKLIN PIERCE
- MILLARD FILLMORE
- RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
- Which president has been enshrined in the Wrestling Hall of Fame?
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- WARREN G. HARDING
- Which president earned a writing credit on a screen play during his time in the White House?
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
- HARRY S. TRUMAN
- JOHN F. KENNEDY
- Which president owned an amphibious automobile that could run on land and water?
- RICHARD NIXON
- HARRY S. TRUMAN
- JIMMY CARTER
- LYNDON B. JOHNSON
[toggle title=”Click here for answers” load=”hide”]1. ANSWER: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson visited Stratford-upon-Avon together, and even chipped off a piece of a chair as a souvenir.
2. ANSWER: Dwight D. Eisenhower was a five-star general.
3. ANSWER: James K. Polk was known as “Young Hickory,” as a result of being a protege of Jackson.
4. ANSWER: Benjamin Harrison had electricity installed, then spent the rest of his administration in fear of being electrocuted.
5. ANSWER: Woodrow Wilson. Golf Digest ranked the top 15 presidential golfers in 2009, placing John F. Kennedy at the top of the list.
6. ANSWER: Richard Nixon and his wife had an underground, single-lane bowling alley built because of their love of the game.
7. ANSWER: Warren G. Harding was a chronic and terrible gambler, losing the china collection in a poker game.
8. ANSWER: After the heaviest man ever to hold the presidency, William Howard Taft, got stuck in a White House bathtub, he had a larger one installed.
9. ANSWER: Zachary Taylor contracted cholera from consuming milk and a bowl of cherries that were tainted.
10. ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln participated in hundreds of matches, only losing once.
11. ANSWER: A guest of Franklin D. Roosevelt was a magazine editor who commissioned a book based on the president’s idea of a mystery novel that later became a movie.
12. ANSWER: Lyndon B. Johnson would delight in taking in passengers, pretending to lose control of the vehicle and drive into a lake.
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