Quiz #1 on the U.S. Presidents
From an article by Richard Lederer in July/August 2008 AARP Bulletin


Take the following quiz on facts about the U.S. Presidents.
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1. Who was the tallest President?
    (a) George Washington
    (b) Martin Van Buren
    (c) Abraham Lincoln
    (d) Bill Clinton

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2. Who was the shortest President?
    (a) James Madison
    (b) James Monroe
    (c) James K. Polk
    (d) James A. Garfield

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3. Who was the heaviest President?
    (a) Rutherford B. Hayes
    (b) Warren G. Harding
    (c) William Howard Taft
    (d) Bill Clinton

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4. Which President had the biggest feet?
    (a) Rutherford B. Hayes
    (b) Warren G. Harding
    (c) William Howard Taft
    (d) Abraham Lincoln

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5. Who was the youngest President elected?
    (a) Theodore Roosevelt
    (b) Bill Clinton
    (c) Barack Obama
    (d) John F. Kennedy

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6. Who was the youngest President to take office?
    (a) Theodore Roosevelt
    (b) Bill Clinton
    (c) Barack Obama
    (d) John F. Kennedy

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7. Who was the oldest President elected?
    (a) James Buchanan
    (b) Harry S Truman
    (c) William Henry Harrison
    (d) Ronald Reagan

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8. Which President lived the longest? (as of January 1, 2015)
    (a) Ronald Reagan
    (b) Gerald Ford
    (c) Herbert Hoover
    (d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

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9. Which President served the longest time in office?
    (a) George Washington
    (b) Grover Cleveland
    (c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
    (d) William Henry Harrison

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10. Which President served the shortest time in office?
    (a) James A. Garfield
    (b) Gerald Ford
    (c) John F. Kennedy
    (d) William Henry Harrison

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11. Name the first President who was born a U.S. citizen.
    (a) George Washington
    (b) Martin Van Buren
    (c) Thomas Jefferson
    (d) Barack Obama

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12. Who was the first President to be born west of the Mississippi?
    (a) Dwight D. Eisenhower
    (b) Harry S Truman
    (c) Herbert Hoover
    (d) Bill Clinton

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13. Who was the first President to be born in a log cabin?
    (a) George Washington
    (b) Zachary Taylor
    (c) Abraham Lincoln
    (d) Andrew Jackson

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14. Who was the first President to be born in a hospital?
    (a) John F. Kennedy
    (b) Woodrow Wilson
    (c) Jimmy Carter
    (d) Lyndon B. Johnson

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15. Who was the first President to wear a beard?
    (a) Abraham Lincoln
    (b) Franklin Pierce
    (c) Grover Cleveland
    (d) James Monroe

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16. Who was the first Democratic President to wear a beard?
    (a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
    (b) Harry S Truman
    (c) John F. Kennedy
    (d) None

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17. Who was the first President to be assassinated?
    (a) James A. Garfield
    (b) Abraham Lincoln
    (c) John F. Kennedy
    (d) William McKinley

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18. Who was the first President to be impeached?
    (a) Richard Nixon
    (b) Bill Clinton
    (c) Zachary Taylor
    (d) Andrew Johnson

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19. Who was the first Baby Boomer President?
    (a) Barack Obama
    (b) Ronald Reagan
    (c) Bill Clinton
    (d) George W. Bush

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20. Who was the first President to die in office?
    (a) John F. Kennedy
    (b) Abraham Lincoln
    (c) William Henry Harrison
    (d) James A. Garfield

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21. Who was the first President to attend a Major League baseball game?
    (a) Woodrow Wilson
    (b) Gerald Ford
    (c) Bill Clinton
    (d) Benjamin Harrison

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22. Who was the first President to speak on the radio?
    (a) Warren G. Harding
    (b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
    (c) Herbert Hoover
    (d) Calvin Coolidge

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23. Who was the first President to appear on television?
    (a) Harry S Truman
    (b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
    (c) Dwight D. Eisenhower
    (d) John F. Kennedy

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24. Who was the first President to establish a National Park?
    (a) Ulysses S. Grant
    (b) Theodore Roosevelt
    (c) Woodrow Wilson
    (d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

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25. Who was the first President to preside over 50 states?
    (a) Harry S Truman
    (b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
    (c) Dwight D. Eisenhower
    (d) John F. Kennedy

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