1. Who was the tallest President?
(a) George Washington
(b) Martin Van Buren
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Bill Clinton
2. Who was the shortest President?
(a) James Madison
(b) James Monroe
(c) James K. Polk
(d) James A. Garfield
3. Who was the heaviest President?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes
(b) Warren G. Harding
(c) William Howard Taft
(d) Bill Clinton
4. Which President had the biggest feet?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes
(b) Warren G. Harding
(c) William Howard Taft
(d) Abraham Lincoln
5. Who was the youngest President elected?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) Bill Clinton
(c) Barack Obama
(d) John F. Kennedy
The youngest person to assume office was Theodore Roosevelt (age 42), who became president following William McKinley's assassination. The youngest president elected to office was John F. Kennedy (age 43 years, 236 days).
6. Who was the youngest President to take office?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) Bill Clinton
(c) Barack Obama
(d) John F. Kennedy
The youngest person to assume office was Theodore Roosevelt (age 42), who became president following William McKinley's assassination. The youngest president elected to office was John F. Kennedy (age 43 years, 236 days).
7. Who was the oldest President elected?
(a) James Buchanan
(b) Harry S Truman
(c) William Henry Harrison
(d) Ronald Reagan
8. Which President lived the longest? (as of January 1, 2015)
(a) Ronald Reagan
(b) Gerald Ford
(c) Herbert Hoover
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gerald Ford lived to be 93 years, 165 days. Ronald Reagan lived to be 93 years, 120 days. Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush were both in their 90s and still living as of January 1, 2015.
9. Which President served the longest time in office?
(a) George Washington
(b) Grover Cleveland
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(d) William Henry Harrison
10. Which President served the shortest time in office?
(a) James A. Garfield
(b) Gerald Ford
(c) John F. Kennedy
(d) William Henry Harrison
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
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
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
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
15. Who was the first President to wear a beard?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Franklin Pierce
(c) Grover Cleveland
(d) James Monroe
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
The answer is d. No Democratic President has worn a beard (as of January 1, 2015).
17. Who was the first President to be assassinated?
(a) James A. Garfield
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) John F. Kennedy
(d) William McKinley
18. Who was the first President to be impeached?
(a) Richard Nixon
(b) Bill Clinton
(c) Zachary Taylor
(d) Andrew Johnson
Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, but acquitted by the Senate. Richard Nixon resigned before he could be impeached.
19. Who was the first Baby Boomer President?
(a) Barack Obama
(b) Ronald Reagan
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) George W. Bush
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
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
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
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
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
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