Presidential Trivia
November 4th, 2008. Filed under: Tuesday's Tempting Reads.Today is the day that the citizens of the United States of America will elect a new president. We’ve heard a lot about the candidates, but how much do we know about former presidents? Answers to the questions will be found at the end of the post.
- Who was the nation’s tallest president?
- Who was the shortest?
- Which one had the biggest feet?
- Which was the youngest elected president?
- Which president was the youngest to take office?
- Who was the oldest elected president?
- Who was the longest-lived?
- Who spent the longest time in office?
- Who spent the shortest time in office?
- Who was the first president born in a log cabin?
- Who was the first president born in a hospital?
- Who was the first president assassinated?
- Who was the last president assassinated?
- Who was the first president impeached?
- Who was the first to attend a major league baseball game?
- Which one first spoke on radio?
- Which one first appeared on television?
- Who was the first to preside over 50 states?
- Who was the first to appoint a woman to his cabinet?
- Which one appointed the first African American to his cabinet?
- Who was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms?
- Who was the only president to resign?
- Who was the only president to serve both as vice president and president without being elected to either office?
- Who was our bachelor president?
- Which president got married while in office?
Answers
- Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet, 4 inches
- James Madison at 5 feet, 4 inches
- Warren Harding wore size 14 shoes.
- John F. Kennedy at age 43
- Theodore Roosevelt at age 42
- Ronald Reagan at age 69
- Gerald Ford at 93 years, 166 days
- Franklin D. Roosevelt 12 years
- William Henry Harrison 32 days
- Andrew Jackson
- Jimmy Carter
- Abraham Lincoln
- John F Kennedy
- Andrew Johnson
- Benjamin Harrison
- Warren G Harding
- Franklin D Roosevelt
- Dwight D Eisenhower
- Franklin D Roosevelt (Frances Perkins)
- Lyndon B Johnson (Robert C Weaver)
- Grover Cleveland
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- James Buchanan
- There were two, Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson
This quiz was based on an article, “50 Fascinating Facts About Presidents,” by Richard Lederer, which appeared in the July-August issue of the AARP Bulletin.