Quiz: how well do you know your presidents?
February 20, 2017
Presidents’ Day is coming up, and it’s not only a time to celebrate a day off from school but also to actually celebrate the leaders of the USA! Let’s see how much you know about our 45 commanders in chief.
1. What were George Washington’s teeth made of?
a. wood
b. ivory
c. plastic
2. Which president was Princeton’s first graduate student?
a. John Adams
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. James Madison
3. Andrew Jackson taught his parrot to curse.
a. true
b. false
4. Who is the only president who remained a bachelor for all his life?
a. all presidents were married
b. Grover Cleveland
c. James Buchanan
5. Which president was ambidextrous?
a. James Garfield
b. Bill Clinton
c. George H.W. Bush
6. Which president was the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms?
a. Dwight Eisenhower
b. Grover Cleveland
c. Woodrow Wilson
7. Calvin Coolidge had a morning ritual in which someone rubbed Vaseline on his head while he ate breakfast in bed.
a. True
b. False
8. What language, other than English, could Herbert Hoover speak?
a. Japanese
b. Arabic
c. Chinese
9. Which president had a giant peanut-shaped balloon in his inaugural parade?
a. Richard Nixon
b. Jimmy Carter
c. Ronald Reagan
10. Bill Clinton is a three-time Grammy winner.
a. true
b. false
Check your answers!
1. B
2. C
3. True
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. True
8. C
9. B
10. False (he was a TWO-time Grammy winner!)
Great, you’ve made it to the end of the quiz! If you got 10 out of 10, either you must be a history guru or you’re planning to be the president of the U.S. one day. Either way, have a great time on Presidents’ Day!