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Happy Presidents Day

Today is Presidents Day. In keeping with last year's tradition, I give you the annual Presidents Day Quiz, which can be found behind the cut below. Don't worry, there's no scoring system, just have fun with it. To check your answers, after you've done the poll, hit the view answers and see which answer kensmind selected. (He had a cheat sheet).

I hope you have a Happy Presidents Day!



Who was the only unmarried President?

Martin Van Buren
2(15.4%)
John Tyler
0(0.0%)
Millard Fillmore
0(0.0%)
James Buchanan
11(84.6%)
Chester Alan Arthur
0(0.0%)

Which President claimed to have seen a UFO?

Dwight Eisenhower
0(0.0%)
Richard Nixon
0(0.0%)
Gerald Ford
3(23.1%)
Jimmy Carter
10(76.9%)
George W. Bush
0(0.0%)

This President was the intended victim of an assassination attempt by house painter Richard Lawrence, who fired two guns at the President. Both guns failed to fire.

John Adams
0(0.0%)
Andrew Jackson
8(61.5%)
James K. Polk
0(0.0%)
Rutherford Hayes
0(0.0%)
Theodore Roosevelt
5(38.5%)

While a General in the US Army, the opposing general asked this future President to surrender. His reply was "go to hell."

William Henry Harrison
1(7.7%)
Zachary Taylor
4(30.8%)
Franklin Pierce
0(0.0%)
Ulysses Grant
8(61.5%)
James Garfield
0(0.0%)

Which President once chased his Treasury Secretary out of the oval office while holding a pair of fireplace tongs?

John Adams
2(15.4%)
James Monroe
1(7.7%)
John Quincy Adams
2(15.4%)
Andrew Jackson
8(61.5%)
Martin Van Buren
0(0.0%)

In 1962, at the Nobel Peace Prize Dinner, which President was John Kennedy referring to when he said this: "this is the greatest collection of intellect ever assembled together in the White House since _________ dined alone."

George Washington
0(0.0%)
John Adams
0(0.0%)
Thomas Jefferson
13(100.0%)
James Madison
0(0.0%)
Millard Fillmore
0(0.0%)

These two Presidents are the only ones elected who previously served as members of the cabinet in positions other than secretary of state.

John Quincy Adams and Calvin Coolidge
5(38.5%)
Martin Van Buren and Harry Truman
0(0.0%)
Franklin Pierce and Andrew Johnson
2(15.4%)
James Garfield and Warren Harding
0(0.0%)
William Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover
6(46.2%)

Franklin D. Roosevelt used the presidential veto the most times of any president (372 times). Which president used the veto the second most number of times?

Ulysses Grant
1(7.7%)
Grover Cleveland
4(30.8%)
Theodore Roosevelt
1(7.7%)
Harry Truman
2(15.4%)
Lyndon Johnson
5(38.5%)

While in office, all of these Presidents had a child of theirs pass away, except for one. Which one didn't?

John Adams
1(7.7%)
Thomas Jefferson
6(46.2%)
Franklin Pierce
3(23.1%)
Abraham Lincoln
0(0.0%)
Calvin Coolidge
2(15.4%)
John F. Kennedy
1(7.7%)

Who was the first President born in a hospital?

Warren Harding
1(7.7%)
John F. Kennedy
4(30.8%)
Gerald Ford
2(15.4%)
Jimmy Carter
4(30.8%)
Bill Clinton
2(15.4%)

Which President took office at the youngest age?

Ulysses Grant
0(0.0%)
Theodore Roosevelt
8(61.5%)
John Kennedy
3(23.1%)
Bill Clinton
1(7.7%)
Barack Obama
1(7.7%)

Which President took office at the oldest age?

William Henry Harrison
2(15.4%)
Zachary Taylor
0(0.0%)
James Buchanan
0(0.0%)
Dwight Eisenhower
0(0.0%)
Ronald Reagan
11(84.6%)

As a young politician, which President is believed to have paid the fee to join the Ku Klux Klan (but was never active in the organization)?

Grover Cleveland
0(0.0%)
Benjamin Harrison
3(23.1%)
Harry Truman
2(15.4%)
Lyndon Johnson
7(53.8%)
Jimmy Carter
1(7.7%)

Who was the first President to talk on the telephone? (He spoke to Alexander Graham Bell).

Ulysses Grant
1(7.7%)
Rutherford Hayes
6(46.2%)
James Garfield
2(15.4%)
Chester A. Arthur
2(15.4%)
Benjamin Harrison
2(15.4%)

Who was the first President to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a major league baseball game?

Benjamin Harrison
0(0.0%)
Theodore Roosevelt
2(15.4%)
William Howard Taft
7(53.8%)
Woodrow Wilson
1(7.7%)
Warren Harding
3(23.1%)

Which President vomited on the Japanese Prime Minister?

Richard Nixon
1(7.7%)
Ronald Reagan
0(0.0%)
George H. W. Bush
12(92.3%)
Bill Clinton
0(0.0%)
George W. Bush
0(0.0%)

Who was the first President to visit all 50 states?

Dwight Eisenhower
3(23.1%)
John F. Kennedy
3(23.1%)
Lyndon Johnson
0(0.0%)
Richard Nixon
4(30.8%)
Ronald Reagan
3(23.1%)

Who was the first President to be born an American citizen? (All previous ones were born as Britsh subjects).

Martin Van Buren
8(61.5%)
John Tyler
0(0.0%)
James K. Polk
2(15.4%)
Millard Fillmore
1(7.7%)
Franklin Pierce
2(15.4%)

While in college, which President won the Most Nearly Perfect Male Figure Award?

John F. Kennedy
2(15.4%)
Gerald Ford
6(46.2%)
Ronald Reagan
4(30.8%)
George H. W. Bush
0(0.0%)
George W. Bush
1(7.7%)

Three Presidents died on the 4th of July (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe), but who is the only President born on the 4th of July?

William Henry Harrison
0(0.0%)
Zachary Taylor
0(0.0%)
Andrew Johnson
1(7.7%)
William McKinley
2(15.4%)
Calvin Coolidge
10(76.9%)