Presidential trivia is a great way to test one’s understanding and knowledge of politics, history, and the workings of the highest position in office in various countries. American history has been moulded by the U S presidents who made some of the biggest decisions in history. Let’s take a look at U S president trivia and trivia on other presidents across the world too.
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President Trivia
Did you know these trivia around US presidents?
- John F Kennedy was the youngest elected president in US history at 43 years old.
- President Gerald Ford was born with the given name Leslie Lynch King Jr.
- Harry S Truman lead the efforts of desegregating the military, banning discrimination in the civil service and commissioning a federal report on civil rights.
- Rutherford B Hayes started the first Easter Egg Roll at the White House, which is now an annual tradition.
- The Patriot Act was signed by President George W Bush.
- Donald Trump is the first American president to be impeached twice.
- The Watergate scandal would eventually lead to the impeachment of Richard Nixon.
- Stephen Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve to nonconsecutive terms.
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| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| How old must a person be to run for President of the United States? | â–¶ 35 |
| Awarded posthumously in 2001, who is the only U.S. President to have received the Medal of Honor? | â–¶ Theodore Roosevelt |
| Which US president focused on winning the Cold War and the rollback of communism? | â–¶ Ronald Reagan |
| Which president implemented a Europe first strategy and started the Lend-Lease program to make Germany’s defeat a first priority? | â–¶ Franklin D Roosevelt |
| Who is the United States’ eighth president? | â–¶ Martin Van Buren |
| Which US president served from 1869 to 1877? | â–¶ Ulysses S Grant |
| How many days was William Henry Harrison president? | â–¶ 31 days |
| What did President Zachary Taylor die of during his term? | â–¶ Cholera Morbus |
| How many successful assassination attempts on US presidents have there been? | â–¶ Four |
| Every how many years does a presidential elections happen in Colombia? | â–¶ Four |
| Who was the 14th US president? | â–¶ Franklin Pierce |
| Which US president holds the nickname “Father of His Country”? | â–¶ George Washington |
| How many presidents served during the American Revolution? | â–¶ 3 |
| What was the name of President James madison’s wife? | â–¶ Dolley Madison |
| What is the oldest political party in Australia? | â–¶ The Labor Party |
| Who was the first president of the United States to live in the White House? | â–¶ President John Quincy Adams |
| Which President is on the United States 1,000 dollar bill? | â–¶ Grover Cleveland |
| In 1952, Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of which country? | â–¶ Israel |
| At the time of his assassination, what play was Abraham Lincoln watching? | â–¶ Our American Cousin |
| Who was the first President of the United States? | â–¶ George Washington |
| Who was the President of France during World War II? | â–¶ Charles de Gaulle |
| Who was the first female President of Liberia? | â–¶ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
| Who was the President of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | â–¶ Nikita Khrushchev |
| Who was the President of South Africa during the end of apartheid? | â–¶ F.W. de Klerk |
| Who was the first President of Kenya? | â–¶ Jomo Kenyatta |
| Who was the President of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion? | â–¶ Fidel Castro |
| Who was the President of Indonesia during the 2004 tsunami? | â–¶ Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Who was the first President of Brazil? | â–¶ Deodoro da Fonseca |
| Who was the President of Mexico during the Mexican-American War? | ▶ Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| Who was the first President of China? | â–¶ Sun Yat-sen |
| Who was the President of Iraq during the Gulf War? | â–¶ Saddam Hussein |
| Who was the President of Chile during the Pinochet regime? | â–¶ Augusto Pinochet (as a dictator, not elected) |
| Who was the first President of South Korea? | â–¶ Syngman Rhee |
| Who was the President of Egypt during the Suez Crisis? | â–¶ Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Who was the President of Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War? | â–¶ Mohammad Najibullah |
| Who was the President of the Philippines during the People Power Revolution? | â–¶ Ferdinand Marcos |
| Who was the President of Argentina during the Falklands War? | â–¶ Leopoldo Galtieri |
| Who was the first President of Ghana? | â–¶ Kwame Nkrumah |
| Who was the President of Israel during the Six-Day War? | â–¶ Zalman Shazar |
| Who was the first President of Tanzania? | â–¶ Julius Nyerere |
| Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | â–¶ John F. Kennedy |
| Who was the President of France during the Vietnam War? | â–¶ Charles de Gaulle |
| Who was the first President of Nigeria? | â–¶ Nnamdi Azikiwe |
| Who was the President of Syria during the Arab Spring? | â–¶ Bashar al-Assad |
| Who was the President of Iran during the Iranian Revolution? | â–¶ Abolhassan Banisadr |
| Who was the first President of Angola? | â–¶ Agostinho Neto |
| Who was the President of Uganda during Idi Amin’s regime? | â–¶ Milton Obote |
| Who was the President of Mozambique during its civil war? | â–¶ Samora Machel |
| Who was the President of Chile during the Allende presidency? | â–¶ Salvador Allende |
| Who was the President of Afghanistan during the Taliban regime? | â–¶ Mohammed Omar |
| Who was the first President of Zimbabwe? | â–¶ Canan Banana |
| Who was the President of Uruguay during the Tupamaros insurgency? | â–¶ Jorge Pacheco Areco |
| Who was the President of Venezuela during the 1992 coup attempts? | ▶ Carlos Andrés Pérez |
| Who was the President of Turkey during the Gezi Park protests? | ▶ Abdullah Gül |
| Who was the first President of Croatia? | ▶ Franjo Tuđman |
| Who was the President of Romania during the fall of communism? | ▶ Nicolae Ceaușescu |
| Who was the President of Haiti during the Duvalier dynasty? | ▶ François Duvalier |
| Who was the President of Bulgaria during the fall of communism? | â–¶ Todor Zhivkov |
| Who was the President of Panama during the Noriega regime? | â–¶ Eric Arturo Delvalle |
| Who was the President of Peru during the Shining Path insurgency? | â–¶ Alberto Fujimori |
| Who was the President of Liberia during the First Liberian Civil War? | â–¶ Samuel Doe |
| Who was the President of Haiti during the 2010 earthquake? | ▶ René Préval |
| Who was the President of Iraq during the Gulf War in 1991? | â–¶ Saddam Hussein |
| Who was the President of Iran during the Iran-Iraq War? | â–¶ Ali Khamenei |
| Who was the President of Somalia during the Somali Civil War? | â–¶ Siad Barre |
| Who was the President of Uganda during the Uganda-Tanzania War? | â–¶ Idi Amin |
| Who was the President of Egypt during the Arab Spring? | â–¶ Hosni Mubarak |
| Who was the President of Yemen during the Yemeni Civil War? | â–¶ Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
| Who was the President of Ethiopia during the Ethiopian Civil War? | â–¶ Mengistu Haile Mariam |
| Who was the President of Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime? | â–¶ Pol Pot |
| Who was the President of Colombia during the Colombian conflict? | â–¶ Juan Manuel Santos |
| Who was the President of Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War? | â–¶ Omar al-Bashir |
| Who was the President of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War? | â–¶ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Who was the President of Algeria during the Algerian War of Independence? | â–¶ Ahmed Ben Bella |
| Who was the President of Tunisia during the Arab Spring? | â–¶ Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Who was the President of Chad during the Chadian Civil War? | ▶ Hissène Habré |
| Who was the President of Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan Civil War? | â–¶ Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Who was the President of Guatemala during the Guatemalan Civil War? | â–¶ EfraÃn RÃos Montt |
| Who was the President of El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War? | ▶ José Napoleón Duarte |
| Who was the President of Nicaragua during the Contra War? | â–¶ Daniel Ortega |
| Who was the President of Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez? | ▶ Hugo Chávez |
| Who was the President of Zimbabwe during the Rhodesian Bush War? | â–¶ Robert Mugabe |
| Who was the President of Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War? | â–¶ Elias Sarkis |
| Who was the President of Syria during the Syrian Civil War? | â–¶ Bashar al-Assad |
| Who was the President of Iraq during the Iraq War? | â–¶ Saddam Hussein |
| Who was the President of Afghanistan during the Afghan War? | â–¶ Hamid Karzai |
| Who was the President of Iran during the Iranian Hostage Crisis? | â–¶ Abolhassan Banisadr |
| Who was the President of Egypt during the Yom Kippur War? | â–¶ Anwar Sadat |
| Who was the President of Brazil during the Brazilian military dictatorship? | â–¶ EmÃlio Garrastazu Médici |
| Who was the President of Argentina during the Dirty War? | â–¶ Jorge Rafael Videla |
| Who was the President of Mexico during the Mexican Revolution? | â–¶ Porfirio DÃaz |
| Who was the President of France during the French Revolution? | â–¶ Louis XVI |
| Who was the President of the United States during the American Civil War? | â–¶ Abraham Lincoln |
| Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War? | â–¶ Jefferson Davis |
| Who was the President of the Soviet Union during the Cold War? | â–¶ Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Who was the President of South Africa during the apartheid era? | â–¶ P. W. Botha |
| Who was the President of Indonesia during the Indonesian National Revolution? | â–¶ Sukarno |
| Who was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Congo Crisis? | â–¶ Joseph Kasa-Vubu |
| Who was the President of Ghana during the Ghanaian Independence Movement? | â–¶ Kwame Nkrumah |
| Who was the President of Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising? | â–¶ Jomo Kenyatta |
| Who was the President of Algeria during the Algerian War? | â–¶ Ahmed Ben Bella |
| Who was the President of Haiti during the Haitian Revolution? | â–¶ Jean-Jacques Dessalines |
| Who was the President of Mexico during the Mexican War of Independence? | â–¶ AgustÃn de Iturbide |
| Who was the President of Chile during the Chilean War of Independence? | â–¶ Bernardo O’Higgins |
| Who was the President of Argentina during the Argentine War of Independence? | â–¶ Cornelio Saavedra |
| Who was the President of the United States during the American Revolutionary War? | â–¶ George Washington |
| Who was the President of France during the French and Indian War? | â–¶ Louis XV |
| Who was the President of Russia during the Great Northern War? | â–¶ Peter the Great |
| Who was the President of the Ottoman Empire during the Battle of Vienna? | â–¶ Mustafa II |
| Who was the President of Portugal during the Age of Discovery? | â–¶ Henry the Navigator |
| Who was the President of China during the Opium Wars? | â–¶ Daoguang Emperor |
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