Presidents Quiz – November 2020

  • 19 May, 2021
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For 2020-21, the Presidents groupings are as follows:

  • El/Mid: Group B #16-#33 (#16-#24 in the first round, #25-#33 in the second round)
  • Jr/Sr: Group B #16-#33 in the first round, Group C #28-#45 in the second round

The themes are all divisions will be Occupations and Posts, and Jr/Sr also plays Immigration.

Identify the president from each clue.
Presidents Group B
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Andrew Johnson
18. Ulysses S. Grant
19. Rutherford Hayes
20. James Garfield
21. Chester A. Arthur
22. Grover Cleveland
23. Benjamin Harrison
24. Grover Cleveland

#16-#24

  1. As mayor, I exposed city corruption and earned such a reputation for honesty and hard work that I became governor of my state.

  2. I was born in the town of North Bend to a prominent family that had a legacy of political activism and was raised on a farm adjacent to my grandfather’s large estate.

  3. I was the son of a Baptist preacher who emigrated to the U.S. from Northern Ireland.

 
Identify the president from each clue.
Presidents Group B
25. William McKinley
26. Theodore Roosevelt
27. William Taft
28. Woodrow Wilson
29. Warren Harding
30. Calvin Coolidge
31. Herbert Hoover
32. Franklin Roosevelt
33. Harry Truman

#25-#33

  1. Vladimir Lenin came to power in Russia while I was president.

  2. My vice president, James S. Sherman, died in office, leaving me without a running mate for reelection a month before the election.

  3. My wife and I were caught in the uprising in China known as the Boxer Rebellion.

 
Identify the president from each clue.
Presidents Group C
28. Woodrow Wilson
29. Warren Harding
30. Calvin Coolidge
31. Herbert Hoover
32. Franklin Roosevelt
33. Harry Truman
34. Dwight Eisenhower
35. John F. Kennedy
36. Lyndon Johnson
37. Richard Nixon
38. Gerald Ford
39. Jimmy Carter
40. Ronald Reagan
41. George H. W. Bush
42. Bill Clinton
43. George W. Bush
44. Barack Obama
45. Donald Trump

#34-#45

  1. My high school basketball jersey sold at auction for $120,000 in August 2019.

  2. My mother was known as “Miz” Lillian. She had been trained as a nurse but abandoned her career when she became pregnant soon after marriage.

  3. My nickname was myself was “The Decider.” One of the signature moments of my presidency was when I stood on an aircraft carrier and proclaimed victory.

 

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