President Knowledge Test
 

Give yourself a test of USA Presidents since WW2.

Initials are given. Fill in the First, Middle and Last Name without reference to any source.
See how many you get totally correct without misspelling. Pete is not correct if name is Peter etc. Names must be correct . For example first FDR must be exact. No more, no less , no difference.

FDR
HST
DDE
JFK
LBJ
RMN
GRF
JEC
RWR
GHWB
WJC
GWB
BO
DJT
JRB

And so it begins……..

- Joseph Robinette Biden

this one is too political for me

Here is a question for you history nuts.

George Washington served two full terms as president and then his vice president was elected president.

Who were the two other presidents to achieve this?

BO has a middle name.
If you are going to be a stickler, HST there is a big controversy about his middle name which reared its head when they did a postage stamp in his honor.
jRB has something after the B, do you want that too??

FDR, DDE, RWR BHO just in the last few, so that's four without thinking deeply Do you want to reword your question?

Perhaps the question should be clarified to read: Name the three presidents who were immediately elected after serving as vice president under a president that served two, and only 2 full terms.

Truman became president after FDR died, but FDR served 3+ terms and Truman was elected on his own in 1948
Nixon served 2 terms under Ike, but wasn't elected until 8 years later
Our current POTUS was elected 4 years after BHO had served his 2 terms.

So the obvious answer to the newly reworded question is:

John Adams (Washington)
Martin Van Buren (Jackson)
George H.W. Bush (Reagan)

I mean obviously... (Embarrassed that I only knew one of the two...) :icon_wink:

Another question for you history buffs. Who was the first president of our country ?

Careful - The declaration of independence was signed in 1776 but GW did not hold office until 1789.

I thought HST's middle name was S?

I know it wasn't Stockton - that was the OTHER HST :)

The controversy with Harry is, believe it or not, whether his middle name is S or S.

He only has the letter, so does it get a period or not?

From the Harry S. Truman museum [which uses the period although I think Harry would not]

"Since the S did not stand for a name, Harry didn’t use a period after it for most of his life. Soon after he was elected president, the editors of the Chicago Style Manual informed Truman that omitting a period after his middle initial was improper grammar and a bad example for America’s youth. From that moment on, the 33rd President signed his name Harry S. Truman or put all the letters in his name together as in HarrySTruman."

I'll add that there are examples from before his presidency where he did use a period and where he did not.

You would need to rephrase the question.

Presidents of the Continental Congresses and Confederation Congress, 1774–1789 |


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Actually, I was thinking of a case where the Vice President was elected immediately after the President finished his two terms.

That leaves out FDR, DDE, and BHO.

But RWR is one I was thinking of. There is one more.

Yes, those are the ones I was thinking of. Very good.

One more question.
 

In my opinion, our founders - Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Franklin - contributed a great deal to the development of our country.

Which one had their picture taken?

Dolley Madison did. Dolley Madison - Wikipedia

Great answer!! I didn't think anyone would get that one.

I read a book about her. In the very early 1800's, I think Washington D.C. was kind of a hellhole. The senators and congressmen would just rent a room in a boarding house and there was no social life. Dolley Madison tried to get Jefferson to have social gatherings once a week (levees, she called them) and she was successful.

In short, she helped make our early government work better. I also heard she was a very nice person.

Again, great answer!

Incorrect response. Hint March 1 1781

3 others:
Andrew Jackson- VP Martin Van Buren
Franklin D. Roosevelt -VP Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan-VP George Bush

Depends on the interpretation of the title during the formative years of the government of the United States. So it was either:

Peyton Randolph - Whose U.S. Presidency began with the establishment of the Continental Congress of the United Colonies of America in 1774.

Or

John Hancock - Whose U.S. Presidency began with “The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America” in 1776.

Or

John Hanson - Who was the first person elected under the U.S. Constitution of 1777 on November 5, 1781 by a Congress formed solely under The Articles of Confederation.

George Washington was the12th President if you strictly go by who held the lead authority of the highest office in the land.

A little late to the party????? Read post #9

In 2012, at Lafayette College there was a theft of a historical, centuries old painting depicting a victorious George Washington at the Yorktown battlefield.
It was found April 13, 2012in the bushes near Fisher Hall West less than a day after being reported stolen. So George Washington had his picture "taken" (stolen).

Other than that it was Adams. John Quincy Adams. The photo was taken circa 1843.

I always like to see people using their brains in a slightly different way.
Well if you're going to use "taken" as a synonym for stolen, the amount of Franklins, Hamiltons, Jacksons, and Washingtons taken over the years is perhaps in the billions.

I believe your statement about John Hanson should read first person elected under the articles of confederation. The articles were adopted in 1777 but took until 1781 to get all 13 states to ratify them.

During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress created the Articles of Confederation as the first governing document of the unified colonies. The Articles were ratified by all 13 states March 1 1781 and gave Congress authority over trade, foreign relations and war. It was the document establishing the fact there was a national body of government. It only had "one branch" , The Continental Congress.

Not until September 17, 1787, was the US Constitution adopted by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The Constitution was made to replace the failed Articles of Confederation, America's first governing document. It established the "three branches"
of government.

Thus on March 1 1781 a federal government is legally recognized by the states with congress being the only branch. On that date John Hanson was the president of the congress. For this reasoning many historians pick John Hanson as the first president of our country.

That is true. But there are those that look at things with a different interpretation and I have read where some believe that it may of been John Hancock because he was the president of the Second Continental Congress. I think it's a matter of semantics. I agree that the true first president of United States under a governmental system closest to what we have today would be John Hanson. However, the belief in American society that George Washington was the first president is too entrenched to ever change.

I really don't consider him a 'founder'. All he did was to steal the 1824 election from Andrew Jackson.

However, I think he was the only former president to serve in congress after his term as president, which, to me, means that he wanted to serve his country in any capacity. I like that.

Maybe Alexander Hamilton's wife Betsy had her picture taken. I think she and Dolley Madison were good friends and both helped to get money for the Washington Monument.

Nancy Pelosi? :1rotfl::1rotfl: Just Kidding, calm down!

It's not easy to grow up in a black and white world and at some point realize reality equals shades of gray.

All potential Jeopardy Contestants?????

The online qualifying test is hard.