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.