Test Your Knowledge with
Our Presidents’ Day Quiz
In honor of Presidents’ Day, we invite you to test your knowledge of presidential trivia
with our mini-quiz.
#1. The above painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware was created in 1851 by which artist?
A. Vincent van Gogh
B. Emanuel Leutze
C. Claude Monet
D. Henri Matisse
#2. Seventy-three percent of all U.S. Presidents served in the armed forces. How many reached the rank of General?
A. Three: Jackson, Grant and Eisenhower
B. Six altogether, including Washington
C. Twelve, including John Adams
D. Twelve, not including John Adams
#3. Abraham Lincoln suffered from a number of physical afflictions over the course of his life. Which of the following was NOT one of them?
A. Mercury poisoning
B. Parkinson’s disease
C. Smallpox
D. Malaria
#4. Four U.S. Presidents have been assassinated while in office. Besides Lincoln and Kennedy, who are the other two?
A. William McKinley and Ronald Reagan
B. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt
C. James Garfield and Theodore Roosevelt.
D. William McKinley and James Garfield
#5. Which president served two non-consecutive terms?
A. Franklin Roosevelt
B. John Adams
C. Grover Cleveland
D. George W. Bush
ANSWERS
#1. Answer: B.
German artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, who was born 40 years after the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Trenton, painted “Washington Crossing the Delaware” in Düsseldorf in 1851.
#2. Answer: D.
Twelve presidents reached the rank of General in their military careers, not including John Adams (who reached the rank of Captain).
#3. Answer: B.
Parkinson’s is the only affliction listed from which Honest Abe did not suffer during the course of his life.
#4. Answer: D.
William McKinley and James Garfield were the other two assassinated presidents, although attempts were made on the lives of Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
#5. Answer: C.
Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms, first in 1885 and then again in 1893.
Sources:
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