US President Quiz
 

Ok, now that the Supreme Court have decided that the Obama citizen case will not be herd, I have a quiz for you:

Who was the first US President to be born in the United States of America.

Martin Van Bure... Wikipedia is my friend!

George Washington was born in Virginia, but obviously before the Revolution.

No fair. Answear is correct.

The entity the United States of America did not exist when George Washington was born.

Okay... Who was the first President to be born in a log cabin?

Andrew Jackson was the first to be born in a log cabin, I think...

That is correct, as far as I know (and I consider myself pretty well-versed on Presidential history).

Yes, the answer is Jackson. Anyone else have some Presidential trivia? (read: stop me before I keep going!)

I'm sure everyone knows this one, but I'll throw it out there anyway:

Who was the first (and only - that we know of ) President to get stuck in a bathtub?

William Howard Taft.

Who was the first president to be born in a hospital?

Jimmy Carter, right?

You would be right! Your turn.

Since KSigkid hasn't asked one, I will.

Who was the only sitting president not nominated by his party to run for a
2nd term?

Teddy Roosevelt (Bullmoose Party)?

I don't think that qualifies, though, because he wasn't actively seeking the nomination. He was propping up Taft as his successor by that point.

ETA: I think it was Chester Arthur - is that correct?

Sorry, you are both wrong.

Millard Fillmore?

I don't know if I remember that whole scenario correctly, but it's worth a shot.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ca21.html

Not to be picky, but I looked it up, and it appears he was a sitting president who kept himself in the running for the nomination, but was not nominated for a second term.

^^^ Yeah, your answer is right. I think mine is, too, meaning that there were at least 2 sitting presidents not nominated by their respective parties for a 2nd term.

^^

Okay, I will accept both. I had always been told that Franklin Pierce was the only president not renominated by his party.

"By the end of his administration, Pierce could claim "a peaceful condition of things in Kansas." But, to his disappointment, the Democrats refused to renominate him, turning to the less controversial Buchanan. Pierce returned to New Hampshire, leaving his successor to face the rising fury of the sectional whirlwind. He died in 1869. "

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fp14.html


So we have 3 - Pierce, Arthur, and Fillmore.

Next?

Here's an easy one: Who's the only President with four syllables in his surname?

Eisenhower?

Yes - feel free to ask a question.

Who was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington?

Has to be Jefferson.

Yep, it's Jefferson.

Keeping up with the Jeffersonian trend, since his wife died prior to his becoming President, who acted as his hostess (the term "First Lady" had yet to be coined)?

Dolly Madison I think?

Yes, it was she. Go ahead!

Thomas Jefferson was always my favorite president lol.

Who was the first president to have electricity in the White House?

Benjamin Harrison.

You are correct :)

Somewhat easy one - who is the only President to also be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

The big guy! W.H. Taft

OK, I hope this hasn't been asked yet, I pop in and out of this thread -- what President spoke to his wife in another language when they wanted to have a private conversation in public, and for bonus points, what language was it?

Herbert Hoover and Chinese? I'm not really sure on this one tho...

Ding ding ding! You got it plus the extra credit!

:)

which president was never married?

Buchanan.

(upping the ante)
Which President's wife was so crosseyed that she only ever had her photo taken in profile?


(The fact that I'm saying "President's wife" and not "First Lady" should help.)