Presidential & President Trivia Questions About Everything From the Presidential Anthem to Jelly Beans!

 

 

Free presidential trivia questions and answers with topics like the presidents, the white house, the oval office, jelly beans, Mount Rushmore and more!

Fun trivia questions and answers - presidential & president trivia.

Who wrote the words to the American Presidential anthem, "Hail to the Chief"?
A: Sir Walter Scott. They're from his poem, "The Lady of the Lake." English tunesmith James Sanderson set the words to music and the song was first performed in London in 1811.

What jellybean flavors were ?Ronald Reagan's favorites?
A: Coconut and licorice.

Who posed for the statue of Alexander Hamilton that stands in front of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.?
A: Strongman Charles Atlas.  The statue was unveiled on May 17, 1923.

The heads of four U.S. presidents were carved on Mount Rushmore to the scale of a man 465 feet tall. Who are they and how long are each of their noses?
A: the noses of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are each 20 feet long.

What were the names of Abe Lincoln's four sons?
A: Robert, Eddie, Willie and Tad. Only Robert lived to maturity.

Which American president was the first to have a phone on his desk in the White House?
A: Herbert Hoover, in 1929. Previous presidents used an enclosed phone booth in the hallway outside the Oval Office.

Who was the first president to wear long trousers rather than knee breeches to his inauguration?
A: Our sixth president, John Quincy Adams, in 1825.

Which president was the first to visit China?
A: Ulysses S. Grant, in 1879, two years after he left the White House.

Who was the first president to have the name of his official residence, the White House , on his stationery?
A: Teddy Roosevelt.

Into what three major categories did Thomas Jefferson organize the books in his library at Monticello?
A :Memory, reason and imagination. Memory covered history; reason included philosophy, law, science and geography; and imagination included architecture, music, literature and the leisure arts. Within each category, books a=were arranged according to size.

How many pages long was John F. Kennedy's will?
A: 16. In it he set up trusts for his wife and children.

Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt chosen to be portrayed on the dime in 1945?
A: Because of his work on behalf of the March of Dimes and its battle against polio, the disease that crippled Roosevelt.