THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TRIVIA
D. BALLARD
Directions: Use both sheets
below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time
given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the
first and last. No abbreviations You
MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items
correct will win. This information will
be presented by you and your teammates during class. Good luck and have a safe journey...
Team
1
Presidential Firsts
He was the first President who...
Accepted no pay as President ______________________
Installed a bath tub with running water
________________
To pay off the national debt
_________________________
Born in a hospital
__________________________________
Parents were divorced
_______________________________
To appear on television
______________________________
To be a millionaire
__________________________________
To be a Senator
____________________________________
To have served as Speaker of the House
________________
To wear a beard
____________________________________
Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste
three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.
THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TRIVIA
D.
BALLARD
Team
2
Directions: Use both sheets
below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time
given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the
first and last. No abbreviations You
MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items
correct will win. This information will
be presented by you and your teammates during class. Good luck and have a safe journey...
Presidential Firsts
He was the first President who...
Rode in an automobile _________________________
Appeared on a postage stamp __________________
Was born a citizen of the US ___________________
Selected his brother as a member of his cabinet
___________________
Had been divorced ___________________________
Was the shortest at 5'4" tall
___________________
Was ranked as a Five-Star Army General
__________________________
Lived the longest after leaving office
______________________________
They were the only Presidents who...
Were chosen by the House of Representatives
_______________________
________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste
three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.
THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TRIVIA
D.
BALLARD
Team
3
Directions: Use both sheets
below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time
given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the
first and last. No abbreviations You
MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items
correct will win. This information will
be presented by you and your teammates during class. Good luck and have a safe journey...
Random oddities about the Presidents...
List two Presidents who were
non-religious...__________________________
__________________________
The first to have made his own
clothes...__________________________
Was fined $20.00 for riding his horse too fast...__________________________
The first left-handed
President...__________________________
The first to have an Easter Egg Roll on the
White House lawn...
__________________________
The first to have a child born in the White House..._______________________
The first to have his portrait on paper and
coin money...__________________
List the last two Presidents who were
assassinated that were elected
during a year ending in a zero..,
___________________________
___________________________
Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste
three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.
THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
SCAVENGER
HUNT
D.
BALLARD
Team
4
Directions: Use both sheets
below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time
given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the
first and last. No abbreviations You
MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items
correct will win. This information will
be presented by you and your teammates during class. Good luck and have a safe journey...
Interesting Presidential facts...
President with the most vetoes (635 = 372
regular, 263 pocket, and 9 overridden)...
____________________
President who survived the shortest period of
time after leaving office...
___________________ (3 years and 6 months)
Only President to die in
August..._______________________
The best President in historical
ranking..._________________
The worst President in historical
ranking...________________
President who pardoned (excused from a crime)
the largest number of people...
___________________(3687)
Name all 4 Presidents found on Mount Rushmore...
____________________ ___________________
____________________ ___________________
_________________________________________________________________
Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste
three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.
THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TRIVIA
D.
BALLARD
Team
5
Directions: Use both sheets
below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time
given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the
first and last. No abbreviations You
MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items
correct will win. This information will
be presented by you and your teammates
during class. Good luck and have
a safe journey...
Terms and Vice Presidency...
List all 4 Presidents who did not have Vice
Presidents...
__________________ ____________________
__________________ ____________________
President who served the shortest term; while
delivering his Inaugural speech in
the extreme cold, he caught pneumonia and died
three weeks later...
__________________
List the 4 Presidents who were Vice Presidents
when they were elected...
__________________ ______________________
__________________ ______________________
The only President who tried his Vice President
for treason...
__________________
_____________________________________________________________________Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste
three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.
THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TRIVIA
D.
BALLARD
Team
6
Directions: Use both sheets
below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time
given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the
first and last. No abbreviations You
MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items
correct will win. This information will
be presented by you and your teammates during class. Good luck and have a safe journey...
Presidential relationships and questionable
pasts...
Earned the name the “Comeback Kid” after losing an election
and then winning
two sequential terms 8 years later...
________________________
Only and first President to banish alcohol from
the White House as the First
Lady was a part of the Temperance Union
(“Lemonade Lucy”)...
________________________
Besides the Bush’s, list the other two Presidents who were Father and Son...
________________________ _______________________
Presidents who were Grandfather and Grandson...
_______________________ _______________________
Presidents who were Second Cousins...
______________________ _______________________
Presidents who were Fifth Cousins...
______________________ _______________________
_________________________________________________________________
Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste
three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.
THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TRIVIA
D.
BALLARD
Team
7
Directions: Use both sheets
below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time
given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the
first and last. No abbreviations You
MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items
correct will win. This information will
be presented by you and your teammates during class. Good luck and have a safe journey...
Money and religion...
First Ladies pay after...___________________
Dollar amount given to a President for office
space when he leaves office...
__________________________
Type of security guaranteed to each
President after they leave office...
________________ _____
(Group that provides) (# of years)
Only Catholic President... __________________
List 2 of the 4 Baptist
Presidents...________________ ________________
11 of our 43 Presidents belonged to this branch
of the Christian faith...
______________________
Only President who was a
Congregationalist...______________________
List the two Presidents who were Quakers...______________________ ___________________
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Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste
three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.
ThE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TRIVIA
D. BALLARD
Team 8
Directions: Use both sheets
below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time
given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the
first and last. No abbreviations You
MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items
correct will win. This information will
be presented by you and your teammates during class. Good luck and have a safe journey...
Luxuries of the
Presidents...
Had Air force 1 repainted
to look like an eagle including blue feathers and cockpit
windows that looked like
eyes... _______________________
Threw a 3 day keg party
after his inauguration (took
office)...________________
He did not permit his VP
to enter the White House for 6 months because
he despised his lack of
government experience...
______________________
Had all the passenger seats
aboard Air force 1 unbolted and turned
toward hi compartment and
the wall was replaced with plexiglass so he
keep an eye on everyone
through the plexiglass
_______________________
His life was threatened
twice within 17 days both by female shooters...
_______________________
Two Presidents who were
impeached by the House of Representatives....
_____________________
& _________________________
Was offended by the
expensive crystal and china on Air force 1 and all
was upset with the
passengers that took them as souvenirs.
He had it replaced with
plastic containers and paper cups...
________________________
In contrast, the only
President aboard his LAST flight on Air force 1
who emptied the entire
plane of anything of value...
_________________________
Only one who claimed to
have seen a UFO.. __________________________
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Directions: In the space
provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers
above. Include their first and last
names as well.