President's Day Quiz

What is the Federal holiday called celebrated on the 3rd Monday in February?

• President's Day

• President's Month

• Washington's Birthday

• Martin Luther King Day

Answer explanation

By law, under 5 U.S.C. 6103, the holiday is known as “Washington's Birthday.” The holiday had been celebrated on George Washington's actual birthday on February 22 for many years, but it was changed to the third Monday in February as a result of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968.

Who was the only President unanimously elected?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Answer explanation

In 1789, the first presidential election, George Washington was unanimously elected president of the United States. With 69 electoral votes, Washington won the support of each participating elector.

Who was the first president to appear on television during a 1939 broadcast from the World's Fair?

• Herbert C Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer explanation

Though FDR had embraced radio and played an outsize role in popularizing the medium for political and policy communications, he did not do so for television, though he held the distinction of being the first President to appear on TV at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

What did the "S" stand for in Harry S. Truman's name?

• Samuel

• Simon

• Scott

• Nothing! It was just S!

Answer explanation

His parents gave him the middle initial S to honor and please his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. Since the S did not stand for a name, Harry didn't use a period after it for most of his life.

Who was the only President to get an MBA?

• Barack Obama

• George W. Bush (43rd)

• Bill Clinton

• George H. W. Bush (41st)

Answer explanation

George W. Bush, the nation's forty-third president, is the only president to earn an M.B.A, which he obtained from Harvard Business School.

Who was the first President born as a US President?

• Martin van Buren

• Andrew Jackson

• William Henry Harrison

• John Tyler

Answer explanation

When Van Buren took office in 1837, he became the first president who was born as a U.S. citizen.

Who is the only President to have served non-consecutive terms?

• Gerald Ford

• Grover Cleveland

• George Bush

• Thomas Jefferson

Answer explanation

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American history to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office.

How many terms did Franklin D. Roosevelt run and win Presidential?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Answer explanation

The fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president of the United States was held on Saturday, January 20, 1945. This was the 40th inauguration and marked the commencement of the fourth and final term of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president and the only term of Harry S. Truman as vice president. This is the only time a president was inaugurated for a fourth term; after the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1951, no person can be elected president more than twice. Roosevelt died 82 days into this term, and Truman succeeded to the presidency.

Who was the first woman to run for Presidency?

• Anna B. Levington (1860)

• Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1872)

• Margaret Chase Smith (1964)

• Hillary Rodham Clinton (2008, 2016)

Answer explanation

The first woman to actively pursue the country’s highest office was Victoria Woodhull—a stockbroker, newspaper publisher, and champion of social reform who ran for the presidency in 1872, some 50 years before women throughout the United States had achieved the right to vote.

How many children did John Tyler have?

• 8

• 10

• 12

• 15

Answer explanation

John Tyler was the most prolific of all American President: he had 15 children and two wives.