Monday, December 17, 2007 Presidential Trivia

1. How many Presidents have also been military generals?



Twelve presidents were generals: Washington, Jackson, W. Harrison, Taylor, Pierce, A. Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, B. Harrison, and Eisenhower.



2. Who was our tallest President (how tall?)?





The tallest president was Lincoln at 6'4".



3. Which Presidents appear on paper money? (Hint: There are nine of them)





The nine Presidents that are opn paper money are Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, McKinley, Cleveland, Madison, and Wilson.


4. Use google to find out which bill each of the nine former Presidents can be found on.



Washington: One Dollar Bill, Lincoln: Five Dollar Bill, Jefferson: Ten Dollar Bill, Jackson: Tweenty Dollar Bill, Grant: Fifty Dollar Bill, McKinley: Five- Hundred Dollar Bill, Cleveland: Thousand dollar bill, Madison: Five-Thousand Dollar Bill.

5. Which presidents have been assassinated in office?

Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office.

6. How much money does the President get paid?

$25,000 to $400,000

7. Which President had the most children?

Reagan

8. What seven "heritages" or ethnic background mix have all the Presidents come from?

The ancestry of all 43 presidents is limited to the following seven heritages, or some combination thereof: Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Swiss, or German.

9. How many Presidents never attended college?

Nine Presidents never attended college.

10. Who and how old were the oldest and youngest elected presidents?

The oldest elected president was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43). Theodore Roosevelt, however, was the youngest man to become president—he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated. THE OLDEST LIVING former president was Gerald Ford, who was born on July 14, 1913, and died on Dec.27, 2006, at age 93. The second oldest was Ronald Reagan, who also lived to be 93 years.