Sample Questions from TriviaUSA

The following twenty questions are a sample from over the more than 900 questions in the TriviaUSA program.   You are welcome to play the quiz and enjoy.
1. Rhode Island adopted the Constitution during the term of which President?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams

2. Who was the first president to reside in Washington, D.C.?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson

3. The British captured Washington, D.C. during the term of which President?
George Washington
John Adams
James Madison

4. The killing of four students at Kent State University occurred during the term of which president?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon

5. Grover Cleveland served two terms, as the 22nd and 24th president. Who served as the 23rd president?
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Chester Alan Arthur

6. The United States formally acquired Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico during the term of which president?
Grover Cleveland
William Taft
William McKinley

7. The Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution was ratified during the term of which president?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge

8. During the term of which president was the Social Security Act passed?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower

9. The first American to walk in space was Major Edward H. White. This historic event occurred during the term of which president?
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson

10. The Iran-Contra affair occurred during the term of which president?
Jimmy Carter
Ronald W. Reagan
George Bush

11. Which president sent American troops into Panama to overthrow the regime of General Manuel
Ronald W. Reagan
George H. Bush
Bill Clinton

12. John Adams served as Vice President under which president?
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington

13. Michigan was admitted as a state during the term of which president?
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson

14. The "Berlin Blockade" occurred during the term of which president?
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy

15. The ill-fated (Bay of Pigs) invasion of Cuba occurred during the term of which president?
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy

16. Which president attended the Conference on Security and Cooperation at Helsinki, Norway, and signed the charter?
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald W. Reagan
George H. Bush

17. Which president authorized a grant to the city of Atlanta, Georgia, to help pay for the investigation into the unsolved murders of black children?
Jimmy Carter
Ronald W. Reagan
Gerald R. Ford

18. Which president served as the governor of Virginia between 1799-1803, and again in 1811, before becoming the president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe

19. The vice president of which U.S. President took the oath of office in a foreign country?
Franklin Pierce
Rutherford B. Hayes
John Quincy Adams

20. Federal agents raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, during the term of which president?
Ronald W. Reagan
Bill Clinton
George H. Bush

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