100 Presidential Trivia Questions to Test What You Know About the Men in the Oval Office

Which country’s parliament is called the Storting?

In 1970, politician Iain Macleod died of a heart attack. Which senior governmental post was he in at the time?

Who was the first US President to have been born a US citizen?

In which US city was George Washington inaugurated for his first term as President of the United States?

How many times was Franklin D Roosevelt elected as US President?

In which year was US President George W. Bush born?

The Althingi is the name of parliament in which country?

What did the Tory government introduce in 1973 in a bid to conserve electricity during industrial action by miners?

When Gordon Brown took over as PM, how many years had Labour been in continuous government?

In which year was US President John F. Kennedy born?

Which US president completed the Louisiana Purchase – buying Louisiana Territory from France?

When did the House of Lords surrender its absolute right to veto legislation?

Which of these was the second president of the United States?

Which of these did NOT serve as Chancellor under Margaret Thatcher?

On what did the ‘Corn Laws’ of 1804, impose a heavy tax?

In which year was US President Barack Obama born?

Which member of Thatcher’s cabinet was nicknamed the ‘Rabbi of Bray’?

What position did Eric Holder hold in Barack Obama’s first cabinet?

Which US President was the tallest?

Which US President died before the others?

Which US President first made his name as an actor?

Which Johnson became US President after Kennedy’s assassination?

Which Harry was President of America in the 1940s?

In which year was US President Calvin Coolidge born?

In which year was the voting age reduced from 21 to 18?

Which US President died before the others?

In which city was Bobby Kennedy assassinated in 1968?

Which of these was the birth state of more future US presidents than any other?

Who was Bill Clinton’s Republican opponent in the 1992 presidential election?

The Great Society’ was a set of domestic political programs launches by which US President?

Which President had a dog called Checkers?

Which of these is a British MP NOT allowed to do?

What’s the nickname of former MP John Prescott?

Who is second in line of succession to the presidency – i.e. after the Vice-President?

Who was the 40th President of the United States?

The Teapot Dome Scandal took place during whose presidency?

In which year did all voting in British General Elections become secret?

Which US President was in office at the outbreak of the First World War?

In the UK, which government department oversees the prison and probationary services?

Which Independent candidate won 46 Electoral College votes and carried 5 states in the 1968 presidential election?

Which former Labour Minister is a defector from the Tory Party?

Old Hickory’ was a nickname given to which US President?

In which year did Britain last have a Liberal Prime Minister?

Which US President died before the others?

At only 5ft 4in tall, who was the smallest US President?

Which former President reportedly said: ‘You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog’?

Apart from John F Kennedy, who is the only US president buried in Arlington National Cemetery?

Which political party ruled the UK throughout the 1980s?

In which decade did Britain first have a woman Prime Minister?

George W Bush was visiting a school in which state when he was informed about the 9/11 attacks?

Which key figure in the Labour Government had previously been university lecturer and also worked in television?

Presidential Inaugurations are usually carried out on the steps of which building?

In which year was US President Dwight D. Eisenhower born?

Which US President was born before the others?

What name is given to the group of ministers selected by the UK Prime Minister to form the government?

Ronald Reagan was once governor of which state?

Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister at the outbreak of which war?

Who was the first US President to die in office?

Who was the first member of the Republican Party to be elected president?

Which US President’s wife was known as ‘Lady Bird’?

In which decade did Britain get its first female Prime Minister?

Who succeeded John F Kennedy as President of the United States?

In which decade was Lyndon B. Johnson President?

Which US President was born before the others?

Which President was nicknamed Ike?

In which year was US President Richard Nixon born?

Which of these US Presidents is NOT depicted among the four sculptures on Mount Rushmore?

Which of these US Presidents once served as Director of the CIA?

Which US President was born before the others?

In which year was US President Lyndon B. Johnson born?

In which year was direct rule imposed on Northern Ireland by Westminster?

Who was the first US president to formally transfer presidential authority to his vice-president while he underwent surgery?

Which of these men did NOT serve as both vice president and president?

In which year was US President Bill Clinton born?

Who was President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

In which year did all women over 21 receive the vote in Britain?

Which US President was in office at the outbreak of the Second World War?

Which of these men never became President of the United States?

Who was President when the USA purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867?

After the death of the incumbent president, which VP was famously sworn in as President by his father, a notary public?

In which decade did Tony Blair first become Prime Minister?

Who was President at the time of the US Bicentennial in 1976?

Which President had a cat called Tom Kitten?

In which decade did the position ‘Secretary of State for War’ cease to be a Cabinet post in the UK?

Who was the first Catholic president of the United States?

Which British Prime Minister spoke of ‘peace in our time?’?

Of which European country has Bertie Ahern been Prime Minster?

Which sorts of business did the UK Government have to ‘rescue’ to the tune of hundreds of billions of pounds in 2008?

Which Prime Minister did the IRA try to kill by blowing up the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984?

Who was Harry S Truman’s Republican opponent when he won a surprise victory in the 1948 presidential election?

Which President had the middle name Earl?

Which former Chancellor of the Exchequer was known as ‘Smuggins’?

Former President Jimmy Carter was born in which state?

Which of these has NOT been the surname of more than one US President?

Which member of the Government delivers the annual Budget speech?

Which former Cabinet member is also a former postman?

Who was President of the United States when Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969?

At 6ft 4in, who was the tallest President of the US?

Which President was nicknamed ‘Ten Cent Jimmy’?

In which year was US President Herbert Hoover born?