Before Dubya: A Presidential Quiz

Question 1 of 10:

Which President never let on to the public that he was disabled by polio and unable to walk without assistance?

a) Thomas Jefferson (0)

b) Franklin Roosevelt (1)

c) Lyndon Johnson (0)

d) Ronald Reagan (0)

Which play was Abraham Lincoln watching at the moment of his assassination?

a) Our American Cousin (1)

b) Macbeth (0)

c) An American Tragedy (0)

d) Julius Caeser (0)

When his ship was sunk in World War Two, which future President single-handedly swam his crewmen to safety?

a) Richard Nixon (0)

b) John F Kennedy (1)

c) Gerald Ford (0)

d) Jimmy Carter (0)

George Washington was the only President who did not belong to a political party.

a) True (1)

b) False (0)

Which scandal-ridden President held weekly poker games in the White House and had a room set aside for quick flings?

a) Bill Clinton (0)

b) John F Kennedy (0)

c) Warren Harding (1)

d) Herbert Hoover (0)

President during the First World War, Woodrow Wilson laid the foundations for which present day organisation?

a) NATO (0)

b) The U.N. (1)

c) The FBI (0)

d) The CIA (0)

John F Kennedy was one of two Presidents to die by an assassin's bullet in the 20th century. Who was the other?

a) William Taft (0)

b) Calvin Coolidge (0)

c) Theodore Roosevelt (0)

d) William McKinley (1)

What did President Reagan keep on his desk in the Oval Office?

a) A replica pistol (0)

b) A cowboy hat (0)

c) A jar of jelly beans (1)

d) A stuffed eagle (0)

Which President had the unenviable task of dealing with the American Civil War?

a) George Washington (0)

b) Abraham Lincoln (1)

c) Thomas Jefferson (0)

d) Andrew Jackson (0)

The most re-elected President of all time was Franklin Roosevelt . Just how long was his epic tenure?

a) 8 years (0)

b) 10 years (0)

c) 12 years (1)

d) 14 years (0)