Kids' Corner
Take the Quiz and Discover How Patriotic You Are!
Every year, Presidents’ Day is celebrated on the third Monday of February across America. How much do you know about your country’s political leaders? Test your knowledge with these odd and interesting questions.
Questions
- Which president was arrested while in office?
- Which president had 15 children?
- Which president served the shortest term in office?
- Which president didn’t speak English as a first language?
- Which two presidents died on the same day, mere hours apart?
- Which president never went to school?
- Which president was never married?
- Which was the only president to be elected unanimously?
- Which president modeled for Cosmopolitan magazine?
- Which president wrote the most books?
Answers
- Ulysses S. Grant. He was arrested in Washington for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage.
- John Tyler. He had the most children of any U.S. president.
- William Henry Harrison. He died after serving just over 30 days in office.
- Martin Van Buren. His first language was Dutch.
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. They both died on July 4, 1826.
- Andrew Johnson. He was the only U.S. president who never went to school.
- James Buchanan. He remains the only U.S. president to remain a lifelong bachelor.
- George Washington. He was elected in 1789 with 69 of the 69 first-round votes cast in the United States Electoral College.
- Gerald Ford. He worked as a male model in his late 20s and was featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan in April of 1942.
- Theodore Roosevelt. He wrote 45 works of biography, history, public policy, and adventure.
