Let's see what you know about some of the 44 presidents we honor with a holiday today.
1. He was the first president - and the only one among the first five - not born in Virginia.
a. James Monroe.
b. John Quincy Adams.
c. Andrew Jackson.
d. John Adams.
2. He was the last president born in Virginia.
a. Zachary Taylor.
b. Woodrow Wilson.
c. James Madison.
d. John F. Kennedy.
3. He was president when the British invaded Washington, torching the Capitol and the president's house.
a. George Washington.
b. Andrew Jackson.
c. James Madison.
d. Martin van Buren.
4. He was the only one to serve in the House of Representatives after leaving the White House - and he actually died in the Capitol.
a. John Quincy Adams.
b. Millard Fillmore.
c. Franklin Pierce.
d. John Adams.
5. He was held prisoner by the British during the Revolutionary War.
a. George Washington.
b. James Monroe.
c. Andrew Jackson.
d. William Henry Harrison.
6. He was the first vice president to become president upon the death of his predecessor, and was later elected to the Confederate Congress.
a. Millard Fillmore.
b. John Tyler.
c. Zachary Taylor.
d. James Polk.
7. He was elected with 39.8 percent of the popular vote, over three candidates from the Democratic, the Southern Democratic, and the Constitutional Union parties.
a. Franklin Pierce.
b. James Buchanan.
c. Andrew Johnson.
d. Abraham Lincoln.
8. The last president to sport a beard - his grandfather had also been president.
a. Benjamin Harrison.
b. James Garfield.
c. Rutherford B. Hayes.
d. Ulysses Grant.
9. The only Democrat to be elected and serve as president between 1861 and 1913.
a. Chester Arthur.
b. Grover Cleveland.
c. William McKinley.
d. Woodrow Wilson.
10. The last president who was a Civil War veteran.
a. William H. Taft.
b. Theodore Roosevelt.
c. William McKinley.
d. Benjamin Harrison.
11. Was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in 2001.
a. George Washington.
b. Abraham Lincoln.
c. Theodore Roosevelt.
d. Dwight Eisenhower.
12. Served four years as president and almost nine as chief justice of the United States.
a. William H. Taft.
b. Warren G. Harding.
c. Herbert Hoover.
d. Grover Cleveland.
13. The first president elected after women won the right to vote.
a. Woodrow Wilson.
b. William H. Taft.
c. Calvin Coolidge.
d. Warren G. Harding.
14. Took the oath of office from his father.
a. Herbert Hoover.
b. Calvin Coolidge.
c. Franklin Roosevelt.
d. Harry S. Truman.
15. The first Quaker elected president.
a. Calvin Coolidge.
b. Franklin Roosevelt.
c. Herbert Hoover.
d. Dwight Eisenhower.
16. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1920.
a. Franklin Roosevelt.
b. Harry S. Truman.
c. Lyndon Johnson.
d. Dwight Eisenhower.
17. Before becoming president of the United States, he was president of Columbia University.
a. Franklin Roosevelt.
b. Richard Nixon.
c. Harry Truman.
d. Dwight Eisenhower.
18. His father served as FDR's ambassador to the Court of St. James's.
a. Richard Nixon.
b. Lyndon Johnson.
c. John F. Kennedy.
d. George H.W. Bush.
19. The second Quaker elected president.
a. Jimmy Carter.
b. Richard Nixon.
c. Lyndon Johnson.
d. Ronald Reagan.
20. He was the second president to nominate his vice president under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
a. Richard Nixon.
b. Gerald Ford.
c. Jimmy Carter.
d. Ronald Reagan.
Answers: 1. d; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. c; 6. b; 7. d; 8. a; 9. b; 10. c; 11. c; 12. a; 13. d; 14. b; 15. c; 16. a; 17. d; 18. c; 19. b; 20. b.
