Friday, May 13, 2011

Almost Daily Trivia Quiz #127 - Presidential Trivia Quiz Questions

Presidential trivia questions and answers.
  1. What date saw FDR sign the U.S. declaration of war against
    Japan?
     
  2. Who was the first U.S. president to adopt the informal version
    of his first name?
     
  3. Who was the first president to appear on a U.S. coin?
     
  4. Who said: "I'm the president of the United States, and I'm not
    going to eat any more broccoli"?
     
  5. Who told Jimmy Carter in a debate: "There is no Soviet
    domination of Eastern Europe"?
     
  6. How many U.S. presidents played a role in Vietnam's civil war?
     
  7. Who did Abraham Lincoln promote to major general of volunteers
    after he captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson?
     
  8. What future U.S. president received the last rites of the
    Catholic Church after an infection  following spinal surgery in
    1954?
     
  9. What did Ronald Reagan disclose he was suffering from, in
    1994?
     
  10. What former U.S. president showed up on dollar coins in 1971?
     
  11. What U.S. president's State of the Union address lasted
    a record 81 minutes?
     
  12. What president was shot at while walking to California
    Governor Jerry Brown's office?
     
  13. What U.S. vice president was once wanted for murder in New
    Jersey?
     
  14. What inscription on U.S. coins did Theodore Roosevelt try in
    vain to have removed?
     
  15. What document did President Andrew Johnson want a copy of
    placed under his head upon his burial?
     
  16. Who was the first president to utter "We shall overcome"
    before a joint session of Congress?
     
  17. What war saw James Madison become the first U.S.
    president to command a military unit during his term in office?
     
  18. What name did romantic George Bush paint on his bomber during
    World War II?
     
  19. Who was the first U.S. vice president named acting president
    while his boss was under the knife?
     
  20. What portly U.S. president was the first to be a golf nut?
     
  21. What U.S. president had the shortest life?
     
  22. What future president was the only U.S. senator from a
    Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?
     
  23. What 1970s president openly discussed his battle with
    hemorrhoids?
     
  24. What three words did George Bush say before "no new taxes" in
    1988?
     
  25. What former president was on an "African hunting trip when his
    enemy J.P. Morgan quipped: "Let every lion do his duty"?
     
  26. What U.S. president was born William Jefferson Blythe IV?
     
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz # 127 - Presidential Trivia.
  1. December 8, 1941.
  2. Jimmy Carter.
  3. Abraham Lincoln.
  4. George Bush.
  5. Gerald Ford.
  6. Five.
  7. Ulysses S. Grant.
  8. John F. Kennedy.
  9. Alzheimer's disease.
  10. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  11. Bill Clinton's.
  12. Gerald Ford. 
  13. Aaron Burr. 
  14. In God We Trust.
  15. The U.S. Constitution.
  16. Lyndon B. Johnson.
  17. The war of 1812.
  18. Barbara.
  19. George Bush.
  20. William Howard Taft. 
  21. John F. Kennedy. 
  22. Andrew Johnson.
  23. Jimmy Carter. 
  24. "Read my lips".
  25. A:  Theodore Roosevelt.
  26. Bill Clinton. 
     

Almost Daily Trivia Quiz #126 - Miscellaneous Trivia Quiz Questions About Sports

Miscellaneous sports trivia questions and answers.
  1. What golfer made a comeback from chemotherapy and radiation
    treatment for lymphoma in 1994?
     
  2. Who was the last person to win back to back World Series of
    Poker Tournament?
     
  3. What golfer beat Porky Oliver at the 1946 PGA Championship to
    win his first major?
     
  4. What multi-nicknamed Yankees great suggested he be called "The
    Idol of the American Boy"?
     
  5. What two-time All-Big-Eight defensive back at Colorado won
    three U.S. Open golf titles?
     
  6. Who topped the PGA Tour in earnings for five years in the
    1970s?
     
  7. What golf tourney banned sportscaster Gary McCord for calling
    course bumps "body bags" and suggesting "bikini wax" sped the
    greens?
     
  8. What dreaded golf shot occurs when the ball is hit with the
    hosel of the club?
     
  9. What decade saw names first appear on the backs of NFL
    jerseys?
     
  10. What Pro Football Hall of Famer was the first to get a
    second bust in the Hall, for broadcasting?
     
  11. What three 49ers have earned Super Bowl MVP honors, through
    1996?
     
  12. What Brooklyn Dodgers great got his nick name for what
    he called his shooter when playing marbles as a child?
     
  13. What sport was popularized by Olympic swimmer Duke
    Kahanamoku?
     
  14. What NBA star refuses to have the hot water turned on at his
    Chicago home because he rarely takes showers there?
     
  15. What's an NBA player deemed to be if he's received the Maurice
    Podoloff Trophy?
     
  16. What's the most common nickname for a major league baseball
    pitcher?
     
  17. Who was the NBA Coach of the Year trophy named after?
     
  18. What's the last name of NFL All Pro brothers Shannon and
    Sterling?
     
  19. Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four
    grand slam events at least four times?
     
  20. What position must college footballers play to receive the
    Davey O'Brien Award?
     
  21. What NBA team charges $600 for a floor seal at a regular
    season game?
     
  22. What's the fastest engine-powered sport?
     
  23. What heavyweight was Tony "Two Ton" Galento referring to
    when he said in 1939:"I'll molder de bum"?
     
  24. What Oakland Athletic hit the longest homer in Cumiskey
    Park history, and followed it the next day with one twenty feet
    longer?
     
  25. Who coached the Detroit Red Wings to 62 wins in 1995-96,
    breaking Scotty Bowman's mark of 60 with Montréal in 1976-77?
     
  26. What team ended 54 years of frustration by winning the Stanley
    Cup in 1994?
     
  27. What Alabama-born football and baseball star was named after
    the actor who played Dr. Ben Casey on TV?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz # 126 -
Miscellaneous
Sports Trivia.

  1. Paul Azinger.
  2. Johnny Chan.
  3. Ben Hogan.
  4. Babe Ruth.
  5. Hale Irwin.
  6. Jack Nicklaus
  7. The Masters.
  8. A Shank.
  9. The 1960s.
  10. Frank Gifford.
  11. Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young.
  12. "Pee Wee" Reese.
  13. Surfing. 
  14. Dennis Rodman.
  15. The Most Valuable Player.
  16. "Lefty".
  17. Red Auerbach.
  18. Sharpe.
  19. Steffi Graf.
  20. Quarterback.
  21. The Los Angeles Lakers.
  22. Airplane racing. 
  23. Joe Luis.
  24. Mark McGwire. 
  25. Scotty Bowman.
  26. The New York Rangers. 
  27. Vince Edward "Bo" Jackson.