From the WSJ Opinion Archives
We're somewhere between Cuba and Pittsburgh and don't have time to do a regular column today, so here is another one of our presidential trivia quizzes. The first reader to answer all 10 questions correctly gets an "I read Best of the Web Today" mug. If no one gets all of them right within a reasonable period, the prize will go to whoever has the greatest number of correct answers.
Be warned: This one is exceptionally difficult--it's all lists--and the majority of the answers require information not found in "Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and Worst in the White House," which is available from the OpinionJournal bookstore and is wonderful all the same.
1. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common?
- Washington
- John Adams
- Jackson
- Lincoln
- Grant
- Cleveland
- Taft
- Harding
- Hoover
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Truman
- Eisenhower
- Nixon
- Reagan
- George W. Bush
2. In what order are the following presidents listed?
- John Adams, Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, Taylor, Fillmore, Garfield
- Monroe, Van Buren, George W. Bush
- Washington
- Polk
- Harding
- Madison, Buchanan, Lincoln
- Pierce
- Tyler
- Jackson, Arthur
- Hayes
- Clinton
- Kennedy
- Andrew Johnson
- Lyndon Johnson
- Carter
- Hoover
- Taft
- McKinley
- Nixon
- Benjamin Harrison, Wilson
- George H.W. Bush
- Coolidge
- Ford
- Reagan
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Grant
- Eisenhower
- Truman
- Cleveland
- Franklin Roosevelt
3. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common?
- Washington
- John Adams
- William Henry Harrison
- Garfield
- Harding
- Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Ford
- Reagan
- George H.W. Bush
- Clinton
- George W. Bush
4. In what order are the following presidents listed?
- Van Buren
- Fillmore
- Taft
- Theodore Roosevelt
- George H.W. Bush
- Hoover
- Carter
- Benjamin Harrison
- John Quincy Adams
- Buchanan
- Cleveland
- Taylor
- Ford
- Garfield
- Clinton
- Wilson
- Polk
- Truman
- Kennedy
- Hayes
- George W. Bush
- Pierce
- McKinley
- William Henry Harrison
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Coolidge
- Jackson
- Lincoln
- Grant
- Eisenhower
- Reagan
- Harding
- Nixon
- Lyndon Johnson
5. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common?
- John Adams
- Jefferson
- Monroe
- Jackson
- Van Buren
- Tyler
- Fillmore
- Pierce
- Hayes
- Arthur
- Benjamin Harrison
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Wilson
- Hoover
- Nixon
6. In what order are the following presidents listed?
- Reagan
- William Henry Harrison
- John Quincy Adams
- Jackson
- Grant
- Nixon
- Jefferson
- Washington
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Monroe
- Lincoln
- McKinley
- Eisenhower, George W. Bush
- Clinton
- Madison
- John Adams
- Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- Van Buren
- Wilson
- Theodore Roosevelt, Carter
- George H.W. Bush
- Taft
- Hoover
7. In what order are the following presidents listed?
- Tyler
- William Henry Harrison
- Hayes
- Garfield
- Jefferson, Taylor, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush
- John Adams, Andrew Johnson, Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt
- John Quincy Adams, Van Buren, Lincoln, Grant, Ford, Carter, Reagan
- Monroe, Pierce, Arthur, Taft, Wilson, Kennedy
- Fillmore, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Coolidge, Hoover, Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, George W. Bush
- Truman, Clinton
- Washington, Madison, Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, Harding
8. What do the following presidents, and only they, have in common with Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sens. Herb Kohl and Jack Reed?
- John Adams
- John Quincy Adams
- Tyler
- Polk
- Taft
- Coolidge
- Truman
- Kennedy
- Carter
9. In what order are the following presidents listed?
- Nixon, George H.W. Bush
- John Adams
- Madison
- Jefferson
- Hoover
- John Quincy Adams
- Van Buren
- Monroe
- Taft
- Buchanan
- Lyndon Johnson
- Coolidge
- Fillmore
- Ford
- Arthur
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Truman
- Andrew Johnson
- Tyler
10. In what order are the following presidents listed, and what related characteristic do the asterisked ones share?
- Hoover, Eisenhower
- Jefferson, Fillmore*, Garfield*, Arthur, Truman*, Reagan
- Madison*, Van Buren*, Coolidge
- Monroe*, Nixon*
- Tyler*, Cleveland, McKinley*, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Franklin Roosevelt, Clinton
- Washington
- Polk*, Lincoln*, Grant, Harding*
- George H.W. Bush*, George W. Bush
- Pierce*, Hayes*
- Buchanan*
- Carter
- Ford*
- William Henry Harrison*, Benjamin Harrison*
- Kennedy*
- John Adams, John Quincy Adams*
- Jackson*
- Taylor
- Wilson
- Andrew Johnson*, Lyndon Johnson*
