This is Jeopardy!
Presidential Succession and Vice President Miscellaneous Presidential Roles Presidential Trivia
Is first in line for the Presidency Answer: Vice President
After the President Pro- Tempore, these members are in line to be President Answer: Cabinet
The Vice President determines this about the President Answer: Disability
The Vice Presidential Candidate can be chosen to do this to the ticket Answer: Balance
Who determines that the Vice President can take over the Presidency Answer: Congress
Makes the President the head of the armed forces Answer: Commander in Chief
President is the head of the political party Answer: Chief of Party
The salary paid to the President every year they are in office Answer: $400,000 with $50,000 expense account
“The representative of all the people” Answer: Chief Citizen
Minimum length of residence in the United States to become President Answer: 14 years
The first president to be a Rhodes Scholar
His inaugural address included the line, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
This President’s wife rescued Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington from the White House during the War of 1812 Answer: Madison
This Republican campaigned using the slogan “Morning in America” during the 1984 election
He was the first candidate to make successful use of cable channels such as MTV
This was the first year women were allowed to vote in a presidential election
He was the first to install indoor toilets in the White House Answer: Jefferson
This former president went on to be the president of the National Rifle Association
This former president was a scholarship football player at the University of Michigan
He was the first president to live in the White House
Presidential Nominations The Presidential Election Miscellaneous Vice Presidential Trivia
This state has the first primary of the election season Answer: New Hampshire
A closed group of registered voters who decide delegates or presidential nominees Answer: Caucus
Other than determining the party nominees, this is a job of the national conventions Answer: Create Party Platform
Candidates try to inject themselves into this to gain the support of younger voters Answer: Pop Culture
Potential presidential candidates start their race to the presidency on average this many years before the election Answer: 1-4 years
A state that is “too close to call” Answer: Battleground State
This amendment deals with the electoral system that we have today Answer: 12th
An elector that doesn’t vote with their party is called this Answer: “Faithless Elector”
The first time a president was elected by the electoral college without winning the popular vote was in this year Answer: 1824
This reform to the electoral system would take into account the popular vote within a state without abolishing the entire system Answer: District or Proportional Plan
He was the first Vice President to assume the office of president upon the passing of the sitting president
This is former Vice President Dan Quayle’s first name
He was the first vice president to have an actual office in the White House
This vice president had the term “gerrymandering” named after him
This vice president won the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year that he and Calvin Coolidge were elected to office
During the 2000 campaign, his prescription drug plan was criticized by the Republican National Committee using an ad that featured the word “RATS”
This candidate used “A time for greatness” and “We can do better” as campaign slogans in 1960
The first televised presidential debate was held in this city
This former president’s late-20 th -century campaign made wide use of the slogan “It’s the economy, stupid!”
He was president when the voting age was changed from 21 to 18.
Final Jeopardy!
This former president had the longest inaugural address in history and died shortly after it