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Vice Presidents: We Hardly Knew Ye
The vice president of the United States is known for being "just a heartbeat away" from holding the most powerful office of the U.S. government. It's a pretty awesome responsibility. But few people know much about the men who have held this position. See how much you know.
1
Which of the following vice presidents has
not
gone on to become president?
a)
Henry Wallace
b)
George H. W. Bush
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Richard Nixon
2
Which vice president killed his rival in a duel?
a)
Dan Quayle
b)
Aaron Burr
c)
Nelson Rockefeller
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
3
Who served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office?
a)
George Washington
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Gerald Ford
d)
Bill Clinton
4
Which vice president made headlines for his impromptu debates with Soviet premier Khrushchev during his visit to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)?
a)
George Clinton
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Millard Fillmore
d)
Richard Mentor
5
Who was the first vice president to attain the office of the presidency due to the death of a president?
a)
John Tyler
b)
Lyndon Johnson
c)
John Adams
d)
Chester Arthur
6
Who was the first vice president to live in the official vice presidential residence at the United States Naval Observatory?
a)
Al Gore
b)
Martin Van Buren
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Walter Mondale
7
Two vice presidents have resigned from office. In 1832, John C. Calhoun became the first to do so. Who was the second?
a)
Spiro Agnew
b)
Dan Quayle
c)
Daniel Tompkins
d)
John Adams
8
The term
gerrymander
comes from the name of a vice president. Which one?
a)
Gerald Ford
b)
Elbridge Gerry
c)
Alben Barkley
d)
Hannibal Hamlin
9
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize during his tenure as vice president?
a)
Hubert Humphrey
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Charles Dawes
d)
Adlai Stevenson
10
Which of the following people has not held the office of vice president of the United States?
a)
Schuyler Colfax
b)
Levi Parsons Morton
c)
Tim Matheson
d)
Alben W. Barkley
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