First Ladies of the United States

Q 1. Which first lady was the first to win elective office?

A. Hillary Clinton

B. Laura Bush

C. Rosalynn Carter

D. Lady Bird Johnson

Show Answer Answer:-A. Hillary Clinton

Q 2. Which first lady famously saved a portrait of George Washington when the British attacked the White House in 1814?

A. Abigail Adams

B. Martha Washington

C. Dolley Madison

D. Elizabeth Monroe

Show Answer Answer:- C. Dolley Madison

Q 3.Younger than her husband Grover Cleveland by 27 years, Frances Cleveland was the only first lady to…

A. give birth in the White House

B. divorce a sitting president

C. White House

D. host a formal ball at the White House

Show Answer Answer:- A.give birth in the White House

Q 4. After her husband’s stroke, who functionally ran the executive branch of the government for the remainder of his term?

A. Edith Wilson

B. Mamie Eisenhower

C. Nancy Reagan

D. Eleanor Roosevelt

Show Answer Answer:-A. Edith Wilson

Q 5.In 1878 Lucy Hayes began what holiday tradition that is still practiced annually on the White House lawn?

A. Secret Santa gift exchange

B. pumpkin carving

C. Easter egg roll

D. New Year’s Eve ball drop

Show Answer Answer:-C. Easter egg roll

Q 6. Due to her husband’s untimely death, which first lady never lived at the White House?

A. Mary Todd Lincoln

B.Eleanor Roosevelt

C. Martha Jefferson

D. Anna Harrison

Show Answer Answer:-D.Anna Harrison

Q 7. Which first lady, after her husband’s death, helped to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

A. Ida Saxton McKinley

B. Florence Harding

C. Eleanor Roosevelt

D. Lucretia Garfield

Show Answer Answer:-C. Eleanor Roosevelt

Q 8. Which first lady was once publicly lauded by her husband for wearing a “respectable Republican cloth coat”?

A. Mamie Eisenhower

B. Barbara Bush

C. Melania Trump

D. Pat Nixon

Show Answer Answer:- D.Pat Nixon

Q 9.Which first lady was given an honorary Emmy Award for hosting a televised tour of the White House?

A. Jacqueline Kennedy

B. Bess Truman

C. Eleanor Roosevelt

D. Mamie Eisenhower

Show Answer Answer:-A. Jacqueline Kennedy

Q 10. After leaving the White House, what first lady co-founded a drug rehab facility?

A. Barbara Bush

B. FordNancy

C. Rosalynn Carter

D. BettyReagan

Show Answer Answer:-B.FordNancy

Q 11. Which first lady was the first to live in the White House?

A. Hannah Van Buren

B. Abigail Adams

C. Sarah Jackson

D. Elizabeth Monroe

Show Answer Answer:-B.Abigail Adams

Q 12. Soon after her husband took office in 1789, who wrote “…I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else…”?

A. Abigail Adams

B. Elizabeth Monroe

C. Pat Nixon

D. Martha Washington

Show Answer Answer:-D. Martha Washington

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