Jason English
Lunchtime Quiz: Name All The Presidents in 8 Minutes
by Jason English - January 20, 2009 - 11:30 AM

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When Barack Obama takes the oath of office, he’ll be the 43rd person to serve as President of the United States. Our ‘Name The Presidents’ quiz has been updated for the occasion. How many can you name in 8 minutes?

Take the Quiz: Name All The Presidents

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Comments (10)

  1. Missed Chester Arthur, John Tyler and Grover Cleveland – and I even said to myself when I read the description “43rd people have been President, but Cleveland was President twice, so that’s why Obama is #44.” I’m not sure how I forgot that one click later.

    posted by Britney on 1-20-2009 at 11:44 am

  2. Well, if you count David Rice Atchison, there would be 44 (See Stacy Conradt’s January 16, 2009 mental floss post for details).

    Of course, this is a fun bar bet: “Barack 0bama is our 44th President, I’ll bet nobody hear can name 44 different US Presidents!”

    posted by gmsc on 1-20-2009 at 12:13 pm

  3. When we first posted this, I received two or three very passionate emails from people complaining that we didn’t require you to enter Grover Cleveland twice. If we were to count Mr. Atchison, I’d have to get an intern to start opening my mail.

    posted by Jason English on 1-20-2009 at 12:33 pm

  4. typing John Adams doesn’t work. What a quiz…

    posted by Dan on 1-20-2009 at 12:56 pm

  5. Typing John Adams works fine.

    posted by Peter on 1-20-2009 at 12:59 pm

  6. all 43, under 5 minutes, in order. I am the man.

    Anyone who wants to do this read “YO, millard filmore.” That book will set you up to impress your friends with this stuff.

    posted by Nathan on 1-20-2009 at 1:40 pm

  7. I would love to see a Quiz on Kids in the Hall! Not that I could answer them… it’s been a really long while since I saw any of the episodes but I love them just the same and it should be fun.

    posted by Sarah on 1-20-2009 at 3:31 pm

  8. All 43 in 3:57. Not in order though. Gonna give the nod to Nathan.

    posted by Sean O. on 1-20-2009 at 5:26 pm

  9. Buchanan, Arthur, and Hoover. Argh.

    posted by NYCGirl on 1-25-2009 at 10:01 pm

  10. I got 42 and wait, wait, wait….who is this Zachary Taylor fellow? No way he was a pres…damn.

    posted by Austin on 2-3-2009 at 3:53 pm

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