George Washington Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
George Washington was one of the Founding Fathers of what?
A: The United States.
George Washington presided over the convention that drafted
the what?
A: United States Constitution.
In the elections of both 1788–1789 and 1792, Washington was
elected president with what margin?
A: Unanimously.
What did George Washington’s will do for his slaves?
A: Freed them.
On what date was George Washington born?
A: February 22, 1732.
Washington established many forms in government that are
still in use today, such as the what?
A: Cabinet system.
Washington’s retirement after two terms and the peaceful
transition from his presidency to John Adams established a tradition that
continued until what President was elected to a third term?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Washington is known as the what?
A: Father of his
country.
Washington was born into a wealthy planter family that
owned tobacco plantations and what?
A: Slaves.
What did George Washington declare during the wars raging
in Europe after 1793?
A: He proclaimed the United States neutral.
Where was George Washington’s first child born?
A: On their Pope's Creek Estate near present-day Colonial Beach in Westmoreland
County, Virginia.
Although George Washington owned hundreds of slaves
throughout his lifetime, his views on slavery evolved, and he desired to do
what?
A: Free them and abolish slavery.
George Washington became a senior officer in the colonial
forces during what war?
A: French and Indian War.
The Second Continental Congress in 1775 chose George to be
the commander-in-chief of the what?
A: Continental Army in the American Revolution.
George Washington forced the British out of Boston in 1776,
but was defeated and almost what when he lost
New York City?
A: Captured.
After his marriage to Martha, what did he do
at Mount Vernon?
A: Washington enlarged the house.
George’s great-grandfather, John Washington, had emigrated
to Virginia in what year?
A: In 1657.
After crossing the Delaware in the dead of
winter,
Washington defeated the British in two battles, and retook what?
A: New Jersey.
Where did George Washington spend much of his boyhood?
A: At Ferry Farm in Stafford County near Fredericksburg.
George avoided war with Great Britain and guaranteed a
decade of peace by securing the Jay Treaty in 1795, despite intense opposition
from whom?
A: The Jeffersonians.
On January 6, 1759, George married what wealthy widow?
A: Martha Dandridge Custis, then 28 years old.
The death of George’s father prevented Washington from
crossing the Atlantic to do what?
A: Receive the rest of his education at England's Appleby School, as his older
brothers had done.
In 1797, Washington retired from the presidency and
returned to his home where?
A: Mount Vernon.
For many years, the Jeffersonians continued to distrust
Washington’s influence and delayed building the what?
A: Washington Monument.
George Washington is consistently ranked among the top what
by scholars and the general public alike?
A: The top three presidents of the United States.
What were the names of George Washington’s parents?
A: Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington.
Where were George Washington's ancestors from?
A: Sulgrave, England.
How many of George Washington’s siblings died before
becoming adults?
A: Three.
How old was George Washington when his father died?
A: 11.
How tall was George Washington?
A: Six feet.
In 1751, Washington traveled to
Barbados and he contracted
what during the trip?
A: Smallpox.
As a commander, Washington was a disciplinarian who
emphasized what?
A: Training.
In 1758, Washington participated in the Forbes Expedition
to capture what?
A: Fort Duquesne.
George and his wife Martha never had any what?
A: Children.
Washington's marriage to Martha made him one of Virginia's
what?
A: Wealthiest men.
Upon his marriage, George acquired approximately how much
land?
A: 6,000 acres.
