Herbert Hoover Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers

Trivia quiz questions with answers about Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers

Who was the 31st President of the United States?
A: Herbert Hoover

During what time period was Herbert Hoover President of the United States?
A: March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933

Who was Herbert Hoover’s Vice President?
A: Charles Curtis.

Who was the president that preceded Herbert Hoover as president?
A: He was preceded by Calvin Coolidge

Who succeeded President Herbert Hoover as the U.S. President?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.

What was Herbert Hoover’s birth name?
A: He was born Herbert Clark Hoover.

On what date was Hoover born?
A: August 10, 1874

On what date did Herbert Hoover die?
A: He died on October 20, 1964 at the age of 90.

Where is Herbert Hoover final resting place?
A: Presidential Library and Museum, West Branch, Iowa

Where was Herbert Hoover born?
A: In West Branch.

Who was his father?
A:  Jesse Hoover, was a blacksmith and farm implement store owner.

He was of what ancestry?
A:  German  and Swiss.

Who was Herbert’s mother?
A:  Hulda Randall Minthorn, born in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, and had English and Irish ancestry.

Both of Herbert Hoover’s parents were of what religion?
A: They were Quakers.

What was Herbert’s nickname as a young child?
A: Bertie.

What happened to Herbert when he was two years old?
A:  He contracted a bout of croup, and was momentarily thought to have died until resuscitated by his uncle, John Minthorn.

As a young child he was often referred to by his father as what?
A:  "my little stick in the mud" when he repeatedly got trapped in the mud crossing the unpaved street.

How old was Herbert Hoover when his father died?
A: 5 years old.

How old was Herbert when his mother died?
A: The age of nine.

Hoover did not attend high school; however he attended night school and learned what?
A: Bookkeeping, typing and mathematics.

Hoover entered what University in 1891, its inaugural year?
A: Stanford.

Hoover claimed to be the very first student at Stanford, by virtue of what?
A: He was the first person in the first class to sleep in the dormitory.

While attending Stanford, he was the student manager of  what two sports teams?
A: The baseball and football teams.

Hoover graduated in 1895 with a degree in what?
A: Geology.

Hoover went to Western Australia in 1897 as an employee of what company?
A:  Bewick, Moreing & Co., a London-based gold mining company.

When did Hoover marry Lou Henry?
A: In 1899.

How many children did Herbert have?
A:  The Hoovers had two sons, Herbert Charles Hoover (1903–1969) and Allan Henry Hoover (1907–1993).

Hoover worked as chief engineer for whom?
A:  Chinese Bureau of Mines, and as general manager for the Chinese Engineering and Mining Corporation.

While in China, what did Hoover and his wife learn?
A: Mandarin Chinese.

After the United States entered the war in April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Hoover to head the what?
A: The U.S. Food Administration, which was created under the Lever Food Control Act in 1917.

At the end of the war, the New York Times named Hoover as what?
A: One of the "Ten Most Important Living Americans".

Hoover rejected Democratic overtures in 1920and he declared himself a what?
A: A republican and a candidate for the Presidency.

As secretary and later as President, Hoover revolutionized relations between what?
A: Business and government.

It has been suggested that Herbert Hoover was the best what?
A: Secretary of Commerce in United States history.

When President Calvin Coolidge announced in 1927 that he would not seek a full term of office in the 1928 presidential election, Hoover became the what?
A: The leading Republican candidate.

Hoover held a press conference on his first day in office, promising what?
A: A "new phase of press relations".