Franklin D. Roosevelt Trivia Questions With Answers
Who was the 32nd President of the United States?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
During what time period was Franklin D. Roosevelt the
President of the U.S.?
A: March 4, 1933 – April 12,
1945
Who was Franklin’s Vice President?
A: John Nance Garner (1933–41), Henry A. Wallace (1941–45), Harry S. Truman
(1945)
Who preceded Roosevelt as U.S. President?
A: Herbert Hoover.
Who succeeded Roosevelt as President of the United States?
A: Harry S. Truman.
Franklin was the 44th Governor of what state?
A: New York.
Franklin was a democrat, who won how many
presidential
elections?
A: A record four elections and served from March 1933 to his death in April
1945.
Where was Franklin D. Roosevelt born?
A: In Hyde Park, New York.
In what year was Roosevelt born?
A: In 1882.
Where did he attend College, graduating in 1903?
A: Harvard.
Who did Franklin marry in 1905?
A: He married Eleanor Roosevelt.
How many children did Franklin and Eleanor have?
A: Six.
When did he enter politics?
A: In 1910, serving in the New York State Senate.
In 1920, Franklin was the Democratic nominee for
Vice-President of the United States, but was defeated by whom?
A: Calvin Coolidge.
Roosevelt was stricken with what in
1921?
A: Polio, which cost him the use of his legs.
Roosevelt defeated what incumbent
Republican in November
1932, at the depth of the Great Depression?
A: Herbert Hoover.
As World War II loomed, Roosevelt gave strong diplomatic
and financial support to what two countries, while remaining officially neutral?
A: China and Great Britain.
His goal was to make America the "Arsenal of Democracy,"
which would supply what to the allies?
A: Munitions.
With very strong national support, Roosevelt made
war on
Japan and Germany after the what?
A: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
1941.
What did Roosevelt order in 1942?
A: He ordered the internment of 100,000 Japanese American civilians.
Roosevelt is consistently rated by scholars as one of the
top three what?
A: U.S. Presidents, along with
Abraham Lincoln and
George Washington.
Roosevelt attended events of what New York society?
A: Sons of the American Revolution.
He joined the organization while he was what?
A: President.
Who were Roosevelt's parents?
A: James Roosevelt I, and Sara Ann Delano.
His parents, James and Sara, were sixth what?
A: Cousins.
James and Sara both were from what type of families
A: Wealthy old New York families.
Roosevelt grew up in an atmosphere of what?
A: Privilege.
What type of mother was Sara?
A: She was a possessive mother.
What age was Franklin when he made his first trip to
Europe
with his parents?
A: First at the age of two.
He went with his parents to Europe every year from the ages
of seven to what?
A: 15
Roosevelt become conversant in what languages?
A: German and French.
Roosevelt attended Groton School where 90% of the students
were from families on the what?
A: Social register.
Franklin was strongly influenced by its headmaster,
Endicott Peabody, who preached what?
A: That the duty of Christians was to help the less fortunate and urged his
students to enter public service.
Academically, what type of student
was he?
A: Average.