Richard Nixon Trivia Questions With Answers
Who was the 37th President of the United States?
A: Richard M. Nixon.
During what period was Nixon in office?
A: January 20, 1969 – August 9,
1974
Who was his Vice President?
A: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973),None (Oct–Dec 1973), Gerald Ford (1973–1974)
President Nixon was preceded by whom?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson.
President Nixon was succeeded by whom?
A: Gerald Ford.
Who was Richard Nixon's father?
A: Francis A. Nixon.
Who was his mother?
A: Hannah (Milhous) Nixon.
On what date was he born?
A: On January 9, 1913.
Where was Nixon born?
A: In a house his father built, in Yorba Linda,
California.
What religion was his mother?
A: She was a Quaker.
Richard's father converted from what to the Quaker faith?
A: Methodism.
How many brothers did he have?
A: He had four brothers.
What were the names of his brothers?
A: Harold, Donald, Arthur, and Edward.
Four of the five Nixon boys were named after what?
A: Kings who had ruled in
historical or legendary England.
Nixon's early life was marked by what?
A: Hardship.
The Nixon family ranch failed in 1922, and the family did
what?
A: Moved to Whittier, California, in an area with many Quakers.
Frank Nixon opened a what?
A: Grocery store and gas station.
After a becoming ill in 1925, what happened to Richard's
younger brother Arthur?
A: He died.
At the age of twelve, Richard was found to have what?
A: A spot on his lung.
With a family history of tuberculosis, he was forbidden to
do what?
A: Play sports.
Eventually, the spot was found to be what?
A: Scar tissue from an early bout of pneumonia.
Young Richard attended what elementary school?
A: East Whittier Elementary School, where he was president of his eighth-grade
class.
What high school did Richard attend?
A: Fullerton Union High School.
What kind of grades did Richard receive?
A: Excellent grades.
During his freshman year what did he have to do?
A: Ride a school bus for an hour each way.
Nixon played junior varsity football, and seldom missed a
practice, even though what?
A: He was rarely used in
games.
He had greater success as a what?
A: Debater, winning a number of championships.
His parents permitted Richard to transfer to what high
school for his junior year?
A: Whittier High School.
At Whittier, Richard suffered his first electoral what?
A: Defeat, for student body president.
Richard generally rose at 4 a.m., to do what?
A: To drive the family
truck into
Los Angeles and purchase
vegetables at the
market.
He then drove to the store to do what?
A: Wash and display vegetables, before going to school.
Richard graduated from Whittier High third in his class of
how many students?
A: 207.
Nixon attended what college?
A: Whittier.
His expenses there were covered by what?
A: A bequest from his maternal grandfather.
In 1933, Nixon became engaged to whom?
A: Ola Florence Welch, daughter of the Whittier police chief.
When did they break up?
A: In 1935.
Richard graduated from Whittier in
1934 with a what?
A: Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in history.
Nixon received a full scholarship to attend what
law
school?
A: Duke University School of Law.
Nixon was elected president of what?
A: The Duke Bar Association.
He was also inducted into what?
A: The Order of the Coif.
Nixon graduated where in his class?
A: Third.
When did he graduate?
A: In June 1937.
In January 1938, Nixon was cast in the Whittier Community
Players production of what?
A: The Dark Tower.
There he played opposite a high school teacher named what?
A: Thelma "Pat" Ryan.
Nixon described it in his memoirs as what?
A: "a case of love at first sight", for Nixon only.
Pat Ryan turned down the young lawyer several times before
agreeing to what?
A: Date him.
They married at a small ceremony on what date?
A: June 21, 1940.
After a honeymoon in Mexico, where did the Nixon's begin
their married life?
A: In Whittier.
They had how many daughters?
A: Two, Tricia (born 1946) and Julie (born
1948).