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Presidents' Hobbies in Office

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Presidents' Hobbies in Office — Daily trivia Wednesday, April 15, 2026: questions and answers

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  1. Q 01Which President had a single-lane bowling alley added in the White House basement?

    • ARichard Nixon
    • BJimmy Carter
    • CGerald Ford
    • DLyndon B. Johnson
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    Richard Nixon

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    Richard and Pat Nixon were both keen bowlers; the same administration also built the modern press briefing room over Franklin Roosevelt's old indoor pool.

  2. Q 02Which US president played tenor saxophone on a late-night talk show during his campaign?

    • ARonald Reagan
    • BBill Clinton
    • CGeorge H.W. Bush
    • DBarack Obama
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    Bill Clinton

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    Bill Clinton famously played the saxophone, and his appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show during his 1992 campaign helped introduce him to a wider audience.

  3. Q 03Which President was known for his passion for basketball, playing regularly while in office?

    • AGeorge W. Bush
    • BBarack Obama
    • CJohn F. Kennedy
    • DBill Clinton
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    Barack Obama

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    Barack Obama played varsity basketball in Hawaii and continued to play recreationally throughout his life, including during his presidency.

  4. Q 04Which former general and avid golfer had a putting green installed at the White House?

    • ADwight D. Eisenhower
    • BRichard Nixon
    • CGerald Ford
    • DDonald Trump
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    He had the green put in during 1954 and was so devoted to the game that he had his golf balls painted black to play in snow.

  5. Q 05Theodore Roosevelt trained in the White House with Yoshitsugu Yamashita in which martial art?

    • AKarate
    • BKendo
    • CSumo
    • DJiu-jitsu
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    Jiu-jitsu

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    He also kept boxing as president until a blow to the face left him blind in his left eye, a fact kept quiet for years.

  6. Q 06Which Founding Father and President was also an accomplished architect and violinist?

    • AThomas Jefferson
    • BJames Madison
    • CGeorge Washington
    • DJohn Adams
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    Thomas Jefferson

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    Thomas Jefferson was a polymath whose interests included architecture, famously designing Monticello, and he was also a skilled violinist.

  7. Q 07Which President's White House cats, Tabby and Dixie, were a gift from Secretary of State William Seward?

    • AUlysses S. Grant
    • BAbraham Lincoln
    • CAndrew Johnson
    • DJames Buchanan
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    Abraham Lincoln

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    He doted on them and once remarked that Dixie was smarter than his whole cabinet; his dog Fido had been left behind in Illinois.

  8. Q 08Which former college football center had an outdoor pool built at the White House in 1975?

    • AJohn F. Kennedy
    • BDwight D. Eisenhower
    • CGeorge H.W. Bush
    • DGerald Ford
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    Gerald Ford

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    He had swum twice a day at his home in Alexandria and found golf a poor substitute, so he pushed the pool through despite preaching budget restraint.

  9. Q 09Which President enjoyed early-morning nude swims in the Potomac while in office?

    • AAndrew Jackson
    • BMartin Van Buren
    • CJohn Quincy Adams
    • DJames K. Polk
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    John Quincy Adams

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    Legend has it the journalist Anne Royall sat on his clothes on the riverbank until he agreed to an interview.

  10. Q 10What did Lyndon Johnson sometimes do at his Texas ranch to 'toy with unwitting guests'?

    • AHosting elaborate rodeos
    • BBreeding exotic animals
    • CSteering visitors into a lake
    • DStaging fake cattle stampedes
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    Steering visitors into a lake

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    He would radio a Secret Service agent to ask whether the brakes had been fixed, then roll his 1962 Amphicar down a boat ramp into the water with screaming passengers aboard.

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