Q 01/05

Who succeeded Eisenhower as president in January 1961?

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

B) Harry S. Truman

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Gerald Ford

Answer · why

C) John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy. He inherited a CIA plan, begun on Eisenhower's orders in 1960, to land Cuban exiles in Cuba; launched three months into his term, it ...

Q 02/05

Eisenhower grew up in Kansas, but in which state was he born?

A) Pennsylvania

B) Missouri

C) Texas

D) Iowa

Answer · why

C) Texas

Texas. He was born in Denison, where his father had found work on the railroad, and the family went back to Kansas in 1892.

Q 03/05

What were Eisenhower's first two names, in order, at birth?

A) David Dwight

B) Dwight David

C) Edgar David

D) David Jacob

Answer · why

A) David Dwight

David Dwight. The Dwight honoured the evangelist Dwight L. Moody, and with his father also a David, it was the name he went by all his life.

Q 04/05

Which military school barred Eisenhower as too old?

A) The Citadel

B) The Naval Academy

C) Virginia Military Institute

D) Norwich University

Answer · why

B) The Naval Academy

The Naval Academy. A friend talked him into trying for Annapolis because it charged no tuition; he passed the exam but was over its age limit, so he w...

Q 05/05

Which Kansas town did Eisenhower consider his hometown?

A) Abilene

B) Wichita

C) Leavenworth

D) Topeka

Answer · why

A) Abilene

Abilene. He went back there in June 1952 to announce his run for president, and he is buried there in a chapel at his presidential library.