Q 01/05

Franklin D. Roosevelt was which number president of the United States?

A) 30th

B) 27th

C) 31st

D) 32nd

Answer · why

D) 32nd

He served from 1933 until his death in 1945, longer than anyone before or since.

Q 02/05

How many times was Roosevelt elected president?

A) Four

B) Three

C) Two

D) Five

Answer · why

A) Four

The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, made sure nobody could do it again.

Q 03/05

In which New York town was Roosevelt born and later buried?

A) Oyster Bay

B) Poughkeepsie

C) Rhinebeck

D) Hyde Park

Answer · why

D) Hyde Park

His Springwood estate there is now a National Historic Site and home to his presidential library.

Q 04/05

Roosevelt's parents were related to each other in what way?

A) Sixth cousins

B) First cousins

C) Step-siblings

D) Second cousins

Answer · why

A) Sixth cousins

Franklin later married another distant cousin, Eleanor, a fifth cousin once removed.

Q 05/05

Which student newspaper did Roosevelt edit as an undergraduate?

A) The Harvard Gazette

B) The Harvard Crimson

C) The Harvard Advocate

D) The Harvard Lampoon

Answer · why

B) The Harvard Crimson

He was otherwise an undistinguished student and never got over being rejected by the Porcellian Club.