Q 01/05

What do presidents today call the retreat FDR named Shangri-La?

A) Blair House

B) Camp David

C) Rapidan Camp

D) Top Cottage

Answer · why

B) Camp David

Camp David. President Eisenhower renamed it in 1953, honouring his grandson David.

Q 02/05

After FDR won four elections, which constitutional amendment barred anyone from being elected president more than twice?

A) The 19th Amendment

B) The 20th Amendment

C) The 22nd Amendment

D) The 25th Amendment

Answer · why

C) The 22nd Amendment

The 22nd Amendment. It wrote into law the two-term tradition set by George Washington, which FDR broke by running for a third term in 1940.

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

Hyde Park. After he died in 1945, thousands lined the tracks as a funeral train carried him home to be buried in the Springwood rose garden.

Q 04/05

In a 1944 speech, FDR mocked a false story that the Navy sent a destroyer back to fetch which companion?

A) His son Elliott

B) His dog Fala

C) His aide Harry Hopkins

D) His cousin Daisy Suckley

Answer · why

B) His dog Fala

His dog Fala. FDR joked that he and his family didn't resent the attacks, but Fala did.

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

The Harvard Crimson. He stayed at Harvard an extra year for graduate courses, largely so he could keep working on the paper.