Q 01/05

As president in 1886, Cleveland presided over the dedication of which American landmark?

A) Brooklyn Bridge

B) Statue of Liberty

C) Washington Monument

D) Lincoln Memorial

Answer · why

B) Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty. Cleveland dedicated France's gift on October 28, 1886, and as that morning's parade passed the Stock Exchange, traders threw ticker...

Q 02/05

Which two numbers does Cleveland hold in the presidential sequence?

A) 20th and 22nd

B) 21st and 23rd

C) 22nd and 24th

D) 23rd and 25th

Answer · why

C) 22nd and 24th

22nd and 24th. Because a defeat split his two terms, he is counted as two presidents, so the U.S. Mint struck two different Cleveland dollar coins in ...

Q 03/05

Cleveland made his career in New York, but in which state was he born?

A) Connecticut

B) New Jersey

C) Ohio

D) New Hampshire

Answer · why

B) New Jersey

New Jersey. He was born in the Presbyterian manse at Caldwell, but his minister father moved the family to upstate New York when the boy was four.

Q 04/05

What was Cleveland's actual first name, which he dropped in adult life?

A) Richard

B) Samuel

C) Thomas

D) Stephen

Answer · why

D) Stephen

Stephen. He was named Stephen Grover after the first pastor of the Caldwell church where his father preached.

Q 05/05

Cleveland's early career was built in which city?

A) Albany

B) Rochester

C) Buffalo

D) Syracuse

Answer · why

C) Buffalo

Buffalo. Heading west in 1855, he stopped there to see a relative, Lewis Allen, who gave him work and introduced him to the law firm where he trained.