Q 01/05

Hoover was which number president of the United States?

A) 31st

B) 28th

C) 29th

D) 30th

Answer · why

A) 31st

He served a single term, 1929 to 1933, sandwiched between Calvin Coolidge and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Q 02/05

In which state was Hoover born?

A) Oregon

B) Iowa

C) Kansas

D) Ohio

Answer · why

B) Iowa

He was born in West Branch in 1874 and is buried there beside his presidential library.

Q 03/05

Hoover was raised in which religious tradition?

A) Lutheran

B) Methodist

C) Quaker

D) Mennonite

Answer · why

C) Quaker

After being orphaned he was sent to Newberg, Oregon, another frontier town settled largely by Midwestern Quakers.

Q 04/05

Hoover was a member of the first graduating class of which university?

A) University of Chicago

B) Cornell

C) Johns Hopkins

D) Stanford

Answer · why

D) Stanford

He got into the "Pioneer Class" in 1891 despite failing every entrance exam except mathematics.

Q 05/05

Hoover made his fortune in which profession?

A) Railroad lawyer

B) Grain trader

C) Mining engineer

D) Shipbuilder

Answer · why

C) Mining engineer

He earned a reputation as a "doctor of sick mines" and was worth about $4 million by 1914.