Q 01/05

Theodore Roosevelt was which number president of the United States?

A) 24th

B) 25th

C) 26th

D) 27th

Answer · why

C) 26th

He served from 1901 to 1909, first as McKinley's successor and then in his own right.

Q 02/05

How old was Roosevelt when he became president, making him the youngest person ever to hold the office?

A) 42

B) 44

C) 46

D) 48

Answer · why

A) 42

John F. Kennedy, at 43, remains the youngest person elected to it.

Q 03/05

Roosevelt became president after the assassination of which predecessor?

A) William McKinley

B) James Garfield

C) Grover Cleveland

D) Benjamin Harrison

Answer · why

A) William McKinley

He had been vice president for only six months, and was sworn in at the Ansley Wilcox House in Buffalo.

Q 04/05

Which chronic illness plagued Roosevelt as a child and terrified his parents?

A) Asthma

B) Epilepsy

C) Polio

D) Tuberculosis

Answer · why

A) Asthma

A family hike in the Alps in 1869 convinced him that hard exercise helped, the seed of what he later called "the strenuous life".

Q 05/05

Roosevelt was born in 1858 in which US state?

A) Massachusetts

B) Pennsylvania

C) Connecticut

D) New York

Answer · why

D) New York

The family home was at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan.