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Presidential Food Trivia Quiz

An August 29th US News and World Report article cited which of these hearty dishes as Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's favorite meal?

• Moose pot pie
• Elk burgers
• Caribou stew
• Moose stew

Which US president claimed to be able to assess colleagues' character traits from the way they selected jelly beans from the jar on his desk?

• Lyndon Johnson
• Bill Clinton
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Ronald Reagan

Mary Todd Lincoln, concerned about her husband's health and gaunt frame, found that he'd eat multiple helpings of which dish, a childhood favorite?

• Venison stew
• Turkey and stuffing
• Fricaseed chicken
• Apple pandowdy

A longstanding Washington D.C. rule makes it illegal for residents of the White House to run a barbecue smoker.

• True
• False

During which president's term was the White House Easter Egg Roll established?

• James K. Polk
• Calvin Coolidge
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• John F. Kennedy

Which president was the first to establish a French chef in the White House kitchen?

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Franklin Pierce
• Banjamin Harrison

Which vegetable was banned from meals on Air Force One and at the White House during George H. W. Bush's presidency?

• Broccoli
• Lima Beans
• Okra
• Brussels sprouts

George W. Bush's tenure as president nearly came to an untimely end due to his choking on what snack food?

• Potato chip
• Dorito
• Pretzel
• Peanut

Millard Filmore caused an uproar in the White House's kitchen when he became the first president to install which now common appliance?

• Refrigerator
• Cooking stove
• Dishwasher
• Toaster

William Howard Taft loved which dish so much, he brought a chef to the White House for the sole purpose of its preparation?

• Brains and eggs
• Steak and kidney pie
• Turtle soup
• Spaghetti and meatballs

James Garfield was a particular fan of what down-home soup ingredient?

• Alligator
• Tripe
• Squirrel
• Blood sausage

Which president picked prune whip as his most favored dessert?

• Lyndon Johnson
• Woodrow Wilson
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Franklin Roosevelt

Which president and son of a Vermont cheese maker kept a private stash of Swiss cheese to make sandwiches for himself and his Secret Service detail?

• Calvin Coolidge
• James K. Polk
• Grover Cleveland
• Herbert Hoover

Cheshire, Massachusetts pooled the milk of every cow in town to present a mammoth wheel of cheese to which president?

• John Quincy Adams
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• Zachary Taylor

The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese was not the last giant hunk of fromage to make its way to the White House. Which president was gifted with a 1,400 pound cheddar by an Oswego, NY farmer?

• Andrew Johnson
• Andrew Jackson
• James Buchanan
• John Tyler

Prior to his heart surgery, Bill Clinton was known to favor which fast food staple?

• Whopper with Cheese
• Big Mac
• KFC Extra Crispy Chicken
• In-N-Out Burger

Continuing the long tradition of gentleman farmers in the Oval Office, what was Jimmy Carter's cash crop?

• Corn
• Cotton
• Tobacco
• Peanuts

Not much is known about George Washington's first state dinner, but which of these dishes was reported to have made it onto the menu?

• Head cheese
• Boiled leg of mutton
• Oyster stew
• Cornish game hen

Which president claimed tuna-noodle casserole, meat loaf and Ozark pudding as his most favored comfort foods?

• Woodrow Wilson
• Herbert Hoover
• Harry S. Truman
• Lyndon Johnson

Which of these dishes has First Lady Laura Bush claimed to be her family's favorite?

• Fried chicken
• Chili con carne
• Enchiladas
• Tacos

Richard Nixon's go-to comfort food was an odd combination of which two ingredients?

• Ketchup and cottage cheese
• Marshmallow fluff and grape jelly
• Mashed potatoes and maple syrup
• Cold cereal and orange juice