FEBRUARY INFOQUEST – LEVEL THREE
Grades 5 - 6

1.

 We honor two presidents’ birthdays in the month of February: Washington’s birthday (February 22nd) and Lincoln’s birthday (February 12th).

2.


 The president’s family is called the First Family and his wife is called the First Lady. The First Family lives in the White House located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia). The White House was completed in the year 1800.
3.

 The president’s airplane is called Air Force One. It has an office, a shower and a dining room big enough for 100 people. It can refuel in flight. The presidential helicopter is called Marine One.
4.

 A president’s term in office is four years. A president running for reelection is called the incumbent. A president-elect has yet to take office. A president who will soon be leaving office is called a “lame duck.”
5.


 Mount Rushmore is a mountain is South Dakota, U.S.A. It is a national memorial carved with the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.
6.

 Theodore Roosevelt was the 20th president of the United States. His nickname was Teddy. Roosevelt had the teddy bear named for him after he spared the life of a bear cub during a hunting trip.
7.
 The presidential retreat in Maryland is called Camp David. It was originally called Shangri-La.
8.


 The U.S. Mint produces coins for our currency. Abraham Lincoln is pictured on the penny, Thomas Jefferson on the nickel, Franklin D. Roosevelt on the dime, George Washington on the quarter, and John F. Kennedy is on the half dollar. Susan B. Anthony is on the silver dollar.
9.





 George Washington is pictured on the one-dollar bill. Thomas Jefferson is pictured on the two-dollar bill.
Abraham Lincoln is pictured on the five-dollar bill. The Lincoln Memorial is on the back of the bill. It is a monument in Washington that shows an American president sitting in a huge armchair. Alexander Hamilton is pictured on the ten-dollar bill. He was the secretary of treasury for George Washington. Andrew Jackson is pictured on the twenty-dollar bill. The White House is on the back of the bill. Ulysses S. Grant is pictured on the fifty-dollar bill.
10.


 John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United
States. He was assassinated in 1963. The JFK airport in
New York is named after him.
11. Name the first three presidents of the United States.
12. CAN YOU NAME 18 U.S. PRESIDENTS??

 

THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS
1. GEORGE WASHINGTON 23. BENJAMIN HARRISON
2. JOHN ADAMS 24. GROVER CLEVELAND
3. THOMAS JEFFERSON 25. WILLIAM McKINLEY
4. JAMES MADISON 26. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
5. JAMES MONROE 27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 28. WOODROW WILSON
7. ANDREW JACKSON 29. WARREN G. HARDING
8. MARTIN VAN BUREN 30. CALVIN COOLIDGE
9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON 31. HERBERT HOOVER
10. JOHN TYLER 32. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
11. JAMES KNOX POLK 33. HARRY S. TRUMAN
12. ZACHARY TAYLOR 34. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
13. MILLARD FILLMORE 35. JOHN F. KENNEDY
14. FRANKLIN PIERCE 36. LYNDON B. JOHNSON
15. JAMES BUCHANAN 37. RICHARD M. NIXON
16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 38. GERALD R. FORD
17. ANDREW JOHNSON 39. JIMMY CARTER
18. ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT 40. RONALD W. REAGAN
19. RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD JAYES 41. GEORGE H.W. BUSH
20. JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD 42. BILL CLINTON
21. CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR 43. GEORGE W. BUSH
22. GROVER CLEVELAND