Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Rutherford B. Hayes Quiz

1. Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 4, 1822, and became the only president whose election was decided by whom?

Congressional commission

Supreme Court

Voters

Electoral College

Straw poll

2. Hayes was the first president to take the oath of office where?

Hotel

Senate Chamber

U.S. Capitol

His house

White House

3. What was banned in the White House during the Hayes Administration?

Pets

Corn

Alcohol

Tobacco

Music

4. One of the hallmarks of the Hayes Administration was changing how civil-service appointments were made. Hayes wanted them made based on what?

Loyalty

Merit

Last name

Demography

Votes

5. Lucy Webb Hayes was the first president's wife to do what?

Decorated the White House

Get married in the White House

Graduate from college

Cut her own hair

Campaign for office

6. Hayes won his first election to the House of Representatives without ever having to do what?

Run for office

Campaign

Letter writing

Fundraising

Dancing

7. President Hayes was the only U.S. president who fought in the Civil War to have what happen to him?

Wounded

Receive the Medal of Honor

Lose his horse

Get married

Prisoner of war

8. This White House tradition was started in the Hayes administration, presumably because the Hayes had eight children?

Turkey Pardon

Bake Christmas cookies

Easter Egg Roll

Plant a garden

New Year's Day reception

9. Lucy Hayes was the first wife of a U.S. president to be addressed as what?

First Wife

Mother

First Mrs. President

Madam

First Lady

10. Progress in technology at the end of the nineteenth century meant that Hayes was the first president to have what in the White House?

Telegraph

Typewriter

Phonograph

Television

iPad