Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - History Quiz: The White House

1. The cornerstone was laid for the White House on October 13, 1792, who is the only president not to have lived there?

Adams

Jefferson

Lincoln

Washington

Taft

2. French architect Charles L'Enfant designed the District of Columbia. Who designed the neoclassical White House?

Hoban

Mead

L'Enfant

Pritzker

Pei

3. Which two states ceded landed to create the District of Columbia?

Maryland and Delaware

Maryland and North Carolina

Virginia and Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania and Maryland

Maryland and Virginia

4. The White House was burned down during what war?

War of 1812

Revolutionary War

French and Indian War

King Phillip's War

Vietnam War

5. What made the White House white in the 1790s?

Chalk

Lead

Lime-based whitewash

Powder

Zinc

6. Who constructed the West Wing?

Franklin Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Jackson

James Madison

7. Of the many iconic spaces in the White House, many are newer than we think, under what presidency was the Oval Office constructed?

Taft

Arthur

Kennedy

Nixon

Eisenhower

8. The White House used to be known as what?

Executive Mansion

Executive House

Blue House

Brick House

9. How much paint does the White House require to keep it its pristine white?

400 galloons

4000 galloons

5700 gallons

570 gallons

12000 galloons

10. The place of many presidential firsts, in what year was electricity installed in the White House?

1891

1850

1812

1905

1930