What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies? TRIVIA CARDS Print, cut out, and fold these trivia cards to quiz your friends or yourself about first ladies! WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 1 WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 2 Which first lady was also What did Dolley Madison the first second lady (Vice famously rescue from the President’s wife)? White House during the War of 1812? a) Martha Washington a) Painting of George b) Eleanor Roosevelt Washington c) Abigail Adams b) The Declaration of Independence d) Dolley Madison c) The Constitution d) All of the Above Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 3 WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 4 Who was the first lady What was NOT allowed in during World War I? Sarah Polk’s White a) Eleanor Roosevelt House? b) Edith Wilson a) Drinking c) Nellie Taft b) Dancing d) Lady Bird Johnson c) Dogs d) Spinach Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner ANSWERS: 1) c, 2) a, 3) b, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d, 7) c, 8) a, 9) b, 10) c, 11) b, 12) d What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies? TRIVIA CARDS Print, cut out, and fold these trivia cards to quiz your friends or yourself about first ladies! WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 5 WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 6 What was Dolley Who was the first first Madison’s favorite flavor lady to give birth at the of ice cream? White House? a) Chocolate a) Martha Washington b) Pistachio b) Louisa Adams c) Oyster c) Bess Truman d) Black pepper d) Frances Cleveland Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 7 WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 8 Which of the following is Which of the following NOT in the White House? White House pets a) Bowling alley belonged to Grace Coolidge? b) Movie theater a) Raccoon named Rebecca c) Mini-golf course b) Dog named Millie d) Swimming pool c) Flock of sheep d) A panda Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner ANSWERS: 1) c, 2) a, 3) b, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d, 7) c, 8) a, 9) b, 10) c, 11) b, 12) d What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies? TRIVIA CARDS Print, cut out, and fold these trivia cards to quiz your friends or yourself about first ladies! WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 9 WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 10 Which first lady served as What color did Mamie president of the Girl Eisenhower decorate her Scouts? private rooms entirely in? a) Carrie Harrison a) White b) Lou Hoover b) Blue c) Jackie Kennedy c) Pink d) Abigail Adams d) Gold Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 11 WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 12 How many candles were at 12. Which President’s wife Julia Tyler’s Grand Finale had her daughter serve as Ball? first lady instead of a) 200,000 herself? b) 1,000 a) Martha Jefferson c) 3,000 b) Abigail Fillmore d) None c) Eliza Johnson d) All of the above Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner Ruby Shamir ★ Matt Faulkner ANSWERS: 1) c, 2) a, 3) b, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d, 7) c, 8) a, 9) b, 10) c, 11) b, 12) d What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies? TIMELINE 1939: ___________ 1974: ___________ was diagnosed with breast 1995: ___________ gave a speech in made sure that Marian cancer and bravely talked about it, inspiring China where she said the famous line, Anderson got to sing at women to get examined by doctors “…human rights are women’s rights and the Lincoln Memorial women’s rights are human rights” 1789: __________ became America’s very first first lady 2009: __________ planted a vegetable garden on the White House South Lawn 1969: ___________ started 1985: ___________ visited with 1814: __________ saved a famous painting a children’s garden on the the pope about helping people of George Washington when the British White House grounds who were addicted to drugs that set fire to the White House would harm people’s bodies 1800: __________ 1893: __________ moved 1961: ___________ helped 1979: ___________ spoke in became the first back into the White House turn the White House into front of Congress so that they first lady to live in with her daughter, whose a living museum of the would make a law helping the White House nickname was Baby Ruth presidency people with mental illnesses 2007: ___________ famously rode a camel on a trip to Jordan 1918: ___________ kept sheep on the White House lawn and sold their wool to raise money for the 1990: ___________ visited Red Cross Saudi Arabia and ate two 1860: ___________ met Thanksgiving dinners with Elizabeth Keckley, a former troops during the Gulf War slave who became her seamstress and good friend 1972: ___________ took a historic trip to Faulkner © Matt Art China and inspired the Chinese leaders to donate two panda bears to the National Zoo What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies? TIMELINE ANSWERS For those answers you couldn’t find in What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies? check out the links below for more information and fun facts! 1789: Martha Washington 1800: Abigail Adams 1814: Dolley Madison 1860: Mary Todd Lincoln http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-of-elizabeth-keckley-former-slave-turned-mrs-lincolns-dressmaker-41112782/?no-ist 1893: Frances Cleveland 1918: Edith Wilson http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/05/18/98264808.html?pageNumber=8 1939: Eleanor Roosevelt http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/eleanor-anderson/ 1961: Jacqueline Kennedy https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/The-White-House-Restoration.aspx 1969: Lady Bird Johnson https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/history/grounds/garden/ 1972: Patricia Nixon 1974: Betty Ford 1979: Rosalynn Carter http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=40 1985: Nancy Reagan http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/05/world/nancy-reagan-and-pope-discuss-war-on-narcotics.html 1990: Barbara Bush 1995: Hillary Clinton 2007: Laura Bush 2009: Michelle Obama Art © Matt Faulkner © Matt Art.