Trivia Questions About Abe Lincoln

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To which state did the Lincoln family move in 1816?

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These trivia questions about Abe Lincoln follow his life in four rounds: Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois; lawyer and politician; president in wartime; and his words, his last days and how he is remembered.

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Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois is the boyhood and the young man. Lawyer and politician runs from the Illinois legislature to the nomination of 1860. President in wartime asks about the laws he signed and the people around him. Words, last days and memory has the speeches and April 1865.

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What are some easy trivia questions about Abraham Lincoln?

Which number president was he? Whom did he marry in 1842? On which coin does his portrait appear? The answers are the 16th, Mary Todd and the penny.

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When and where was Abraham Lincoln born?

On February 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Kentucky. His family moved to Indiana in 1816 and he later settled in Illinois.

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Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article Abraham Lincoln, which every question links. The pack asks dates, places, offices and laws; it gives no casualty figures and no opinion on his policies.

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Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois 10

In which war of 1832 did Lincoln serve as a captain in the Illinois militia? Answer: The Black Hawk War. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln became a lawyer and a legislator. How did he get his education? Answer: He was self-educated. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was raised on Knob Creek Farm and which other farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky? Answer: Sinking Spring Farm. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
On which date was Abraham Lincoln born? Answer: February 12, 1809. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
To which city did Lincoln travel by flatboat as a young man, carrying goods down the Mississippi? Answer: New Orleans. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
To which Illinois village did Lincoln move as a young man? Answer: New Salem. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
To which state did the Lincoln family move in 1816? Answer: Indiana. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
What were the names of Lincoln's parents? Answer: Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which post did Lincoln hold in New Salem before he became county surveyor? Answer: Postmaster. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Who was Lincoln's stepmother, to whom he became close? Answer: Sarah Bush Johnston. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln

Lawyer and politician 15

After he was admitted to the bar in 1836, to which city did Lincoln move to practice law? Answer: Springfield. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Against which senator did Lincoln hold a famous series of debates in 1858? Answer: Stephen A. Douglas. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
By what name did Lincoln's supporters promote him in the campaign of 1860? Answer: The Rail Candidate. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
How many Lincoln–Douglas debates were there? Answer: Seven. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
How many sons did Abraham and Mary Lincoln have? Answer: Four. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
In 1858 Lincoln said that "a house divided against itself cannot stand." On what occasion did he give that speech? Answer: After his nomination for the Senate. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
In which chamber of Congress did Lincoln serve from 1847 to 1849? Answer: The House of Representatives. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
In which city did the Republican convention nominate Lincoln for president in 1860? Answer: Chicago. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln is the only president to hold a patent. What was his device meant to do? Answer: Move boats in shallow water. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln ran in 1834 as a supporter of Henry Clay, the leader of which party? Answer: The Whig Party. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln sat in the Illinois state legislature from which year until 1842? Answer: 1834. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
On which ballot did Lincoln win the Republican nomination in 1860? Answer: The third. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Under which lawyer, a cousin of Mary Todd, did Lincoln begin to practice law? Answer: John T. Stuart. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which of Lincoln's sons was the only one to live to adulthood? Answer: Robert. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Whom did Lincoln marry in 1842? Answer: Mary Todd. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln

President in wartime 14

Abraham Lincoln was which president of the United States by number? Answer: The 16th. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
How many appointments did Lincoln make to the Supreme Court? Answer: Five. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln promoted the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. What did it abolish? Answer: Slavery. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the first president from which party? Answer: The Republican Party. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
On which date did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Answer: January 1, 1863. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Salmon P. Chase, whom Lincoln later named to the Supreme Court, had held which post in his cabinet? Answer: Secretary of the Treasury. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which act signed by Lincoln gave land grants for agricultural colleges in each state? Answer: The Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which acts signed by Lincoln gave federal support for building the first transcontinental railroad? Answer: The Pacific Railway Acts. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which affair with Britain did Lincoln defuse, averting a war? Answer: The Trent Affair. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which holiday did Lincoln proclaim as a national day in 1863, on the last Thursday of November? Answer: Thanksgiving. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Who served as Lincoln's Secretary of State? Answer: William H. Seward. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Who was Lincoln's first vice president? Answer: Hannibal Hamlin. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Whom did Lincoln defeat in the election of 1864? Answer: George B. McClellan. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Whom did the Republican Party select as Lincoln's running mate in 1864? Answer: Andrew Johnson. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln

Words, last days and memory 11

A letter from which 11-year-old girl is said to have prompted Lincoln to grow his beard? Answer: Grace Bedell. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
In which house across the street from the theater did Lincoln die? Answer: The Petersen House. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
In which Pennsylvania town did Lincoln give his most famous address, on November 19, 1863? Answer: Gettysburg. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln is buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery. In which city is it? Answer: Springfield. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's second inaugural address is inscribed in which monument? Answer: The Lincoln Memorial. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
On which bill does Lincoln's portrait appear? Answer: The five-dollar bill. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
On which date did Abraham Lincoln die? Answer: April 15, 1865. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
On which US coin does Lincoln's portrait appear? Answer: The penny. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which nickname honors Lincoln's reputation for truthfulness? Answer: Honest Abe. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which play was Lincoln watching on the night of April 14, 1865? Answer: Our American Cousin. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Which words begin the closing passage of Lincoln's second inaugural address? Answer: With malice toward none. Source: Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln

How this list was compiled

Written for this site; nothing was copied from another list. Questions and wrong choices are our own. Each explanation restates, in our own sentences, a fact from the English Wikipedia article named and linked beside the question (https://en.wikipedia.org, text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license): Abraham Lincoln. The text of each article was fetched on October 2, 2026, and on October 3, 2026 the passage that states each fact was read in it before the question was kept. The pack keeps to dates, places, offices, laws and documents. Left out on purpose: casualty figures, medical speculation about Lincoln and his family, rankings of presidents, and any opinion on a policy. His death is asked plainly, as a date and a place. Levels are our estimate: easy is fair for any table, medium suits people who know the subject, hard will stump most tables. Each question also carries the date its article was read (checkedOn). Licence: own work