History quiz
US presidents: mystery order
Ten of the 45 presidents are dealt one at a time. Put each into a slot so that the ten end up in the order they first took office.
- Format
- Put them in order
- Items
- 10 to sort
- Limit
- None
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Entries
- 10 of 45, drawn fresh each round
- Sort by
- Took office
- Time limit
- None
- Fair play
- Range shown, one move, no sudden death
- Entries arrive one at a time. Put each into the slot it will hold in the final order, without seeing what is still to come.
- The first and last value of the set are shown from the start. Once per game you may move a placed entry or swap two.
- Nothing ends the game early: it is marked like any order quiz when every slot is full. Keys 1 to 9 and 0 pick a slot.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
About this quiz
A placing game over all 45 presidents. The earliest and latest of the ten are shown from the start, and one placed president may be moved once.
- The first round of each day is the same for everyone; replays deal a fresh ten.
- A president who served twice, Cleveland or Trump, is placed by the first time he took office.
- The game always runs to the end and is marked by the longest run in the right order.
Sources
- [1]US House of Representatives, Office of the Historian. Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Coinciding Sessions of Congress.
Note on the data. Presidencies, vice presidents and dates of service follow the House of Representatives' table of presidents, vice presidents and coinciding sessions of Congress, read on 3 October 2026. Each president is dated by the day he first took office. Names and accepted short forms are those of Ribbia's us-presidents quiz.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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