History quiz
Match the vice president to the president
Twelve vice presidents on the left, twelve presidents on the right. Join each vice president to the president they served under.
- Format
- Join the pairs
- Items
- 12 pairs
- Limit
- 2:30
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Pairs
- 12 of 50, drawn fresh each round
- Time limit
- 2:30
- A wrong join
- Is shown and counted; the clock is the only limit
- Pick a button in either column, then its partner in the other.
- Changed your mind? Tap the picked button again to put it down, or pick another in the same column.
- Keyboard: the arrow keys walk the columns and Enter picks.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Join each vice president to their president. The two columns appear when you start.
About this quiz
A matching round over every vice president since 1789. George Clinton and John C. Calhoun, who served under two presidents, are matched with the first.
- Fifteen vice presidents went on to be president themselves, so some names can appear on either side.
- When two presidents in a round have the same name on the right, either copy joins.
- A wrong join is shown and counted, and the round goes on.
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 vice president appears once, with the first president they served under. Vice presidents are named as in Ribbia's us-vice-presidents quiz.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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