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Think you know the White House? Take our quiz.

A spring snowstorm covers the North Lawn of the White House on March 25, 2013. (Susan Walsh/AP)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is one of the most famous addresses in the world, but how much do you really know about America's executive mansion and its presidential inhabitants? 

- Correspondent

Question 1 of 24

1. Who was the first president to reside in the White House?

George Washington

 

John Adams

 

Thomas Jefferson

 

James Madison

 

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