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AllPolitics Quiz Contest, July 19, 1996

- THE ANSWER -

1.True or False: The House passed a GOP-backed welfare bill July 18 along strict partisan lines.

  • True
  • False
    (30 Democrats voted for it.)

2. Which of the following presidents did Pat Buchanan NOT serve?

  • Richard Nixon
  • Gerald Ford
  • Ronald Reagan
  • He worked for all of them
  • He only worked for Nixon

3. How many electoral votes did Ross Perot win in 1992?

  • 78
  • 54
  • 32
  • 102
  • None of the above
    (He didn't win any).

4. Which of the following is not true of Bob Dole's Senate record?

  • He voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

  • In 1965, he voted against the creation of Medicare.
  • In 1964, he voted against the Gulf of Tonkin resolution
  • authorizing U.S. retaliation against North Vietnam.
  • In 1981, he voted to add $648 million for food stamps.
  • None of the Above

5. Prior to winning his Senate seat, how many years did Bob Dole spend in the House of Representatives?

  • None

  • 4
  • 8
  • 12

6. Who is credited with saying: "I was a kid in the 1970s. Did I smoke a joint from time to time? Of course I did. The FBI knows that. That doesn't disqualify me from serving here."

  • House Speaker Newt Gingrich

  • Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.)
  • Former vice president Dan Quayle
  • White House press secretary Mike McCurry
  • The late GOP strategist Lee Atwater
  • Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg

7. Who was the Libertarian presidential candidate in 1980?

  • David Koch

  • Ed Clark
  • Ron Paul
  • Andre Marrou
  • Lyndon LaRouche
  • None of the Above


Unfortunately, no one answered all questions correctly, as needed to win the prize. So -- we will have another contest for the TIME Magazine subscription on Wednesday. Tune in around noon!!


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