Tuesday, January 27, 2009

You won't have this quiz to kick around any more

Inspired by qbqrat's presidential quiz, I decided to make a quiz about vice presidential trivia.
  1. Which three Vice Presidents have been Nobel Peace Prize winners? Al Gore-Srah Two more
  2. Which VP lobbied for his state's official flower to be the prickly pear cactus?
  3. What song accompanies the entrance of a VP? Hail Columbia-Alfie
  4. Which Vice Presidents were never elected to the office? Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller-Srah, Alfie
  5. Which VP has his own Parliament? George Clinton-Srah
  6. Which Vice President shot a guy in the face? Dick Cheney-Srah
  7. Name all the living former Vice Presidents. Cheney, Gore, Quayle, Bush, Mondale-Srah
  8. Which Vice Presidents served under more than two Presidents? George Clinton and John C. Calhoun-Srah
  9. Which VP was an Eagle Scout? Gerald Ford-Alfie
  10. Which alliteratively named VPs hailed from Maine and Minnesota? Hubert Humphrey-Srah One more
  11. Who were the two lady candidates for the office of VP? Geraldine Ferraro, S**** P****-Srah, Alfie
  12. Which VP used a fast food chain's slogan during a presidential bid?
  13. Which VP once stated "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls"? Dan Quayle-Srah
  14. Which Vice President became the namesake for "dividing (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections."?
    Elbridge Gerry-Srah
  15. How awesome is failed VP candidate Theodore Frelinghuysen's campaign poster? Wicked awesome-Srah


Srah: 10 points
Alfie: 5 points (bonus point for Eleanor Roosevelt's height)

9 comments:

srah said...

1. Al Gore and... Dick Cheney. I give up.
3. Happy Birthday To You
4. Gerald Ford and presumably someone else.
5. George Clinton!
6. Dick Cheney!
7. Cheney, Gore, Quayle, Bush, Mondale?
8. George Clinton and John C. Calhoun (thank you)
10. Hubert Humphrey and ?
11. Geraldine Ferraro and I REFUSE TO ANSWER.
12. I don't know, but I hope the slogan was "Time to make the donuts."
14. Elbridge Gerry (or Gerry Mandering)
15. Wicked awesome.
15.

srah said...

3. Brick House

Alfie said...

3. Isn't it called something like "Hail, Columbia?"

Alfie said...

4. Wasn't Nelson Rockefeller chosen or appointed?

Alfie said...

9. Gerald Ford
11. Can I get a point for typing the name "Sarah Palin"?

srah said...

I think you lose all your points when you type S**** P****.

srah said...

Dangit! Jason said I should put Gerald Ford for #9 and I said that if Gerald Ford were an Eagle Scout, I would know it.

srah said...

If #13 isn't Dan Quayle, it should be. And then we should have a quiz where the answer to every question is Dan Quayle.

srah said...

1. VP Mother Teresa