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1) Which president was the inspiration for the character of President Josiah Bartlett on The West Wing?
a) Jimmy Carter
b) Bill Clinton
c) John F. Kennedy
d) Richard Nixon
2) Which SNL cast member has made the most appearances on the show as Barack Obama?
a) Jay Pharoah
b) Jason Sudeikis
c) Dane Cook
d) Fred Armisen
3) Which presidential candidate’s campaign song was written specially for him by a Broadway composer and lyricist?
a) Harry Truman
b) Sky Masterson
c) Dwight Eisenhower
d) John F. Kennedy
4) Which two actors have played a president and a White House chief of staff in two separate movies (Hint: One portrayed a real president and the other portrayed a fictional president)?
a) Morgan Freeman and Kevin Klein
b) Bill Pullman and Michael Keaton
c) Frank Langella and Martin Sheen
d) Kal Penn and John Cho
5) Which band’s songs were removed from many country music stations’ playlists after they criticized President George W. Bush during a concert in London?
a) The Dixie Chicks
b) The Highwaymen
c) Sugarland
d) Lady Antebellum
6) Which SNL cast member uttered the famous line, “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy” while playing Michael Dukakis in a presidential debate parody?
a) Jon Lovitz
b) Phil Hartman
c) Chevy Chase
d) Bill Murray
7) Which president, when told by his press secretary not to schedule a speech during the hour that the popular television show Bonanza was on, replied, “What’s Bonanza?”
a) Lyndon Johnson
b) Richard Nixon
c) Dwight Eisenhower
d) Harry Truman
8) Which one of the following bands or recording artists does Paul Ryan have on his IPod?
a) The New Main Street Singers
b) Carly Rae Jepsen
c) Arcade Fire
d) Led Zeppelin
9) Which famous poet, short story writer, and screenwriter acidly remarked when told that President Calvin Coolidge had died, “How can they tell?”
a) William Faulkner
b) Mary McCarthy
c) Red Buttons
d) Dorothy Parker
10) Which former presidential candidate stopped Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) in mid-sentence during an episode of 30 Rock to say, “Quiet, a whale is in trouble. I have to go.”
a) Bill Bradley
b) Al Gore
c) Hillary Clinton
d) Joe Biden
11) Which president once had Lauren Bacall jump on top of a piano he was playing at the time?
a) Harry Truman
b) Richard Nixon
c) Lyndon Johnson
d) Warren Harding
12) Which popular band during the 1980s and 1990s initially refused to give permission to Bill Clinton use one of its hit songs as his campaign song in 1992?
a) Fleetwood Mac
b) Genesis
c) Pink Floyd
d) The Eagles
13) Which former president first moved in across the street from The Simpsons and then sparked a feud with Homer that eventually ended with the former president apologizing to Homer in front of Mikhail Gorbachev?
a) Bill Clinton
b) William Howard Taft
c) Ronald Reagan
d) George H.W. Bush
14) Which SNL cast member uttered the line, “It was my understanding that there would be no math in the debates” while playing President Gerald Ford in an SNL debate skit?
a) Chevy Chase
b) John Belushi
c) Dan Aykroyd
d) Billy Crystal
15) With which late night host has Barack Obama “slow jammed the news”?
a) Jimmy Kimmel
b) Conan O’Brien
c) Craig Ferguson
d) Jimmy Fallon
16) Which brother of a president was depicted in a short-lived animated series on Comedy Central as a boy who acted (and was treated by his parents) like a dog?
a) Jeb Bush
b) Billy Carter
c) Roger Clinton
d) Peter Brady
17) In the Seinfeld episode entitled “The Boyfriend,” Jerry and Kramer visit Michael and Carol’s apartment to view their new baby. When Carol asks Kramer, “So, who do you think she looks like?” Kramer responds with the name of which president?
a) Martin Van Buren
b) Teddy Roosevelt
c) Lyndon Johnson
d) Dwight Eisenhower
18) Which movie parody of a presidential scandal starred a then teenage actress who went on to work with Julia Roberts, Jim Carrey, Toby Maguire, Judy Davis, and Kate Winslet?
a) Dave
b) Dick
c) Johnny Belinda
d) Bulworth
19) Which president was not mentioned in the lyrics to Billy Joel’s hit song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”?
a) Bill Clinton
b) John F. Kennedy
c) Richard Nixon
d) Dwight Eisenhower
20) Which two candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992 had once dated celebrities?
a) Bill Clinton and Paul Tsongas
b) Bob Kerry and Tom Harkin
c) Tom Harkin and Jerry Brown
d) Jerry Brown and Bob Kerry
21) Which Oscar nominated film about a presidential assassination was rarely seen either on television or in theaters for 16 years after its release?
a) The Parallax View
b) In the Line of Fire
c) Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
d) The Manchurian Candidate
22) Which president was photographed trying to beat off with a canoe paddle a rabbit that bore a striking resemblance to the “Killer Rabbit” (The Rabbit of Caerbannog) that inflicted so much carnage on the Knights of the Roundtable in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
a) George W. Bush
b) George H.W. Bush
c) Jimmy Carter
d) Lyndon Johnson
23) Which SNL cast member, while playing a vice presidential running mate, was pushed out of a moving car by Dana Carvey (Who was playing Ross Perot) in an SNL skit?
a) Phil Hartman
b) Dana Carvey
c) Billy Crystal
d) Bob Bondurant
24) Which vice president broke an ashtray with a hammer during an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman?
a) Alben Barkley
b) Walter Mondale
c) Al Gore
d) George H. W. Bush
25) Which actor has played an accountant for both a fictional president and a fictional mob boss?
a) Dustin Hoffman
b) Kathleen Turner
c) Charles Grodin
d) Rick Moranis
Answers
Published: October 22nd 2012