From Deseret News archives:

How well do you know the candidates?

Published: Friday, Jan. 4, 2008 12:21 a.m. MST
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 
The presidential race for 2008 officially began yesterday with the Iowa caucuses, which means it's time to get to know the candidates.

Twelve months from now, one of them is going to be your president.

While waiting for the dust from Iowa to settle and the all-important New Hampshire primaries to begin, take this short quiz to assess how well you know the contenders (answers at the end of the column):

1. Name the candidate whose parents were staunch Republicans, who started out as a staunch Republican and is now running as a Democrat.

2. Name the candidate whose parents were staunch Democrats, who started out as a staunch Democrat and is now running as a Republican.

3. Name the candidate who racked up so many demerits at the U.S. Naval Academy he was constantly in jeopardy of being expelled.

4. Name the candidate whose father and grandfather were both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy.

5. Name the candidate who made $8 million-plus in one lawsuit.

6. Name the candidate who was named after a famous mountain climber.

7. Name the candidate who was born and raised in a log cabin.

8. Name the candidate who produced the financing that turned a small stationery shop into the world's largest office products retailer.

9. Name the candidate who currently plays bass guitar in a rock band called "Capitol Offense."

10. Name the candidate who has already been a U.S. president.

11. Name the candidate who grew up in Mexico City and played minor league baseball in America.

12. Name the candidate whose father was associated with the mafia and served time in Sing Sing.

13. Name the candidate who, as U.S. attorney, aggressively and successfully prosecuted the mafia.

14. Name the candidate whose mother was American and father was Kenyan.

15. Name the candidate whose mother was Mexican and father was American.

16. Name the candidate who four years ago weighed over 300 pounds, lost 110 pounds in about a year, and wrote a book about it called "Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork."

17. Name the candidate who was born in Panama.

18. Name the candidate who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

19. Name the candidate whose son won a national essay-writing contest and was honored by then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

20. Name the candidate who was a radio disc jockey before he became an ordained Baptist minister.

21. Name the candidate who took a job in television while he was still a U.S. senator.

The answers:

1. Hillary Clinton.

2. Rudy Giuliani.

3. John McCain.

Recent comments

Nice piece, I knew I liked Lee.

Dave | Jan. 4, 2008 at 12:19 p.m.

Related content
previousnext

Latest comments

watch out for next year for sure, the negatives are just closet (and...

And something else, I generally follow players from the state schools when...

I could care less that Max Hall said what he did. The feeling is mutual BYU...

BYU is champion of the state

Dear Max, probably could have done without that comment. Probably would've...

Hall mouths off about hate of Utah

As a Utah fan, let me first say congratulations to Max Hall, the Cougars, and...

Geno's and Pat's are good.. but, they are mostly for tourists, the real...

Hall mouths off about hate of Utah

(You even got a middle initial... how's that for 'ya Max) It's nice to see...

Air Up There, The

Even today, I still cannot get enough of this movie or Charles Gitonga Maina....

Cougars beat Utes in overtime

...disappointed with Max Hall's comments that he hates everything about UofU....

Over the last few days I read comments of people complaining about tasteless...

Advertisements