George H. W. Bush - Quiz
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  • 1. Who came to power in the Soviet Union in 1985?
A) George H. W. Bush
B) Ronald Reagan
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Lawrence Walsh
  • 2. What was the name of Gorbachev's economic and political restructuring reform?
A) Perestroika
B) Contra
C) Intermediate-Range
D) Glasnost
  • 3. What treaty did Reagan and Gorbachev sign at the 1987 Washington Summit?
A) Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
B) Iran-Iraq Peace Treaty
C) Nicaragua Openness Treaty
D) Washington Restructuring Pact
  • 4. On July 13, 1985, why did Bush serve as acting president?
A) Reagan underwent surgery
B) A Soviet summit
C) The Iran-Contra scandal
D) Reagan was out of the country
  • 5. Approximately how long did Bush serve as acting president in 1985?
A) One week
B) Two days
C) Eight hours
D) Twelve hours
  • 6. What were the proceeds from the Iranian weapon sales used to fund?
A) Contra rebels
B) The USS Vincennes
C) The Soviet government
D) The Tower Commission
  • 7. What phrase did Bush use to describe his knowledge of the Iran-Contra affair?
A) Strictly confidential
B) Out of the loop
C) In the dark
D) Acting president
  • 8. Who was appointed as the special prosecutor for the Iran-Contra scandal?
A) George Shultz
B) Jon Meacham
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Lawrence Walsh
  • 9. What group was established by Congress to investigate the Iran-Contra scandal?
A) United Nations Council
B) Washington Summit Committee
C) Tower Commission
D) Sandinista Panel
  • 10. What happened to Iran Air Flight 655 on July 3, 1988?
A) It landed in Nicaragua
B) It carried weapons to Iraq
C) It was hijacked
D) It was shot down
  • 11. Where did Bush defend the U.S. action regarding the USS Vincennes?
A) The Tower Commission
B) The White House
C) United Nations
D) The Washington Summit
  • 12. According to Jon Meacham, what was Bush definitely aware of regarding the Iran-Contra affair?
A) Funding the Sandinistas
B) The glasnost reforms
C) Trading arms for hostages
D) The surgery of Ronald Reagan
  • 13. What reform was known as 'openness'?
A) Contra
B) Perestroika
C) Glasnost
D) Intermediate-Range
  • 14. How many passengers were killed when Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down?
A) 290
B) 8
C) 150
D) 300
  • 15. Who did President Ford ultimately choose as his vice president after considering George H. W. Bush?
A) Nelson Rockefeller
B) Bob Dole
C) Jimmy Carter
D) Donald Rumsfeld
  • 16. In what year did President Ford appoint Bush as the director of central intelligence?
A) 1977
B) 1975
C) 1976
D) 1974
  • 17. What was a primary goal for Bush when he took over the CIA?
A) Expanding covert operations in Asia
B) Restoring the agency's morale and reputation
C) Reducing the agency's budget
D) Closing down the CIA headquarters
  • 18. Whom did Ford choose as his running mate for the 1976 election instead of Bush?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) Bob Dole
C) Nelson Rockefeller
D) Howard Baker
  • 19. On what date did Bush step down as Director of Central Intelligence?
A) January 20, 1976
B) November 5, 1976
C) January 20, 1977
D) January 1, 1977
  • 20. Which university did Bush serve as a part-time professor at after the 1976 election?
A) Yale University
B) Harvard University
C) University of Texas
D) Rice University
  • 21. What phrase did Bush use to describe the momentum of his campaign after winning the Iowa caucuses?
A) The Big Mo
B) Victory tide
C) Full steam ahead
D) The winning streak
  • 22. How many visits did Bush make to Iowa to focus on winning the caucuses?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 52
D) 31
  • 23. What did the Reagan campaign accuse Bush of being after the Iowa caucuses?
A) A radical liberal
B) An elitist not committed to conservatism
C) A socialist sympathizer
D) Too young to lead
  • 24. Who organized the two-person debate that Bush and Reagan agreed to before the New Hampshire primary?
A) The Republican National Committee
B) The League of Women Voters
C) The Nashua Telegraph
D) The New York Times
  • 25. Why did Bush refuse to speak during the debate in New Hampshire?
A) Other candidates were present on stage
B) He was protesting the debate format
C) The microphone was broken
D) He disagreed with the moderator
  • 26. What term did Bush use to label Reagan's supply-side tax cut plans?
A) Voodoo economics
B) Reckless spending
C) Fairy tale fiscal policy
D) The great deficit gamble
  • 27. What did Bush fear would happen if tax reductions were too dramatic?
A) Deficits and inflation
B) Massive military spending cuts
C) Lower employment rates
D) Economic collapse of the banks
  • 28. Which international event took place during the 1980 campaign and involved 52 hostages?
A) The Iran hostage crisis
B) The Soviet-Afghan War
C) The Cold War escalation
D) The fall of the Berlin Wall
  • 29. In what year did Bush run for the United States House of Representatives?
A) 1970
B) 1972
C) 1966
D) 1968
  • 30. Who was Bush's Democratic opponent in the 1966 congressional race?
A) Lloyd Bentsen
B) Ralph Yarborough
C) Hubert Humphrey
D) Frank Briscoe
  • 31. What percentage of the vote did Bush receive in his 1966 House election victory?
A) 57%
B) 46%
C) 54%
D) 42%
  • 32. On which of these issues did Bush break with his fellow Republicans?
A) Birth control
B) State of the Union response
C) Vietnam policy
D) Fiscal responsibility
  • 33. Who did Bush endorse in the 1968 Republican presidential primaries?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Hubert Humphrey
C) Spiro Agnew
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 34. Who was chosen as Richard Nixon's running mate in 1968 instead of Bush?
A) Gerald Ford
B) Spiro Agnew
C) Lloyd Bentsen
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 35. In the 1970 Senate election, who defeated Bush?
A) Hubert Humphrey
B) Frank Briscoe
C) Ralph Yarborough
D) Lloyd Bentsen
  • 36. Which UN resolution resulted in the People's Republic of China replacing the Republic of China?
A) Resolution 2758
B) Resolution 2020
C) Resolution 1971
D) Resolution 105
  • 37. During the 1971 crisis in Pakistan, which country did Bush support at the UN?
A) Pakistan
B) China
C) India
D) Soviet Union
  • 38. Who did Bush visit in 1972 to discuss the bombing of Vietnamese hydrological infrastructure?
A) Kurt Waldheim
B) Hubert Humphrey
C) Yahya Khan
D) Richard Nixon
  • 39. What was Bush's primary occupation during the Second World War?
A) Fighter pilot
B) Infantry soldier
C) Naval intelligence
D) Logistics officer
  • 40. What focus did Bush have in his portion of the 1968 Republican response to the State of the Union?
A) Fiscal responsibility
B) Vietnam war strategy
C) Foreign policy
D) Civil rights
  • 41. Which event motivated Bush to enter politics in Texas?
A) The defeat of Barry Goldwater.
B) The resignation of the governor of Texas.
C) John G. Tower's victory in a 1961 special Senate election.
D) The creation of the John Birch Society.
  • 42. What political group did Bush hope to prevent from coming to power in Texas?
A) The Socialist Party.
B) The John Birch Society.
C) The Democratic Party leadership.
D) The Liberal Republican wing.
  • 43. In what year did Bush win the chairmanship of the Harris County Republican Party?
A) 1964
B) 1960
C) 1963
D) 1961
  • 44. Which candidate did Bush support in the 1964 Republican presidential primaries?
A) Nelson Rockefeller.
B) Ralph W. Yarborough.
C) John G. Tower.
D) Barry Goldwater.
  • 45. Who did Bush defeat in the 1964 Republican primary run-off for the Senate?
A) John G. Tower.
B) Ralph W. Yarborough.
C) Jack Cox.
D) Barry Goldwater.
  • 46. Which liberal Democrat did Bush seek to unseat in the 1964 U.S. Senate election?
A) John G. Tower.
B) Ralph W. Yarborough.
C) Jack Cox.
D) Barry Goldwater.
  • 47. How did The New York Times describe Bush after his 1964 Senate loss?
A) A candidate who lacked personal appeal.
B) A polarizing figure within his own party.
C) The Republicans' best prospect in Texas.
D) A failed politician with no future.
  • 48. When did George H. W. Bush first meet Barbara Pierce?
A) December 1946
B) December 1941
C) December 1943
D) January 1945
  • 49. Where did George H. W. Bush and Barbara Pierce get married?
A) Midland, Texas
B) Greenwich, Connecticut
C) Rye, New York
D) Houston, Texas
  • 50. How many children did George H. W. Bush and Barbara have?
A) Seven
B) Five
C) Six
D) Four
  • 51. Which of the Bush children died of leukemia in 1953?
A) Robin
B) George W.
C) Neil
D) Marvin
  • 52. What fraternity was Bush a member of at Yale?
A) Delta Kappa Epsilon
B) Sigma Chi
C) Skull and Bones
D) Phi Beta Kappa
  • 53. Who led the company Dresser Industries, where Bush first worked in Texas?
A) George Herbert Walker Jr.
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Neil Mallon
D) John Overbey
  • 54. In 1952, Bush volunteered for the presidential campaign of which candidate?
A) George Herbert Walker Sr.
B) Richard Nixon
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 55. What was the name of the oil company Bush co-founded in 1953?
A) Zapata Petroleum Corporation
B) Permian Basin Oil
C) Dresser Industries
D) Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company
  • 56. Where did Bush move his company and family in 1959?
A) Houston
B) Midland
C) Ventura
D) Odessa
  • 57. Which prominent attorney did Bush befriend in Houston?
A) John Overbey
B) Neil Mallon
C) George Herbert Walker Jr.
D) James Baker
  • 58. For approximately how much money did Bush sell his stock in Zapata?
A) $100,000
B) $2 million
C) $1 million
D) $500,000
  • 59. What organization did 'The Nation' allege Bush worked for in the 1960s?
A) CIA
B) FBI
C) NSA
D) State Department
  • 60. On what occasion did George H. W. Bush enlist in the United States Navy?
A) His high school graduation
B) The attack on Pearl Harbor
C) His 18th birthday
D) The day after his wedding
  • 61. Where did Bush receive his commission as an ensign in the Naval Reserve?
A) Phillips Academy
B) USS San Jacinto
C) Auburn, Maine
D) Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
  • 62. What type of aircraft did Bush fly in the Pacific theater?
A) North American P-51 Mustang
B) Douglas SBD Dauntless
C) Grumman TBM Avenger
D) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
  • 63. What was Bush's nickname in the Navy due to his lanky physique?
A) Slim
B) Skin
C) Tall George
D) Bones
  • 64. When did Bush fly his first combat mission?
A) September 1945
B) June 1943
C) May 1944
D) August 1944
  • 65. Which Japanese-held territory was the target of Bush's first combat mission?
A) Wake Island
B) Hiroshima
C) Chichijima
D) Nagasaki
  • 66. What submarine rescued Bush after he was shot down?
A) USS Finback
B) USS Tang
C) USS San Jacinto
D) USS Nautilus
  • 67. What military decoration was Bush awarded for his role in the mission at Chichijima?
A) Purple Heart
B) Distinguished Flying Cross
C) Silver Star
D) Medal of Honor
  • 68. In 1945, which combat squadron was Bush assigned to for the planned invasion of Japan?
A) VT-500
B) VT-153
C) Air Group 51
D) Navy Squadron 1
  • 69. Where did Bush and Barbara live while he was training in 1945?
A) Corpus Christi, Texas
B) San Jacinto, California
C) Washington, D.C.
D) Auburn, Maine
  • 70. What final rank did Bush hold when he was formally discharged from the Navy?
A) Captain
B) Lieutenant (junior grade)
C) Ensign
D) Lieutenant
  • 71. How many combat missions did Bush fly by the end of his active service?
A) 1228
B) 18
C) 58
D) 128
  • 72. How many carrier landings did Bush complete during his service?
A) 40
B) 1228
C) 128
D) 58
  • 73. What happened to the crew members who were with Bush when his plane was downed?
A) They were captured
B) They died
C) They were rescued with him
D) They escaped in a lifeboat
  • 74. On what date was George H. W. Bush born?
A) June 12, 1925
B) May 12, 1924
C) June 12, 1924
D) July 12, 1924
  • 75. Where was George H. W. Bush born?
A) Kennebunkport, Maine
B) Greenwich, Connecticut
C) Milton, Massachusetts
D) Columbus, Ohio
  • 76. What was the name of George H. W. Bush's mother?
A) Elizabeth Bush
B) Margaret Bush
C) Dorothy Bush
D) Barbara Bush
  • 77. Who was George H. W. Bush's father?
A) George Herbert Walker
B) Samuel P. Bush
C) Prescott Bush
D) Prescott Bush Jr.
  • 78. What was the nickname given to young Bush as a tribute to his grandfather?
A) Walker
B) Prescott
C) Poppy
D) Junior
  • 79. Where did the Bush family move in 1925?
A) Columbus, Ohio
B) South Carolina
C) Greenwich, Connecticut
D) Milton, Massachusetts
  • 80. What school did Bush attend from 1929 to 1937?
A) Phillips Academy
B) Greenwich Country Day School
C) Yale University
D) Harvard University
  • 81. Which academy did Bush attend from 1937 to 1942?
A) Greenwich Country Day School
B) Milton Academy
C) Phillips Academy
D) Deerfield Academy
  • 82. What role did Bush serve in his senior class at Phillips Academy?
A) Secretary
B) Vice President
C) President
D) Treasurer
  • 83. Which number president of the United States was George H. W. Bush?
A) 40th
B) 42nd
C) 43rd
D) 41st
  • 84. During which years did George H. W. Bush serve as president?
A) 1985–1993
B) 1981–1989
C) 1989–1993
D) 1989–1995
  • 85. In 1988, who did George H. W. Bush defeat in the presidential election?
A) Gerald Ford
B) Michael Dukakis
C) Bill Clinton
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 86. Which country's occupation did the U.S. end during the Gulf War under Bush?
A) Mexico
B) Kuwait
C) Panama
D) Germany
  • 87. Which of these Supreme Court justices was appointed by George H. W. Bush?
A) Clarence Thomas
B) Sandra Day O'Connor
C) John Roberts
D) Antonin Scalia
  • 88. Who defeated George H. W. Bush in the 1992 presidential election?
A) Michael Dukakis
B) Ross Perot
C) Al Gore
D) Bill Clinton
  • 89. What medical condition did George H. W. Bush suffer from before his death?
A) Diabetes
B) Heart disease
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) Vascular parkinsonism
  • 90. In what year did George H. W. Bush die?
A) 2020
B) 2016
C) 2018
D) 2012
  • 91. What trade agreement did Bush negotiate and sign?
A) European Union Trade Pact
B) Trans-Pacific Partnership
C) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
D) North American Free Trade Agreement
  • 92. Which of the following was NOT a duty of Bush as RNC chair?
A) Making media appearances
B) Candidate recruitment
C) Fundraising
D) Drafting legislation
  • 93. What happened when Bush tried to pressure Senator Beall regarding the Agnew investigation?
A) Attorney Beall resigned
B) Senator Beall fired his brother
C) The investigation was closed
D) Attorney Beall ignored the pressure
  • 94. Who was appointed vice president after Agnew resigned in 1973?
A) Richard Nixon
B) George H. W. Bush
C) John Glenn Beall Jr.
D) Gerald Ford
  • 95. On what date did Richard Nixon resign?
A) August 9, 1974
B) June 17, 1972
C) January 20, 1973
D) August 9, 1973
  • 96. What specific aspect of Nixon's resignation speech did Bush criticize?
A) The refusal to admit guilt
B) The lack of apology for Watergate
C) The length of the speech
D) A kick or two at the press
  • 97. Why did Reagan ultimately select Bush as his running mate?
A) Bush's popularity with moderate Republicans
B) Bush's fundraising ability
C) Pressure from conservative leaders
D) Bush's shared economic vision
  • 98. What percentage of the popular vote did Reagan receive in 1980?
A) 41 percent
B) 49 percent
C) 6.6 percent
D) 50.7 percent
  • 99. Which former vice president influenced Bush's understanding of the vice presidency?
A) Walter Mondale
B) Gerald Ford
C) Jimmy Carter
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 100. Which task force was Bush assigned to chair?
A) Environmental protection
B) Healthcare reform
C) Tax policy
D) Deregulation
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