Joe Biden - Quiz
Joe Biden
  • 1. What quality did Democratic voters prioritize in Biden to defeat Trump?
A) Electability
B) Conservative values
C) Youthfulness
D) Extensive foreign policy
  • 2. Which world leader was Trump accused of pressuring to investigate Biden?
A) Volodymyr Zelenskyy
B) Emmanuel Macron
C) Vladimir Putin
D) Angela Merkel
  • 3. How many women accused Biden of inappropriate physical contact in early 2019?
A) Five
B) Eight
C) Three
D) Ten
  • 4. What term did Biden use to describe his own behavior regarding physical contact?
A) Empathetic leader
B) Tactile politician
C) Aggressive communicator
D) Socially awkward
  • 5. Where did Biden finish in the Iowa caucuses?
A) Fourth
B) First
C) Second
D) Fifth
  • 6. Which demographic group did Biden make strong appeals to in order to win the South Carolina primary?
A) Rural voters
B) Young voters
C) Union members
D) Black voters
  • 7. By what margin did Biden win the South Carolina primary?
A) More than 50 points
B) More than 28 points
C) More than 10 points
D) Less than 5 points
  • 8. Which two candidates endorsed Biden after withdrawing before Super Tuesday?
A) Kamala Harris and Beto O'Rourke
B) Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
C) Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar
D) Michael Bloomberg and Cory Booker
  • 9. What metaphor did Biden use in March 2020 to describe his role?
A) A bridge
B) A foundation
C) A lighthouse
D) A compass
  • 10. What specific allegation did Tara Reade make against Biden in 2020?
A) Voter intimidation
B) Financial fraud
C) Sexual assault
D) Political corruption
  • 11. When did Bernie Sanders officially endorse Biden?
A) April 13, 2020
B) August 11, 2020
C) March 10, 2020
D) April 8, 2020
  • 12. Who was announced as Biden's running mate on August 11, 2020?
A) Stacey Abrams
B) Kamala Harris
C) Amy Klobuchar
D) Elizabeth Warren
  • 13. What historical milestone did Kamala Harris reach as a vice-presidential nominee?
A) First African American and South Asian American
B) First governor nominee
C) First female nominee
D) First openly LGBTQ nominee
  • 14. What did Biden call himself regarding his term in office?
A) A transition candidate
B) A revolutionary leader
C) A permanent fixture
D) A populist hero
  • 15. What did Mark Bowden write about Biden's habit of talking?
A) He speaks too loudly
B) He refuses to make eye contact
C) He engulfs you
D) He ignores the speaker
  • 16. In October 2010, who did Biden say asked him to remain as his running mate?
A) Hillary Clinton
B) William M. Daley
C) Harry Reid
D) Obama
  • 17. Who conducted secret research on replacing Biden with Hillary Clinton in 2011?
A) William M. Daley
B) Valerie Jarrett
C) Barack Obama
D) Paul Ryan
  • 18. What was the result of the polling regarding replacing Biden with Hillary Clinton?
A) A boost in Obama's popularity
B) No appreciable improvement
C) A massive drop in polling
D) Strong public support
  • 19. What did Biden state he was 'absolutely comfortable' with in May 2012?
A) The Benghazi response
B) Same-sex marriage
C) Wall Street regulations
D) Syrian rebel fighters
  • 20. Why were Obama and his aides irked by Biden's same-sex marriage statement?
A) It damaged the economy
B) It was factually incorrect
C) It was made without administration consent
D) It caused the party convention to be delayed
  • 21. What phrase did Biden use to describe Republican plans to relax Wall Street regulations?
A) A dangerous gamble
B) A bunch of malarkey
C) An economic disaster
D) Put y'all back in chains
  • 22. Who did Biden debate as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 2012?
A) William M. Daley
B) Aleksandar Vučić
C) Paul Ryan
D) Mitt Romney
  • 23. What phrase did Biden popularize during the 2012 vice-presidential debate?
A) A bunch of malarkey
B) Evolving position
C) Stop the bleeding
D) Put y'all back in chains
  • 24. On what date was Biden inaugurated for his second term?
A) October 11, 2012
B) January 20, 2013
C) November 6, 2012
D) January 21, 2013
  • 25. Who presided over Biden's second-term inauguration ceremony?
A) Sonia Sotomayor
B) Barack Obama
C) Valerie Jarrett
D) Harry Reid
  • 26. Who was Biden's co-chair for the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault?
A) Lady Gaga
B) Valerie Jarrett
C) Hillary Clinton
D) Sonia Sotomayor
  • 27. Where did Biden speak about sexual violence in 2016?
A) The 88th Academy Awards
B) A debate in Serbia
C) A town hall in Iraq
D) The Democratic National Convention
  • 28. What was the name of the operation involving arming Syria's rebel fighters that Biden favored?
A) The Iraqi federalization plan
B) The Benghazi response
C) Operation Timber Sycamore
D) The Kosovo War mission
  • 29. Who did Biden meet during his 2016 visit to Serbia?
A) Paul Ryan
B) Harry Reid
C) Beau Biden
D) Aleksandar Vučić
  • 30. What was the name of the PAC established to support a potential 2016 Biden run?
A) Draft Biden 2016
B) The 2016 Committee
C) Forward with Biden
D) Biden for President
  • 31. Why did Biden decide not to run for president in 2016?
A) Hillary Clinton's popularity
B) Opposition from Obama
C) The recent death of his son Beau
D) Poor polling results
  • 32. In what year did Joe Biden earn his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law?
A) 1968
B) 1970
C) 1966
D) 1969
  • 33. What was the reason for Biden failing a law school course in his first year?
A) Cheating on an exam
B) Plagiarism
C) Low class rank
D) Absenteeism
  • 34. In what year was Biden admitted to the Delaware bar?
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1968
D) 1969
  • 35. Which candidate did Biden support in the 1968 Delaware gubernatorial race?
A) Russell W. Peterson
B) Richard Nixon
C) J. Caleb Boggs
D) Charles L. Terry
  • 36. Why did Biden register as an independent rather than a Republican in 1968?
A) He was already a Democrat
B) Pressure from his family
C) Distaste for Richard Nixon
D) Disagreement with local party leaders
  • 37. What was Biden's primary role when he resumed practicing law in 1969?
A) Property manager
B) District attorney
C) Corporate lawyer
D) Public defender
  • 38. Who encouraged Biden to join the Democratic Forum?
A) Sid Balick
B) Patrick Caddell
C) Lawrence T. Messick
D) William Prickett
  • 39. Besides practicing law, how did Biden supplement his income early in his career?
A) Writing newspaper columns
B) Investing in the stock market
C) Managing properties
D) Teaching at a university
  • 40. In 1970, Biden ran for a seat on which council?
A) Wilmington City Council
B) Delaware State Council
C) New Castle County Council
D) Syracuse City Council
  • 41. Which opponent did Biden defeat in the 1970 New Castle County Council election?
A) J. Caleb Boggs
B) William Prickett
C) Lawrence T. Messick
D) Charles L. Terry
  • 42. What was a major infrastructure project Biden opposed while on the county council?
A) Public housing complexes
B) Large highway projects
C) Airport expansions
D) Mass transit systems
  • 43. How many student draft deferments did Biden obtain?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Five
D) Four
  • 44. What medical condition was cited in 2008 as the reason for Biden's 1968 medical deferment?
A) Vision impairment
B) Back injury
C) Heart condition
D) Asthma
  • 45. Whom did Biden defeat to win a U.S. Senate seat in 1972?
A) Russell W. Peterson
B) Charles L. Terry
C) Lawrence T. Messick
D) J. Caleb Boggs
  • 46. Who was the Democratic pollster who helped Biden in his 1972 campaign?
A) Lawrence T. Messick
B) Sid Balick
C) Patrick Caddell
D) William Prickett
  • 47. What percentage of the vote did Biden receive in the 1972 Senate election?
A) 55.5%
B) 50.5%
C) 52.5%
D) 45.5%
  • 48. What is Joe Biden's middle name?
A) Joseph
B) Robinette
C) James
D) Francis
  • 49. In what city was Joe Biden born?
A) Garden City
B) Claymont
C) Scranton
D) Newark
  • 50. In what year was Joe Biden born?
A) 1961
B) 1946
C) 1942
D) 1953
  • 51. What was Joe Biden's mother's maiden name?
A) Claymont
B) Finnegan
C) Archmere
D) Robinette
  • 52. How many siblings does Joe Biden have?
A) One
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 53. What occupation did Joseph Sr. later have that restored the family's middle-class lifestyle?
A) Football coach
B) Hospital administrator
C) Used-car salesman
D) History teacher
  • 54. What personal choice did Biden make regarding alcohol as a result of his upbringing?
A) To moderate his intake
B) To drink only wine
C) To be teetotal
D) To become a bartender
  • 55. What office did Biden hold during his junior and senior years of high school?
A) Student body treasurer
B) Team captain
C) Editor of the school paper
D) Class president
  • 56. In what year did Biden graduate from high school?
A) 1961
B) 1953
C) 1942
D) 1965
  • 57. What number president of the United States was Joe Biden?
A) 47th
B) 45th
C) 44th
D) 46th
  • 58. Which legislative act did Biden draft and lead to passage?
A) Civil Rights Act
B) Voting Rights Act
C) Violence Against Women Act
D) Affordable Care Act
  • 59. In which year was Joe Biden first elected to the U.S. Senate?
A) 1970
B) 1980
C) 1972
D) 1968
  • 60. Which Supreme Court justice did Biden appoint?
A) Robert Bork
B) Clarence Thomas
C) Sonia Sotomayor
D) Ketanji Brown Jackson
  • 61. Which major military withdrawal did Biden oversee as president?
A) Vietnam
B) Syria
C) Afghanistan
D) Iraq
  • 62. What nickname was given to Joe Biden due to his commuting habits?
A) Senator Express
B) Railroad Joe
C) Commuter Biden
D) Amtrak Joe
  • 63. How old was Joe Biden when he was first elected to the Senate?
A) 30
B) 28
C) 35
D) 40
  • 64. Who was the Soviet general secretary who signed the SALT II Treaty with President Carter in 1979?
A) Leonid Brezhnev
B) Yuri Andropov
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
  • 65. Which issue did Joe Biden describe himself as conservative on in 1974?
A) Healthcare
B) Abortion
C) Senior citizens' concerns
D) Civil rights
  • 66. Which Delaware military installation did Joe Biden advocate for?
A) Wilmington Naval Base
B) Dover Air Force Base
C) Fort Delaware
D) New Castle Army Depot
  • 67. Which president did Joe Biden first endorse for the 1976 Democratic primary?
A) Walter Mondale
B) George McGovern
C) Bill Clinton
D) Jimmy Carter
  • 68. Which Independent Counsel was Biden critical of during the 1990s?
A) Lawrence Walsh
B) Ken Starr
C) Archibald Cox
D) Robert Mueller
  • 69. Approximately what percentage of the vote did Biden regularly receive in his Senate elections?
A) 40%
B) 70%
C) 60%
D) 50%
  • 70. What transport system did Biden consistently support for funding and security?
A) City bus networks
B) Commercial airlines
C) The Interstate Highway System
D) Amtrak
  • 71. On what date did Joe Biden declare his candidacy for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination?
A) January 1, 1987
B) June 9, 1987
C) September 23, 1987
D) August 12, 1988
  • 72. Who was the British Labour Party leader whose speech Biden was accused of plagiarizing?
A) Hubert Humphrey
B) Robert Bork
C) Neil Kinnock
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 73. Whose inaugural address was Biden accused of using passages from?
A) Neil Kinnock
B) Hubert Humphrey
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Robert F. Kennedy
  • 74. On what date did Biden withdraw his 1988 presidential candidacy?
A) August 15, 1987
B) September 23, 1987
C) June 9, 1987
D) October 1, 1987
  • 75. What publication was the source of the text Biden was accused of taking while in law school?
A) Delaware Legal Gazette
B) Harvard Law Review
C) Fordham Law Review
D) Yale Journal of Law
  • 76. Which political figure's Supreme Court nomination hearings were upcoming during Biden's 1988 campaign?
A) Hubert Humphrey
B) Robert Bork
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Neil Kinnock
  • 77. When did Biden undergo surgery for a leaking intracranial berry aneurysm?
A) May 1988
B) February 1988
C) May 1991
D) February 1991
  • 78. What health complication did Biden suffer while recuperating from his first aneurysm surgery?
A) Heart attack
B) Stroke
C) Pneumonia
D) Pulmonary embolism
  • 79. How long was Biden away from the Senate due to his brain surgeries?
A) One year
B) Three months
C) Seven months
D) Five months
  • 80. What was the final Senate vote on Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination?
A) 48–52
B) 52–48
C) 5–9
D) 42–58
  • 81. How did Clarence Thomas describe Biden's questioning style during his 1991 nomination hearings?
A) Beanballs
B) Supportive
C) Originalist
D) Fair and humorous
  • 82. Who accused Clarence Thomas of making unwelcome sexual comments?
A) A Supreme Court judge
B) A fellow senator
C) A woman from the committee
D) Anita Hill
  • 83. What was the final Senate vote on the confirmation of Clarence Thomas?
A) 5–9
B) 42–58
C) 58–42
D) 52–48
  • 84. What foreign policy approach did Biden generally favor?
A) Conservative libertarian
B) Hardline nationalist
C) Strict isolationist
D) Liberal internationalist
  • 85. Who did Biden meet for a tense three-hour meeting in April 1993?
A) George H. W. Bush
B) Slobodan Milošević
C) Robert Bork
D) Clarence Thomas
  • 86. What was Biden's stance on the War in Afghanistan?
A) Indifferent
B) Strong opponent
C) Neutral observer
D) Strong supporter
  • 87. By what year did Biden call his vote for the Iraq War a 'mistake'?
A) 2005
B) 2008
C) 2007
D) 2002
  • 88. Who did Biden claim was 'dead, flat wrong' regarding the 2007 troop surge?
A) Leslie H. Gelb
B) General David Petraeus
C) Barack Obama
D) George W. Bush
  • 89. What was a primary focus of Biden's 2008 campaign?
A) Healthcare expansion
B) Tax reform
C) The Iraq War
D) Climate change
  • 90. What ranking did Biden receive in the Iowa caucuses on January 3, 2008?
A) Third
B) Fifth
C) Second
D) First
  • 91. How did Biden characterize Obama after getting to know him in 2007?
A) Garrulous and patronizing
B) Politically inexperienced
C) The real deal
D) Too young to lead
  • 92. In what month and year did Obama and Biden meet in secret to discuss a potential role in the administration?
A) July 2008
B) November 2008
C) September 2008
D) August 2008
  • 93. Where was Biden officially nominated for vice president in 2008?
A) Chicago
B) Washington D.C.
C) St. Louis
D) Denver
  • 94. Biden was the first vice president from which state?
A) Maryland
B) Pennsylvania
C) New York
D) Delaware
  • 95. Which country did Biden visit in May 2009 to affirm that its independence was irreversible?
A) Kosovo
B) Afghanistan
C) Iraq
D) Ukraine
  • 96. Who did Biden negotiate with to produce the compromise tax package in December 2010?
A) Rahm Emanuel
B) Hillary Clinton
C) Mitch McConnell
D) George W. Bush
  • 97. Who was the Republican nominee for vice president that drew more media attention than Biden in 2008?
A) John McCain
B) Dick Cheney
C) Mitt Romney
D) Sarah Palin
  • 98. What was the total dollar amount of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008?
A) $700 billion
B) $250 billion
C) $1 trillion
D) $500 billion
  • 99. Biden was the first vice president of which religion?
A) Protestant
B) Eastern Orthodox
C) Roman Catholic
D) Jewish
  • 100. What school did Sasha Obama and Maisy Biden attend together?
A) Georgetown Day School
B) Sidwell Friends School
C) National Cathedral School
D) St. Albans School
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