Q 01/05

In which city was Barack Obama born?

A) Chicago

B) Wichita

C) Honolulu

D) Jakarta

Answer · why

C) Honolulu

He was born at Kapiolani Medical Center on August 4, 1961, two years after Hawaii became a state.

Q 02/05

In which year was he born?

A) 1959

B) 1963

C) 1965

D) 1961

Answer · why

D) 1961

He is the first president born outside the contiguous 48 states.

Q 03/05

His mother, Ann Dunham, was born in which state?

A) Kansas

B) Hawaii

C) Washington

D) Nebraska

Answer · why

A) Kansas

Dunham later became an anthropologist specializing in Indonesian village crafts and microfinance.

Q 04/05

His father was a citizen of which African country?

A) Nigeria

B) Kenya

C) Ghana

D) Ethiopia

Answer · why

B) Kenya

Barack Obama Sr. was a Luo from Nyang'oma Kogelo who came to Hawaii on a scholarship and later worked as an economist.

Q 05/05

After his parents divorced, how often did his father visit him in Hawaii?

A) Every summer until 1980

B) Twice, in 1968 and 1975

C) Once, at Christmas 1971

D) Never, not once

Answer · why

C) Once, at Christmas 1971

That month-long visit is the only memory Obama has of his father, who died in a car accident in Kenya in 1982.