Q 01/05

In which city was Barack Obama born?

A) Chicago

B) Wichita

C) Honolulu

D) Jakarta

Answer · why

C) Honolulu

Honolulu: two local newspapers printed Obama's birth notice in August 1961, records later cited against claims that he was born abroad.

Q 02/05

A 2002 Obama speech opposed only which kind of war?

A) Unjust

B) Dumb

C) Endless

D) Secret

Answer · why

B) Dumb

Dumb: Obama spoke at an October 2002 Chicago rally against invading Iraq, and in 2008 he contrasted that stand with a rival's vote for the war.

Q 03/05

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

A) Kansas

B) Hawaii

C) Washington

D) Nebraska

Answer · why

A) Kansas

Kansas: Ann Dunham was born in Wichita and met Obama's father when both were students at the University of Hawaii.

Q 04/05

His father was a citizen of which African country?

A) Nigeria

B) Kenya

C) Ghana

D) Ethiopia

Answer · why

B) Kenya

Kenya: Barack Obama Sr. departed for graduate study in 1962, then returned home to work as a government economist.

Q 05/05

Barack Obama has said his father grew up herding which animals?

A) Cattle

B) Goats

C) Sheep

D) Camels

Answer · why

B) Goats

Goats: his father went from herding them as a village boy to a graduate degree and a career shaping his nation's economy.