Q 01/05

Which band's hit 'Don't Stop' was the theme song of Clinton's 1992 campaign?

A) The Eagles

B) Fleetwood Mac

C) Chicago

D) The Doobie Brothers

Answer · why

B) Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac: after he won, Clinton persuaded the band to reunite and play the song at his 1993 inaugural ball.

Q 02/05

What office did Clinton hold in Arkansas from 1977 to 1979?

A) Attorney general

B) Secretary of state

C) Lieutenant governor

D) State treasurer

Answer · why

A) Attorney general

Attorney general: he won it in 1976, two years after losing a House race, and was elected governor in 1978.

Q 03/05

What was Bill Clinton's surname at birth?

A) Cassidy

B) Blythe

C) Hammond

D) Kelley

Answer · why

B) Blythe

Blythe: his father, William Jefferson Blythe Jr., died in a car accident months before Bill was born.

Q 04/05

In which aptly named Arkansas town was Bill Clinton born?

A) Faith

B) Liberty

C) Hope

D) Paradise

Answer · why

C) Hope

Hope: he lived with his grandparents there while his mother studied nursing in New Orleans.

Q 05/05

After his mother remarried in 1950, young Bill Clinton moved to which Arkansas resort town?

A) Eureka Springs

B) Hot Springs

C) Texarkana

D) Fayetteville

Answer · why

B) Hot Springs

Hot Springs: as a teenager there, he stood up to his abusive, alcoholic stepfather.