Q 01/05

Bill Clinton was which number president of the United States?

A) 42nd

B) 43rd

C) 44th

D) 45th

Answer · why

A) 42nd

He served from 1993 to 2001 and was the first president born into the Baby Boomer generation.

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

He then served two non-consecutive stretches as governor, 1979–81 and 1983–92.

Q 03/05

What was Bill Clinton's surname at birth?

A) Cassidy

B) Blythe

C) Rodham

D) Kelley

Answer · why

B) Blythe

His father, a traveling salesman, died in a car accident three months before he 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

He grew up partly in Hot Springs after his mother remarried.

Q 05/05

At what age did Clinton formally adopt his stepfather's surname?

A) 10

B) 12

C) 13

D) 15

Answer · why

D) 15

He had used the name Clinton since 1950, when his mother married Roger Clinton Sr.