Q 01/05

George W. Bush was which number president of the United States?

A) 40th

B) 41st

C) 42nd

D) 43rd

Answer · why

D) 43rd

His father was the 41st, with one two-term Democrat between them.

Q 02/05

Before the presidency, Bush served as governor of which state?

A) Florida

B) Connecticut

C) Texas

D) Maine

Answer · why

C) Texas

He was the first Texas governor elected to two consecutive four-year terms.

Q 03/05

Bush was born in 1946 in which city?

A) Midland, Texas

B) New Haven, Connecticut

C) Houston, Texas

D) Kennebunkport, Maine

Answer · why

B) New Haven, Connecticut

His father was studying at Yale at the time; the family soon moved to Texas.

Q 04/05

Bush's paternal grandfather Prescott Bush held which office?

A) Governor of Maine

B) Secretary of the Navy

C) Mayor of Houston

D) U.S. senator from Connecticut

Answer · why

D) U.S. senator from Connecticut

Three generations of the family held federal office, making the Bushes a genuine political dynasty.

Q 05/05

Bush's sister Robin died at the age of three in 1953 of what?

A) Polio

B) Pneumonia

C) Meningitis

D) Leukemia

Answer · why

D) Leukemia

His four surviving siblings are Jeb, Neil, Marvin and Dorothy.