Q 01/05

About how many viewers watched the first Kennedy-Nixon debate?

A) 1 million

B) 4 million

C) 15 million

D) 70 million

Answer · why

D) 70 million

70 million viewers saw it, and polls that had put Nixon narrowly ahead swung to Kennedy, who won the election by a fraction of a percentage point.

Q 02/05

The first Kennedy-Nixon debate came from a CBS studio in which Midwestern city?

A) Detroit

B) St. Louis

C) Chicago

D) Cleveland

Answer · why

C) Chicago

Chicago brought Nixon more bad luck: arriving at the studio he struck the knee that had just put him in hospital, and he refused to call the debate of...

Q 03/05

What did Richard Nixon turn down before his first debate with John F. Kennedy in 1960?

A) A pre-show haircut

B) A microphone check

C) A glass of water

D) Television makeup

Answer · why

D) Television makeup

Television makeup from the studio's artist was declined by both men, but Kennedy arrived tanned, while Nixon, pale and just out of hospital, showed st...

Q 04/05

How many Kennedy-Nixon debates were held in total?

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) Four

Answer · why

D) Four

Nixon regained weight, wore makeup and was judged to have won the second and third, but far fewer people tuned in.

Q 05/05

Which far-right group did Donald Trump tell to "stand back and stand by" in the first 2020 debate?

A) The Oath Keepers

B) The Proud Boys

C) The Three Percenters

D) The Boogaloo Bois

Answer · why

B) The Proud Boys

The Proud Boys were the name Biden offered when Trump asked whom he should condemn; the group turned the phrase into a logo, and a day later Trump sai...