Q 01/05

Which animal has symbolized the Republican Party since an 1874 Harper's Weekly cartoon?

A) Donkey

B) Elephant

C) Bald eagle

D) Tiger

Answer · why

B) Elephant

The elephant stood among political animals panicked by a donkey in a lion's skin, a scene the cartoonist borrowed from one of Aesop's fables.

Q 02/05

The abbreviation GOP, a nickname Republicans have carried since the 1870s, stands for which phrase?

A) Grand Order of Patriots

B) Government of the People

C) Grand Old Party

D) Great Opposition Party

Answer · why

C) Grand Old Party

Grand Old Party grew out of an 1875 line in the Congressional Record praising the gallant party that had defended the Union. A Cincinnati newspaper ch...

Q 03/05

Which color have US news outlets used for Republican-won states on election maps since 2000?

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Gold

D) Green

Answer · why

A) Red

Red only stuck after the long 2000 count kept the electoral map constantly on screen; until 1996, NBC had colored Republican states blue.

Q 04/05

Which Oscar-winning director spoke to an empty chair on stage at the 2012 Republican National Convention?

A) Mel Gibson

B) Robert Redford

C) Clint Eastwood

D) Kevin Costner

Answer · why

C) Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood largely improvised the routine, with the chair standing in for President Barack Obama, and about 30 million people watched it live.

Q 05/05

Which Republican served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office?

A) Chester A. Arthur

B) Gerald Ford

C) Richard Nixon

D) George H. W. Bush

Answer · why

B) Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford was a congressman from Michigan when he was appointed to fill a vacant vice presidency in December 1973, and he moved up again eight month...