Q 01/05

Ted Cruz, a United States senator from Texas, was born in 1970 in which nation, whose citizenship he gave up in 2014?

A) Cuba

B) Mexico

C) Canada

D) Spain

Answer · why

C) Canada

Canada was home for his first years, and he held dual citizenship until a Dallas newspaper pointed it out in 2013. He formally renounced it the follow...

Q 02/05

Which Dr. Seuss book did Ted Cruz read aloud on the Senate floor during a 21-hour speech in 2013?

A) Green Eggs and Ham

B) The Cat in the Hat

C) Yertle the Turtle

D) Fox in Socks

Answer · why

A) Green Eggs and Ham

Green Eggs and Ham exists because of a bet: Dr. Seuss's editor wagered $50 that he could not write a book using only 50 different words. Cruz read it ...

Q 03/05

During the Texas winter storm and blackouts of February 2021, Ted Cruz flew with his family to which Mexican resort?

A) Acapulco

B) Cozumel

C) Los Cabos

D) Cancún

Answer · why

D) Cancún

Cancún was meant to last through the weekend, but after he was spotted on the plane he flew back to Texas the next day without his family and called t...

Q 04/05

An internet joke that began in 2013 pretends that Ted Cruz is secretly which notorious California murderer?

A) The Night Stalker

B) The Zodiac Killer

C) The Hillside Strangler

D) The Golden State Killer

Answer · why

B) The Zodiac Killer

The Zodiac Killer's last confirmed attack came 14 months before Ted Cruz was born, which is the point of the joke. Cruz has played along, once posting...

Q 05/05

Which 1980s fairy-tale adventure film does Ted Cruz call his favorite, often quoting it on the campaign trail?

A) The NeverEnding Story

B) The Dark Crystal

C) The Princess Bride

D) Time Bandits

Answer · why

C) The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride is the film he knows by heart, and in 2015 its star Mandy Patinkin complained that Cruz kept quoting his character while missing th...