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From his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford to his time in the White House, Clinton's life is filled with intriguing details. This category will test your knowledge of everything from his early days in Arkansas to his presidency and beyond.
3 William Clinton quizzes and 35 William Clinton trivia questions.
1.
  The Life of Bill Clinton    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Let's see how much you REALLY know about the 42nd president of the United States.
Easier, 10 Qns, Brainwaver, Sep 10 23
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  Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Everyone should know at LEAST two of the members of the cabinet. See how many you know!
Average, 15 Qns, ladymacb29, Jul 26 16
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  Bill Clinton    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I cannot believe there is not a quiz about this controversial figure. Clinton was a masterful politician and perhaps that is why people had such strong feelings about him.
Difficult, 10 Qns, mcdede, Feb 10 11
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Who was the Secretary of Commerce?

From Quiz "Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?"




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William Clinton Trivia Questions
1. What instrument does Bill Clinton play?

From Quiz The Life of Bill Clinton

Answer: Saxophone

Bill Clinton excelled as a saxophone player and once considered becoming a professional musician. But, as a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John F. Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service.

2. What is the name of the individual on death row in Arkansas who was executed while Clinton was campaigning?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: Rickey Ray Rector

Clinton did not want to look weak on crime like Dukakis, especially after the Willie Horton Ads run by the Bush campaign. Rector was probably retarded. He left some of his last meal so he could eat the rest later as he went off to get executed.

3. Who was the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Acting)?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Hershel Gober

He was the former Deputy Secretary and was asked to be the acting Secretary after Secretary West stepped down.

4. Where did Bill Clinton receive his law degree?

From Quiz The Life of Bill Clinton

Answer: Yale University

He received his law degree from Yale University in 1973. Before Yale, he also graduated from Georgetown University, and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University.

5. What is the name of the welfare bill that Clinton signed?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

Mixed reviews on this one. Many of the liberals in the administration felt betrayed and felt any success it may have had was due to a booming economy. Others feel it has reduced the welfare rolls and it was a smart political move by Clinton to get re-elected.

6. Who was the Secretary of Commerce?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Norman Mineta

He was in the US House of Representatives from 1988-1992.

7. Whom did Bill Clinton marry?

From Quiz The Life of Bill Clinton

Answer: Hillary Rodham

Bill Clinton married Hillary Rodham in 1975. Nancy Davis was president Reagan's wife, and Laura Welch is the second President Bush's wife. Barbara Pierce is the first president Bush's wife.

8. At what age did Clinton first become Governor of Arkansas?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: 32

Clinton was 32 when he became governor of Arkansas in 1978. He was the youngest governor in the nation.

9. Who was the Secretary of Treasury?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Lawrence Summers

BS from MIT.

10. Who was the House Speaker elect that declined the position after his illicit affairs were revealed in the wake of Clinton's impeachment?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: Bob Livingston

I believe this information was revealed by Salon. The publisher of Hustler Magazine, Larry Flynt was also offering large sums of cash for information about infidelities by Republicans. Was this underhanded conduct that was encouraged by the Clinton administration or was it simply meant to display the hypocrisy by the Clinton antagonists?

11. Who was the Attorney General?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Janet Reno

She holds a BA from Cornell.

12. How many terms did Bill Clinton serve as president?

From Quiz The Life of Bill Clinton

Answer: two terms

Bill Clinton served two terms as president from 1993 to 2001. He couldn't have served more than two because of the 22nd amendment to the constitution.

13. Who was the head of the Judiciary Committee at the time of Clinton's impeachment, later revealed to have had an illicit affair of his own 30 years earlier?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: Henry Hyde

Hyde was adamant that he would not be intimidated, but opponents felt that what was good for the goose was good for the gander.

14. Who was the Secretary of HHS (health and human services)?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Donna Shalala

Ms. Shalala has a BA from Western College for Women.

15. How much money was spent on the Whitewater investigation?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: 52 million

The investigation went on for years and cost the Clintons millions in legal expeditures but it did not result in prosecution.

16. Who was the Secretary of State?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Madeleine Albright

She has a MA from Wellesley College and was first appointed on 1-23-97. She was also the first female Secretary of State - then followed by the first African-American Secretary of State (Colin Powell).

17. What party does Bill Clinton belong to?

From Quiz The Life of Bill Clinton

Answer: Democratic Party

Bill Clinton belongs to the Democratic Party. An Independent candidate or Green Party candidate has never won the presidency.

18. How much of the national debt was paid off from 1997 to 2000?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: 355 billion

A large contrast to the 1980s and early 21st century. Some would suggest that many of the ideas and much of the pressure for the cost-cutting came from a Republican-dominated Congress.

19. Who was the Secretary of Labor?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Alexis Herman

BA from Xavier, which is in Ohio.

20. What is the title of Bill Clinton's autobiography?

From Quiz The Life of Bill Clinton

Answer: My Life

Bill Clinton's autobiography, "My Life", was published on June 22, 2004. It sold more than 2,250,000 copies.

21. What was the percentage of unemployment in 1999?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: 4.2%

It was the lowest in 30 years. The Clinton years had multiple positive economic indicators despite the predictions of almost all economists that the nation was due for an economic correction.

22. Who was the Secretary of the Interior?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Bruce Babbitt

He holds a BS from Notre Dame.

23. Whom did Bill Clinton choose for his running mate for the presidency?

From Quiz The Life of Bill Clinton

Answer: Albert Gore Jr.

Tennessee's senator, Albert Gore Jr., was Bill Clinton's running mate for the presidency.

24. What scholastic award did Clinton fulfill from 1968-1970?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: Rhodes Scholar

He was an intellectual that won the presidency without that term becoming the perjorative that it was when Adlai Stevenson ran. Clinton went to school in Oxford, England where he overwhelmed many with his personality. Some even predicted at that time that he would be the future president of the United States.

25. Who was the Secretary of Energy?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Bill Richardson

BA from Tufts.

26. What was the 42nd president's birth name?

From Quiz The Life of Bill Clinton

Answer: William Jefferson Blythe III

Bill Clinton was born with the name, William Jefferson Blythe III. He did not adopt his stepfather's name (Clinton), until he was 14. Hope you enjoyed my quiz!

27. Which President did Clinton have his picture taken with when he was an Arkansas delegate to Boy's Nation?

From Quiz Bill Clinton

Answer: Kennedy

The picture was taken 4 months before Kennedy's assassination. The picture is one of Clinton's prized possessions and appears in almost every biography of Clinton that has even a modicum of positive information.

28. Who was the Secretary of Education?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Richard Riley

BA from Furman.

29. Who was the Secretary of Defense?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: William Cohen

BA from Bowdoin College.

30. Who was the Secretary of Transportation?

From Quiz Who was in the 2000 Cabinet?

Answer: Rodney Slater

BA from Eastern Michigan.

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