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Playing the President Trivia Quiz

This quiz tests your knowledge of actors who have played U.S. Presidents #33 - 42 (Truman to Clinton). This is the first in my "Playing the President" series, which covers TV and movie portrayals of each of the first 42 presidents.

A multiple-choice quiz by evenlater. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
evenlater

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
263,276

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
2622

Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (9/10), 1995Tarpon (10/10), Guest 136 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. One of the following actors played a U.S. Presidential candidate fighting to win the Democratic nomination in spite of the pitfalls presented by his voracious sexual appetite. Which actor played this character, very transparently modeled after President Bill Clinton? Hint

Harrison Ford

Bill Pullman

Martin Sheen

John Travolta

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Question 2 of 10

2. In Showtime's made-for-TV movie "The Day Reagan Was Shot", which actor played George Herbert Walker Bush? Hint

Daniel T. Healy

Richard Dreyfuss

Michael Greene

James Cromwell

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following actors has NOT played President Ronald Reagan in a movie? Hint

Richard Crenna

Phil Hartman

James Brolin

Robert Beatty

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who played President Jimmy Carter in the 1977 Bermuda Triangle drama "The Cayman Triangle"? Hint

Jimmy Carter

Ed Beheler

Emanuel Gironi

Walt Hanna

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which actor played Gerald Ford in the 1987 TV movie "The Betty Ford Story"? Hint

Josef Sommer

Corbin Bernsen

Chevy Chase

Dick Crockett

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which actor earned an Academy Award nomination in 1996 for playing President Richard Nixon?

Answer: (Two words: Full name or just the surname.)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which British actor has played President Lyndon Baines Johnson? Hint

Anthony Hopkins

Albert Finney

Ian Holm

Michael Gambon

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which film did Bruce Greenwood play President John F. Kennedy? Hint

Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Thirteen Days

JFK

Kennedy

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who played Dwight Eisenhower in the A&E World War Two drama "Ike: Countdown to D-Day"? Hint

Michael Chiklis

Al Pacino

Frank Langella

Tom Selleck

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Question 10 of 10

10. Identify the actor who has NOT played President Harry S. Truman. Hint

Hume Cronyn

David Patrick Kelly

Gary Sinise

James Whitmore

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Oct 30 2024 : Guest 24: 9/10
Sep 28 2024 : 1995Tarpon: 10/10
Sep 18 2024 : Guest 136: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: John Travolta

Travolta played southern governor Jack Stanton in "Primary Colors", a performance that was more or less a Clinton impression. The other three played fictional presidents: Ford in "Air Force One", Sheen in "The West Wing" and Pullman in "Independence Day".

2. In Showtime's made-for-TV movie "The Day Reagan Was Shot", which actor played George Herbert Walker Bush?

Answer: Michael Greene

Greene played the first President Bush in the 2001 Showtime feature.

Dreyfuss, too, was in "The Day Reagan Was Shot", but he played Secretary of State Alexander Haig, who declared himself in charge of the White House during Reagan's hospitalization despite the fact that the Constitutional laws of succession dictated that power be passed to then-Vice President Bush.

Healy played the 41st President in the comedy "Hot Shots! Part Deux".

3. Which of the following actors has NOT played President Ronald Reagan in a movie?

Answer: Phil Hartman

Hartman played Reagan on "Saturday Night Live", but never in a feature film. The other three played Reagan in made-for-TV movies: Brolin in "The Reagans", Crenna in "The Day Reagan Was Shot" and Beatty in "Breakthrough at Reykjavik".

4. Who played President Jimmy Carter in the 1977 Bermuda Triangle drama "The Cayman Triangle"?

Answer: Ed Beheler

Beheler made a nice living for himself as a Jimmy Carter lookalike not only in "The Cayman Triangle" but also in "The Lonely Guy", "Hot Shots! Part Deux", and "Sextette". Hanna was also a prolific Carter impersonator, appearing in the 1983 films "Goodbye, Cruel World" and "Sadat". Gironi played Carter in the 2005 flick "PrimeMates".

5. Which actor played Gerald Ford in the 1987 TV movie "The Betty Ford Story"?

Answer: Josef Sommer

It was Sommer who appeared as President Ford in the movie about his alcoholic wife, First Lady Betty Ford.

Chase portrayed Ford as a klutz on "Saturday Night Live". Crockett was Ford in the comedy "The Pink Panther Strikes Again". More recently, Bernsen played Congressman Gerald Ford in the 2003 film "The Commission".

6. Which actor earned an Academy Award nomination in 1996 for playing President Richard Nixon?

Answer: Anthony Hopkins

Hopkins was nominated for Best Actor in 1996 for playing the title role in Oliver Stone's "Nixon". He lost to Nicholas Cage for "Leaving Las Vegas".

7. Which British actor has played President Lyndon Baines Johnson?

Answer: Michael Gambon

Gambon played the Texan President in the 2002 HBO feature "Path to War", which depicted Johnson's agonizing decisions during the Vietnam War, as he listens to the conflicting counsel of his top advisers, Clark Clifford (Donald Sutherland) and Secretary of State Robert McNamara (Alec Baldwin).

8. In which film did Bruce Greenwood play President John F. Kennedy?

Answer: Thirteen Days

In 2000, Greenwood starred in "Thirteen Days", which told the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the vantage point of a Kennedy family loyalist played by Kevin Costner.

Bruce Campbell played JFK in the 2001 picture "Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis". "Kennedy" was a 1983 TV mini-series with Martin Sheen in the title role. Kennedy does not appear as a character in Oliver Stone's "JFK".

9. Who played Dwight Eisenhower in the A&E World War Two drama "Ike: Countdown to D-Day"?

Answer: Tom Selleck

Selleck played then-General Eisenhower, planning the historic D-Day invasion. The movie originally aired on the A&E network in 2004.

10. Identify the actor who has NOT played President Harry S. Truman.

Answer: Hume Cronyn

Cronyn is the one you're looking for. Whitmore starred in the 1975 feature "Give 'em Hell, Harry!" Sinise played the title role in the cable movie "Truman" (1995). Kelly played Truman in Clint Eastwood's WW2 picture "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006).

Source: Author evenlater

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