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Quiz about Barack to the Future
Quiz about Barack to the Future

Barack to the Future Trivia Quiz


On the 20th January 2009, Barack Obama became the President of the United States of America. He was the first African American to become the President.

A multiple-choice quiz by rfcneil. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
rfcneil
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
318,985
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which political party does Obama represent? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Before becoming the president, Obama was a senator for which state? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Before he became the president, which of the following countries did Barack Obama live in for more than one year? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who was the wife of Barack Obama when he became the president?

Answer: (First Name)
Question 5 of 10
5. Did Barack Obama become the 45th President of the United States?


Question 6 of 10
6. How many electoral votes did Barack Obama receive in the 2008 election? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who was Obama's running mate in the 2008 election? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Did Barack Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008?


Question 9 of 10
9. How many daughters did Obama have when he was first elected as US president?

Answer: (The number or the word)
Question 10 of 10
10. In which state did Barack Obama deliver his victory speech?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which political party does Obama represent?

Answer: The Democratic Party

Barack Obama represents the Democratic Party, which he won the right to stand for President for his party after beating Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Presidential Primary.
2. Before becoming the president, Obama was a senator for which state?

Answer: Illinois

Barack Obama was the senator for Illinois for more than three years, before resigning to stand for president. He was replaced by Roland Burris, also an African American. Obama was born in Hawaii but moved to Illinois in the mid-1980s.
3. Before he became the president, which of the following countries did Barack Obama live in for more than one year?

Answer: Indonesia

Barack Obama moved to Indonesia at the age of 6. The reason for this was that his mother married an Indonesian student after Obama's father died. All Indonesian students studying in foreign countries were told to move back to Indonesia by the Indonesian president of the time. Obama returned to the United States at the age of 10 to live with his grandparents in Hawaii. Obama's father lived in Kenya, but Barack never lived there.

However he did visit Kenya for about five weeks.
4. Who was the wife of Barack Obama when he became the president?

Answer: Michelle

Michelle Obama married Barack in 1992. She was born Michelle Robinson. After becoming the First Lady, she was on the cover of "Vogue", becoming the second First Lady to appear on the cover.
5. Did Barack Obama become the 45th President of the United States?

Answer: No

Barack Obama did not become the 45th President of the United States; he became the 44th President of the United States. He became the first black person to become the president. This was considered a big step in the black community.
6. How many electoral votes did Barack Obama receive in the 2008 election?

Answer: 365

Barack Obama's 365 college votes came from 28 states plus Washington, DC. Also Nebraska split its 5 votes between McCain and Obama. Obama received one of these 5, McCain received the rest. John McCain received 173 electoral votes. Obama also won the popular vote with 52.9 percent of the votes.
7. Who was Obama's running mate in the 2008 election?

Answer: Joe Biden

Joe Biden was a senator for Delaware for about 35 years before joining Obama in the election campaign. He became the 47th vice-president of the United States.
8. Did Barack Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008?

Answer: No

Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. He became the 4th U.S. president to win this after Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter. He won this award for trying to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world and reaching out to the Muslim world.
9. How many daughters did Obama have when he was first elected as US president?

Answer: 2

Barack Obama had two daughters called Malia and Natasha, better known as Sasha. They attended a private school in Washington, DC called Sidwell Friends. Sasha was the youngest child to live in the White House since 1961 when John F Kennedy Jr. lived there. Sasha and Malia also had a puppy after their father promised them one.

As Malia is allergic to certain dogs, they had to get a Portuguese Water Dog, which was named Bo.
10. In which state did Barack Obama deliver his victory speech?

Answer: Illinois

Barack Obama delivered his victory speech in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. There were around 250,000 people there to hear it. When Obama delivered the speech there was bulletproof glass at two sides of him, protecting him from possible snipers in the skyscrapers in Illinois.
Source: Author rfcneil

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