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Speak First, Think Later Trivia Quiz

We all have heard about famous Republican misspeaks and seen them in quizzes as well. This quiz attempts to provide some balance, by showing that Democrats can do this too! Have fun everybody!

A multiple-choice quiz by Team THE CONSERVATIVES. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Yankeegirl742

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
338,134

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
505

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which politician said this? "In case you missed it, this week there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed."
Hint

Al Gore

Barack Obama

Harry Reid

Nancy Pelosi

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Democrat said this? "The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs."
Hint

Bill Clinton

Jerry Brown

Barack Obama

Charles Rangel

3. Which liberal newsman made this comment when asked by Bill O'Reilly whether he thought Bill Clinton was an honest man? "Yes, I think he's an honest man. I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things." Hint

Keith Olberman

Tom Brokaw

Dan Rather

Larry King

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which stalwart of the Democratic establishment said this? "When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed". Hint

James Carville

Joe Biden

Barack Obama

Barbara Boxer

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Democrat made this erroneous comment? "It was innovation in the Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra, our magnetic compass and tools of navigation, our mastery of pens and printing, our understanding of disease and how it can be spread." Hint

Keith Ellison

Bill Clinton

Maxine Waters

Barack Obama

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Democratic First Lady said this? "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the President".
Hint

Rosalynn Carter

Michelle Obama

Hillary Clinton

Jackie Kennedy

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Question 7 of 10

7. During his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 4, 2010, President Obama repeatedly mispronounced which of the following words?
Hint

Corpsman

Caustic

Capitalism

Christian

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Democratic Congressman in April 2010 wondered if Guam might tip over and sink if we stationed too many U.S. soldiers there?
Hint

Keith Ellison

Hank Johnson

Sheila Jackson Lee

Charles Rangel

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which 2008 presidential candidate said this? "Under my plan of a Cap and Trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket". Hint

Joe Biden

Bill Richardson

Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama

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Question 10 of 10

10. What Democratic politician said this? "Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again".
Hint

Barbara Boxer

Joe Biden

Barack Obama

Dianne Feinstein

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which politician said this? "In case you missed it, this week there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed."

Answer: Barack Obama

This was said at a campaign fundraiser by presidential candidate Obama in May 2007, referring to a tornado that barreled through Greensburg, Kansas. However 10,000 people did not die; 12 did.
(Question submitted by Dee30)

2. Which Democrat said this? "The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs."

Answer: Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown said this during his Pacifica radio show in 1995. He is now the Governor of California again, having previously served as Governor in the late 1970s. (Question submitted by Malclave)

Answer: Dan Rather

Although these comments were made in the spring of 2001, Mr. Rather would stay on at CBS until his firing by network executives for his botched reporting about George W. Bush's service in the Air National Guard during the run-up to the 2004 presidential election.
(Question submitted by Golfmom)

4. Which stalwart of the Democratic establishment said this? "When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed".

Answer: Joe Biden

Not only did Joe Biden get the President wrong, since the Stock Market Crash of 1929 was 3-1/2 years before Roosevelt took office, but he also got the medium for the message entirely wrong.
(Question submitted by Dawgfan1995)

Answer: Barack Obama

He gave this speech in 2009 at Cairo University in Egypt. The statements are false. The origins of algebra trace back to the Babylonians of Mesopotamia, who were not Muslim. Also, the compass was discovered centuries before the advent of Islam in Ancient China and the printing press was developed by Johannes Gutenberg, who hailed from Germany. Lastly, Hippocrates, the father of medicine, was Greek. Joseph Lister, the father of modern surgery and antiseptics was English and Pasteur was French.
(Question submitted by Robinbird)

6. Which Democratic First Lady said this? "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the President".

Answer: Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton became the 67th US Secretary of State in January 2009 and was the First Lady from 1993-2001. Hillary Clinton was the first First Lady to ever serve in a Presidential cabinet. She made these remarks during her husband's first term when the Republican House of Representatives subpoenaed documents.
(Question submitted by Misscooksalot)

7. During his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 4, 2010, President Obama repeatedly mispronounced which of the following words?

Answer: Corpsman

Amazingly this did not happen just once, but on two occasions. When speaking about a member of the United States Navy, President Obama referred to the serviceman as a "corpse man." The "p" and "s" are silent in corpsman. (Question submitted by Saints2668, from Associatedcontent.com)

8. What Democratic Congressman in April 2010 wondered if Guam might tip over and sink if we stationed too many U.S. soldiers there?

Answer: Hank Johnson

This comment was made during a congressional hearing as Mr. Johnson was addressing Admiral Robert Willard, who was the Naval Commander of the Pacific Fleet.
(Question submitted by Robinbird)

9. Which 2008 presidential candidate said this? "Under my plan of a Cap and Trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket".

Answer: Barack Obama

Barack Obama made these remarks during a January 2008 interview with the "San Francisco Chronicle". He was clearly sending a message that 'green' methods of producing energy were the future for America.
(Question submitted by Spencerport)

Answer: Barbara Boxer

The San Francisco earthquake took place in 1906. Senator Boxer made this comment in April of 2010 during a conversation with the California media.
(Question submitted by Malclave)

Source: Author Yankeegirl742

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