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| Which planet did Dan say this about? '_____ is essentially in the same orbit...______ is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.' ? | Dan Quayle Quotes
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Mars. An amazing idea Dan, perhaps you would like to be the first man on Mars without a space suit?
| 'When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The ______ are to blame.' | Dan Quayle Quotes
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killers. A profound idea Dan, you should have been a lawyer!
1947. James Danforth Quayle was born on February 4, 1947 in Huntington, Indiana to James and Corinne Quayle.
| In what state did Quayle and his family live from 1955 to 1963? | Dan Quayle
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Arizona. Quayle's father James moved to Arizona to manage part of the family's publishing empire.
| What university did Quayle graduate from in 1969? | Dan Quayle
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DePauw. Quayle graduated from DePauw University with a degree in political science. He got his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law in 1974.
| How many years did Quayle serve in the U.S. House of Representatives? | Dan Quayle
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4. Quayle was elected to the House in 1976, defeating the incumbent J. Edward Roush 55% to 45%, to represent Indiana's fourth congressional district.
| Who did Quayle defeat to win election to the U.S. Senate in 1980? | Dan Quayle
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Birch Bayh. Bayh, a three-term incumbent Democrat, was defeated by Quayle 54% to 46%. Quayle left the Senate in 1988 when he was chosen to run for vice-president.
| Where was the 1988 Republican National Convention held that nominated Quayle to run for vice-president on the same ticket with George H.W. Bush? | Dan Quayle
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New Orleans. As is the standard these days, both Bush and Quayle won their nominations on the first ballot. The convention was held at the Louisiana Superdome.
| Quayle held a debate during the 1988 campaign, against Democratic vice-presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen, in what city? | Dan Quayle
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Omaha. It was during this debate that Quayle compared his experience in Congress to that of John F. Kennedy. To which, Bentsen replied "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy."
| At what Georgia university was the 1992 Vice-Presidential debate held between Quayle, Democratic Party nominee Al Gore and Reform Party nominee James Stockdale? | Dan Quayle
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Georgia Tech. The 1992 Vice-Presidential debate was held at the Theater of the Arts on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta.
| Quayle was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2000, but withdrew in September 1999, after he finished in what place in an Iowa straw poll of Republican candidates? | Dan Quayle
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8 . The 1999 Iowa straw poll finished this way. 1st--George W. Bush 31%, 2nd--Steve Forbes 21%, 3rd--Elizabeth Dole 14%, 4th--Gary Bauer 9%, 5th--Pat Buchanan 7%, 6th--Lamar Alexander 6%, 7th--Alan Keyes 5%, 8th--Dan Quayle 4%, 9th--Orrin Hatch 2%.
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