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Losing U.S. VP Candidates 1964-2000

Created by root17

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Campaigns & Elections

	"How quickly we forget. I'll give you the winner in each of the U.S. Presidential elections 1964 to 2000. Can you identify the VP candidate on the losing major party ticket? Choose from the multiple-choice possible answers."
15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit

1. In the 2000 election Gov. George W. Bush (TX) beat VP Al Gore (TN). Gore's running mate was _____________?

Sen. Joe Lieberman (CT)

Warren Christopher

former Sen. Bill Bradley (NJ)

William Daley

2. In the 1996 election Pres. Bill Clinton beat Sen. Bob Dole (KS). Dole's running mate was _________?

Colin Powell

former Rep. Jack Kemp (NY)

Pat Buchanan

Sen. Phil Gramm (TX)

3. In the 1992 election Gov. Bill Clinton (AR) beat Pres. George H. W. Bush. Bush's running mate was _________?

former Gov. Richard Thornburgh (PA)

Colin Powell

former Sen. Dan Quayle (IN)

former Rep. Newt Gingrich (GA)

4. In the 1988 election VP George H. W. Bush beat Gov. Michael Dukakis (MA). Dukakis' running mate was _____________?

former Gov. Bruce Babbitt (AZ)

Gov. Mario Cuomo (NY)

former Gov. Jerry Brown (CA)

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (TX)

5. In the 1984 election Pres. Ronald Reagan beat Sen. Walter Mondale (MN). Mondale's running mate was ___________?

Sen. Alan Cranston (CA)

Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (NY)

Sen. Gary Hart (CO)

Sen. John Glenn (OH)

6. In the 1980 election Gov. Ronald Reagan (CA) beat Gov. Jimmy Carter (GA). Carter's running mate was_____________?

Gov. Mario Cuomo (NY)

former Sen. Eugene (Gene) McCarthy (MN)

former Sen. Walter Mondale (MN)

Sen. Edward Kennedy (MA)

7. In the 1976 election Gov. Jimmy Carter (GA) beat Pres. Gerald Ford. Ford's running mate was ___________?

Sen. Bob Dole (KS)

Elliot Richardson

former Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (NY)

CIA Director George Bush

8. In the 1972 election Pres. Richard Nixon beat Sen. George McGovern (SD). McGovern's running mate was ___________?

former Sen. Eugene (Gene) McCarthy (MN)

Peace Corp Director R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.

former Sen. Hubert Humphrey (MN)

former Gov. Earl Warren (CA)

9. In the 1968 election former VP Richard Nixon beat VP Hubert Humphrey. Humphrey's running mate was ____________?

former Gov. Earl Warren (CA)

Sen. Eugene 'Gene' McCarthy (MN)

Sen. Edmund Muskie (ME)

former Gov. Adlai Stevenson, Jr. (IL)

10. In the 1964 election Pres. Lyndon Johnson beat Sen. Barry Goldwater (AZ). Goldwater's running mate was _______?

Gen Curtis LeMay

Gen William C. Westmoreland

Congressman William Miller (NY)

Robert McNamara