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Seven Dwarves: 1988 US Presidential Race

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Introduction:
"The 1988 race for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States was a crowded field. The candidates that year were dubbed "Gary Hart and the Seven Dwarves" by the press."


1. Who was the first of the so-called "seven dwarves" who ran for US president in 1988 to withdraw from the race for reasons other than scandal?
    Dick Gephardt
    Paul Simon
    Al Gore
    Bruce Babbitt


2. Who won the 1988 Democratic Iowa presidential caucus?
    Jesse Jackson
    Paul Simon
    Dick Gephardt
    Michael Dukakis


3. The easy winner in the 1988 New Hampshire primary among the Democrats was the governor of neighboring Massachussetts, Michael Dukakis. Who finished second?
    Al Gore
    Paul Simon
    Dick Gephardt
    Jesse Jackson


4. Gary Hart withdrew from the '88 presidential race when his affair with Donna Rice became public. Joe Biden was another victim of scandal. What was Biden's misdeed?
    campaign finance abuses
    did drugs as a youth
    plagiarized a speech
    had an affair


5. In 1988, who adopted a campaign strategy that he summarized as follows? "When you go duck hunting you go where the ducks are. When you go delegate hunting, you go where the delegates are."
    Dick Gephardt
    Bruce Babbitt
    Al Gore
    Jesse Jackson


6. How many of the Democrats' "seven dwarves" in 1988 (Bruce Babbitt, Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson and Paul Simon) ran for president again in '92, '96, '00 and/or '04?
    two
    three
    one
    four


7. Which campaign wife caused controversy by comparing Jesse Jackson's speaking ability to Adolf Hitler's?
    Kitty Dukakis
    Hattie Babbitt
    Jeanne Simon
    Tipper Gore


8. How many of the 1988 Democratic candidates for president (Bruce Babbitt, Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson and Paul Simon) finished first in at least one state?
    three
    six
    four
    five


9. How many of the Democratic presidential candidates in 1988 (Bruce Babbitt, Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson and Paul Simon) were US senators?
    six
    three
    four
    five


10. Who were the two 1988 Democratic presidential hopefuls who admitted to having smoked pot in their youth?
    Joe Biden and Dick Gephardt
    Bruce Babbitt and Al Gore
    Dick Gephardt and Al Gore
    Bruce Babbitt and Joe Biden


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