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Playing the President

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : TV & Movies Mixture : Playing the President

Introduction:
"This quiz tests your knowledge of actors who have played U.S. Presidents #33 - 42 (Truman to Clinton). This is the first in my "Playing the President" series, which covers TV and movie portrayals of each of the first 42 presidents."


1. One of the following actors played a U.S. Presidential candidate fighting to win the Democratic nomination in spite of the pitfalls presented by his voracious sexual appetite. Which actor played this character, very transparently modeled after President Bill Clinton?
    Harrison Ford
    Bill Pullman
    Martin Sheen
    John Travolta


2. In Showtime's made-for-TV movie "The Day Reagan Was Shot", which actor played George Herbert Walker Bush?
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Daniel T. Healy
    James Cromwell
    Michael Greene


3. Which of the following actors has NOT played President Ronald Reagan in a movie?
    Richard Crenna
    Robert Beatty
    James Brolin
    Phil Hartman


4. Who played President Jimmy Carter in the 1977 Bermuda Triangle drama "The Cayman Triangle"?
    Walt Hanna
    Jimmy Carter
    Ed Beheler
    Emanuel Gironi


5. Which actor played Gerald Ford in the 1987 TV movie "The Betty Ford Story"?
    Josef Sommer
    Corbin Bernsen
    Chevy Chase
    Dick Crockett


6. Which actor earned an Academy Award nomination for playing President Richard Nixon?
    Answer: (Two words: Full name or just the surname.)


7. Which British actor has played President Lyndon Baines Johnson?
    Anthony Hopkins
    Michael Gambon
    Ian Holm
    Albert Finney


8. In which film did Bruce Greenwood play President John F. Kennedy?
    Kennedy
    Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis
    Thirteen Days
    JFK


9. Who played Dwight Eisenhower in the A&E World War Two drama "Ike: Countdown to D-Day"?
    Michael Chiklis
    Tom Selleck
    Frank Langella
    Al Pacino


10. Identify the actor who has NOT played President Harry S. Truman.
    Gary Sinise
    James Whitmore
    David Patrick Kelly
    Hume Cronyn


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