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Quiz about 20 Fictional American Presidents

20 Fictional American Presidents Quiz

This quiz is about movies that feature American Presidents. All the Presidents are fictional. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by mgeigert. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
mgeigert

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
148,666

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
1592

Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (9/20), Guest 73 (9/20), Guest 51 (13/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. In the movie 'Deep Impact', there is a comet that is going to destroy the Earth. Who plays the President of the United States in this movie? Hint

Samuel L. Jackson

Danny Glover

Morgan Freeman

Laurence Fishburne

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Question 2 of 20

2. This movie is about a President, who believes that he can do anything he wants, including commiting a murder. Unfotunately for him, Clint Eastwood is a witness. Who plays the President in question? Hint

Donald Moffat

Michael Douglas

John Malkovich

Gene Hackman

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Question 3 of 20

3. 'Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?' enquires the tagline for this movie. Who is that 'thing' that President Andrew Shepherd, played by Michael Douglas, wants most? Hint

Jessica Lange

Annette Bening

Olivia Williams

Jeanne Tripplehorn

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Question 4 of 20

4. In this movie the President, an ex-soldier, defeats the hijackers of his plane. I will not even ask who played the main hero, but what was the name of the President in this movie? Hint

President Joseph Carlson

President Jack Stanton

President James Marshall

President John Fowler

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Question 5 of 20

5. In the movie 'Canadian Bacon', Alan Alda is the U.S. President who gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada. But who plays the Russian President Vladimir Krushkin? Hint

Michael Alexander Jackson

Nicholas Wyman

Aldis Hodge

Richard Council

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Question 6 of 20

6. President Jackson Evans wants to leave a legacy of being the President to have a woman as a Vice President. Senator Laine Hanson gets his nomination, but secrets from her past come to light. Who plays the President? Hint

Kevin Costner

Gary Oldman

Jeff Bridges

John Travolta

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Question 7 of 20

7. In the movie 'Clear and Present Danger', there is an illegal war being fought by the US government, headed by President Bennett, against a Colombian drug cartel. Donald Moffat plays the President, but who plays drug baron Ernesto Escobeda? Hint

Miguel Sandoval

Raymond Cruz

Joaquim de Almeida

Henry Czerny

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Question 8 of 20

8. In 'The Sum of All Fears', another movie featuring Jack Ryan, Ben Affleck takes over the main character. The movie again features a President of the U.S. What is his name this time? Hint

President Owen

President Fowler

President Slater

President Mitchell

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Question 9 of 20

9. In the movie 'Dave', Kevin Kline plays President William Mitchell and his impersonator Dave Kovic. What is the President's second name? Hint

Henry

Harrison

Huston

Horacio

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Question 10 of 20

10. In the movie 'Assassination', Jay Killion is the bodyguard of the recently elected US President Calvin Craig, played by Charles Howerton, and of the First Lady. Who plays Jay Killion? Hint

Jon Voight

Chuck Norris

Clint Eastwood

Charles Bronson

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Question 11 of 20

11. Among the many other characters of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me', there is The President. Who plays him? Hint

Charlton Heston

Dan Aykroyd

Tim Robbins

Alan Alda

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Question 12 of 20

12. The premise of this movie is the following: while protecting the U.S. President, played by William Atherton, Secret Service agent Nick Sager, played by Craig Sheffer, helps him to dispose of the body of a young girl, who accidentally died during an adulterous encounter. What movie is it? Hint

Executive Power

Executive Decision

Executive Target

Executive Encounter

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Question 13 of 20

13. The movie 'Fail Safe' was the first feature-length fictional show broadcast live on CBS in almost 40 years. Which actor is credited as playing The President? Hint

Harvey Keitel

Brian Dennehy

Richard Dreyfuss

James Cromwell

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Question 14 of 20

14. 'July 2nd, they arrive. July 3rd, they attack. July 4th is Independence Day.' 'Independence Day' features Bill Pullman playing the President of the U.S. What was his name? Hint

President Andrew Emerson

President Anthony Freeman

President Thomas Whitmore

President Charles Johnson

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Question 15 of 20

15. An assassin is on the loose, a President is in danger, and only one man stands between them in the movie 'In the line of Fire', and it is Clint Eastwood. Jim Curley plays the President, but who plays the assassin? Hint

John Malkovich

Willem Dafoe

Bruce Willis

Harvey Keitel

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Question 16 of 20

16. 'My Fellow Americans' features not one but three Presidents. Two former Presidents of the United States, played by Jack Lemmon and James Garner, are framed in a scandal by the current President (Dan Aykroyd). Can you identify which of the following are the right last names of the trio? Hint

Newman, Ford, Haney

Costanza, Brosnan, Haney

Benes, Williams, Haney

Kramer, Douglas, Haney

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Question 17 of 20

17. 'He's a D.C. cop on the outside. She's a Secret Service agent on the inside. Tracking a White House homicide to the First Family's front door.' Ronny Cox plays President Jack Neil, Wesley Snipes is detective Harlan Regis, the 'D.C. cop on the outside'. Who plays the Secret Service agent? Hint

Diane Lane

Charlize Theron

Laura Linney

Monica Potter

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Question 18 of 20

18. In which of the following movies does Christopher McDonald play the President of the USA? Hint

Flubber

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

Richie Rich

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Question 19 of 20

19. After the President is caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, one of his advisors contacts a top Hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war that the President can heroically end. Who is the director of this great movie, 'Wag the Dog'? Hint

Oliver Stone

Woody Allen

Barry Levinson

Peter Segal

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Question 20 of 20

20. In the movie 'Kisses for My President', the women joined together and elected Leslie McCloud as the first female US President. Who played the President? Hint

Katharine Hepburn

Doris Day

Polly Bergen

Sue Ane Langdon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the movie 'Deep Impact', there is a comet that is going to destroy the Earth. Who plays the President of the United States in this movie?

Answer: Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman plays President Tom Beck. 'Cities fall but they are rebuilt. Heroes die but they are remembered,' says President Beck in his address to the nation.

Answer: Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman plays President Allen Richmond opposite Clint Eastwood's 'good thief' Luther Whitney in the movie 'Absolute Power'. This is an adaptation of David Baldacci's novel of the same name.

Answer: Annette Bening

In the movie 'The American President', Annette Bening plays the lobbyist, Sydney Ellen Wade. The original script of the movie was reportedly 307 pages long. Material that was not used in the film was later used in 'The West Wing'.

4. In this movie the President, an ex-soldier, defeats the hijackers of his plane. I will not even ask who played the main hero, but what was the name of the President in this movie?

Answer: President James Marshall

This is 'Air Force One' with Harrison Ford as President James Marshall. 'Get off my plane,' says the President to Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman). The plane in question is a rented and repainted Boeing 747-146. The real Air Force One is usually one of two modified Boeing 747-200s.

Answer: Richard Council

Richard Coucil is the Russian President Vladimir Krushkin. Wallace Shawn plays the Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald. John Candy is Niagara County Sheriff Bud B. Boomer. 'Surrender pronto, or we'll level Toronto!'

Answer: Jeff Bridges

The movie is 'The Contender'. Jeff Bridges (President Jackson Evans) and Joan Allen (Sen. Laine Hanson) both received Academy Awards nominations as the Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Best Actress in a Leading Role respectively.

Answer: Miguel Sandoval

Harrison Ford stars in this movie as Jack Ryan. Joaquim de Almeida plays Col. Felix Cortez a.k.a. Roberto Alonzo Landa, Raymond Cruz is Domingo 'Ding' Chavez, and Henry Czerny is CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter.

8. In 'The Sum of All Fears', another movie featuring Jack Ryan, Ben Affleck takes over the main character. The movie again features a President of the U.S. What is his name this time?

Answer: President Fowler

James Cromwell stars as President Fowler, Morgan Freeman plays DCI William Cabot, a ranking member of his Presidential administration. In 'Deep Impact', the roles were reversed.

9. In the movie 'Dave', Kevin Kline plays President William Mitchell and his impersonator Dave Kovic. What is the President's second name?

Answer: Harrison

The President's full name in the movie is William Harrison Mitchell. William Henry Harrison was a real President elected in 1840. The Vice President in the movie (Ben Kingsley) is called Nance. John Nance Garner was Franklin D. Roosevelt's Vice President for two terms.

10. In the movie 'Assassination', Jay Killion is the bodyguard of the recently elected US President Calvin Craig, played by Charles Howerton, and of the First Lady. Who plays Jay Killion?

Answer: Charles Bronson

The First Lady in this movie is played by Jill Ireland. In the real life she was actually married to Charles Bronson.

11. Among the many other characters of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me', there is The President. Who plays him?

Answer: Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins is The President. The President wants to nuke Dr. Evil, and when Commander (Fred Willard) asks if The President is really going to blow up the moon, The President says: 'Would you really miss it that much?'

Answer: Executive Power

'Executive Power' features William Atherton as President John Fields. William Atherton also played Richard Thornburg, the reporter in 'Die Hard' and 'Die Hard 2'.

13. The movie 'Fail Safe' was the first feature-length fictional show broadcast live on CBS in almost 40 years. Which actor is credited as playing The President?

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss

'Fail Safe' was broadcast live on 9 April 2000. The movie was performed on live television in black and white and required two sound stages on the Warner Brothers studio lot.

14. 'July 2nd, they arrive. July 3rd, they attack. July 4th is Independence Day.' 'Independence Day' features Bill Pullman playing the President of the U.S. What was his name?

Answer: President Thomas Whitmore

'We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!' says President Whitmore in his address to the nation. The White House interiors used in this movie were originally built for 'The American President', and were later used for 'Mars Attacks!'.

Answer: John Malkovich

John Malkovich plays Mitch Leary a.k.a John Booth a.k.a. James Carney. Several of the scenes with the President campaigning were taken from the real-life 1992 campaign of President Bill Clinton.

Answer: Kramer, Douglas, Haney

Jack Lemmon plays President Russell O. Kramer, James Garner plays President Matt Douglas, and Dan Aykroyd plays President William Haney. 'I had only one assassination attempt against me and you had three!' says Kramer. 'Two! The woman in Phoenix doesn't count; she only had a starter's pistol!' answers Douglas.

Answer: Diane Lane

In the movei 'Murder at 1600', Diane Lane plays Nina Chance, Secret Service Agent. Ronny Cox previously played the President of the United States, Tom Kimball, in 'Captain America' (1991).

18. In which of the following movies does Christopher McDonald play the President of the USA?

Answer: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

Christopher McDonald played Bryce Anderson in several episodes of 'Veronica's Closet'. He also was Darryl in 'Thelma and Louise'.

Answer: Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson directed this movie starring Dustin Hoffman as Stanley Motss (the producer) and Robert De Niro as Conrad Brean (the advisor). Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson, William H. Macy, and Kirsten Dunst also star.

20. In the movie 'Kisses for My President', the women joined together and elected Leslie McCloud as the first female US President. Who played the President?

Answer: Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen was also in such movies as 'Cape Fear' and 'The Caretakers'. For the latter, she was nominated for a Golden Globe as the Best Motion Picture Actress.

Source: Author mgeigert

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