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4 Dan Quayle quizzes and 60 Dan Quayle trivia questions.
1.
  According to Dan: It's Quayle Season    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Dan Quayle has stated many things that keep me laughing. Here are some of them with some background information as well. Let's see if you can figure out what Dan is talking about! Good luck and do not be afraid to burst out laughing.
Difficult, 20 Qns, superferd, Apr 13 11
Difficult
superferd
817 plays
2.
  Quayleisms    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I dedicate this quiz to Dan Quayle, give the man his due, never before in history has a politician had such a bad case of 'foot-in-mouth' disease! All are Quayleisms, but you need to fill in the blank in most of them to get the full 'effect'!
Tough, 10 Qns, Engadine, Nov 29 19
Tough
Engadine
Nov 29 19
498 plays
3.
  Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
US vice-president Dan Quayle became almost as well known for his verbal misstatements as his political achievements. What do you know about things he said - or did he?
Tough, 20 Qns, natsirt, Feb 20 18
Tough
natsirt
1082 plays
4.
  Dan Quayle    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on George H.W. Bush's vice-president and the 44th vice-president of the United States, Dan Quayle.
Tough, 10 Qns, AdmiralShark, Oct 10 05
Tough
AdmiralShark
209 plays

Dan Quayle Trivia Questions
1. In what year was Quayle born?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: 1947

James Danforth Quayle was born on February 4, 1947 in Huntington, Indiana to James and Corinne Quayle.

2. "How about if we say when it's wet, it's wet?" was what VP Dan Quayle stated when asked to describe what?

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: Wetlands

Talk about stating the absolute obvious - well done Dan, might I say, one of your better quips! This quote is included in, 'What a Waste It Is to Lose One's Mind', the unauthorised biography of Dan Quayle - the name of this tome was taken from when the then VP tried to quote the slogan of the United Negro College Fund, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."

3. In what state did Quayle and his family live from 1955 to 1963?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: Arizona

Quayle's father James moved to Arizona to manage part of the family's publishing empire.

4. "The _____ will be better tomorrow."

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: future

Really Dan, and how did you work that one out?

5. 'We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to ______. We are a part of ______.'

From Quiz Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?

Answer: Europe

Okay, maybe his grip of Geography is a bit shaky, but arguably he was speaking metaphorically.

6. What university did Quayle graduate from in 1969?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: 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.

7. "We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to _______ you on the mistakes we may or may not have made."

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: enlighten

As reported in USA Today in 1992. What a wonderful choice of word for Dan Quayle to use, 'enlighten' - mmmm, let's just ponder that one!

8. 'I am not part of the problem. I am a _________.'

From Quiz Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?

Answer: Republican

Democrats seemed to think this was funny. But they would, wouldn't they?

9. How many years did Quayle serve in the U.S. House of Representatives?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: 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.

10. " ________ leads to unclear, inarticulate things."

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: verbosity

Dan Quayle being verbose, now that conjures a mental picture!

11. 'Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow _________.'

From Quiz Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?

Answer: astronauts

He didn't actually say this, despite what his opponents have claimed. Video footage makes clear that what he actually said was "Thank you very much Bob, Mr. President, Mrs. Bush, Dick Truly and fellow astronauts, and ladies and gentlemen."

12. Who did Quayle defeat to win election to the U.S. Senate in 1980?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: 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.

13. "Maybe you guys will get lucky this year and face the Orioles in the World Series?" Who was Dan Quayle addressing when he stated this?

From Quiz According to Dan: It's Quayle Season

Answer: Milwaukee Brewers

This was a quote from the Sunday Detroit News after Dan threw out the opening pitch of the season on 5/3/92. The Brewers at that time were still in the American league, as were the Orioles, so this could not have occurred. I am sure the Orioles were not too happy to hear about this anyway.

14. "He starts around the turn of the century up through Vietnam, and it's a very good historical book about ________ . "

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: history

I love this one in particular, VP Dan Quayle on author Paul Johnson's book, 'Modern Times', in 1993. What else would an historical book be about Dan?

15. 'It isn't ________ that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.'

From Quiz Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?

Answer: pollution

This is another of the things that he never actually said - it was a joke, invented by "MAD" Magazine. But when people want to believe a thing, the truth doesn't seem to matter.

16. 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?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: 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.

17. "I have made good judgments in the ______. I have made good judgments in the _______."

From Quiz According to Dan: It's Quayle Season

Answer: past ... future

Either Dan was using his sixth sense and reporting what would happen in the future or he had a little problem with his tenses. I'll leave it for you to decide.

18. "I should have caught the mistake on that spelling bee card, but as _____ _____ once said - You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word."

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: Mark Twain

Great quote, but it was former American President Andrew Jackson's quote, not Mark Twain's! Now don't tell me, Dan used to be indecisive, but now he's not so sure!

19. 'We don't want to go back to ________, we want to go forward'

From Quiz Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?

Answer: tomorrow

20. Quayle held a debate during the 1988 campaign, against Democratic vice-presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen, in what city?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: 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."

21. "_______ has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is IN the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here." What was Dan talking about?

From Quiz According to Dan: It's Quayle Season

Answer: Hawaii

This was in September of 1989 as Dan told the people of Hawaii first how important they were, then where they were, and then drove home the point again. Perhaps the congregation in Hawaii did not know they were in the Pacific Ocean and needed reassurance?

22. "My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will never, never surrender to what is _____ . "

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: right

VP Dan Quayle speaking to the Christian Coalition about the need for abstinence to avoid AIDS, in 1991. Now aren't we glad Dan was further quoted as having said, "The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make!" This was in a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

23. 'The _________ was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.'

From Quiz Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?

Answer: Holocaust

24. At what Georgia university was the 1992 Vice-Presidential debate held between Quayle, Democratic Party nominee Al Gore and Reform Party nominee James Stockdale?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: Georgia Tech

The 1992 Vice-Presidential debate was held at the Theater of the Arts on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta.

25. "This President is going to lead us out of this _______ - it will happen".

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: recovery

VP Dan Quayle at a campaign stop at a University in 1992.

26. 'I love ___________, I practically grew up in Phoenix.'

From Quiz Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?

Answer: California

This is another one that cannot be formally attributed to him. In any case, it sounds worse than it actually is - Phoenix may be in Arizona, not California, but is only a couple of hours' drive from the California border, which in US terms is pretty much next door.

27. 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?

From Quiz Dan Quayle

Answer: 8 & eighth & eight

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%.

28. "I've been told to keep my remarks relatively brief, I understand ______-hunting season begins at noon".

From Quiz Quayleisms

Answer: Quayle

Senator Dan Quayle to a crowd in Wisconsin, as reported in the LA Times in 1988.

29. 'People that are really very _______ can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.'

From Quiz Things Dan Quayle Said - Or Did He?

Answer: weird

Well, maybe, but it all depends how you define "weird". Thank about your personal bias, and how it affects your interpretation of what a person says. Do you think it would be funny if Obama had said it?

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