26 June 2014

(Basic) Ronald Reagan Quiz


1. When was Ronald Reagan first sworn in as President of USA?
a) 20 January 1981
b) 4 November 1980
c) 20 January 1989
d) 4 March 1981

2. When was Ronald Reagan born?
a) 6 February 1911
b) 3 April 1912
c) 4 July 1916
d) 25 November 1921

3. Where was Ronald Reagan born?
a) Honolulu
b) Los Alamos
c) New Hampshire
d) Tampico

4. Which college did Ronald Reagan attend?
a) Eureka College
b) Bethany College
c) Trinity College
d) Brown College

5. When did Ronald Reagan marry Nancy Davis?
a) 4 March 1952
b) 9 May 1956
c) 6 June 1946
d) 14 December 1948

6. What was Ronald Reagan's preferred nickname until the late 1930s?
a) Ron
b) Wilson
c) Butch
d) Dutch

7. When was Ronald Reagan shot?
a) 30 March 1981
b) 15 June 1980
c) 21 September 1976
d) 28 December 1974

8. How many hours did Ronald Reagan give to air traffic controllers
who went on strike on 3 August 1981 to get back to work?
a) 24
b) 48
c) 72
d) 96

9. When did Ronald Reagan die?
a) 3 January 2000
b) 5 June 2004
c) 14 August 1999
d) 11 October 2001

10. What was the official name for Reagan's $1 trillion
"Star Wars" program?
a) National Missile Defense (NMD)
b) Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
c) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
d) Satellite Defense System (SDS)

 11. What job did Reagan hold for seven summers
between school terms?
a) Lifeguard
b) Shoe salesman
c) Montgomery Wards clerk
d) Window washer

12. The US Army invaded which country in 1982 to fight
Communist rebels?
a) Lebanon
b) Nicaragua
c) Iran
d) Grenada

13. President Reagan's economic plans for the nation were based on
the supply-side economic theories developed by which economist?
a) John Maynard Keynes
b) Martin Feldstein
c) Arthur Laffer
d) Jeffrey Sachs

14. Reagan became famous in the Midwest while working as a/an...?
a) Television news anchor
b) Chicago Tribune journalist
c) radio announcer
d) photographer

15. What was Reagan's FBI code name during the
'Red Scare' of the 1950s?
a) T-2
b) T-10
c) RR-666
d) F-14

Answers here:


1. When was Ronald Reagan first sworn in as President of USA?
a) 20 January 1981

2. When was Ronald Reagan born?
a) 6 February 1911

3. Where was Ronald Reagan born?
d) Tampico

4. Which college did Ronald Reagan attend?
a) Eureka College

5. When did Ronald Reagan marry Nancy Davis?
a) 4 March 1952

6. What was Reagan's preferred nickname until the late 1930s?
d) Dutch

7. When was Ronald Reagan shot?
a) 30 March 1981

8. How many hours did Ronald Reagan give to air traffic controllers
who went on strike on 3 August 1981 to get back to work?
b) 48

9. When did Ronald Reagan die?
b) 5 June 2004

10. What was the official name for Reagan's $1 trillion
"Star Wars" program?
c) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

11. What job did Reagan hold for seven summers
between school terms?
a) lifeguard

12. The US Army invaded which country in 1982 to fight
Communist rebels??
d) Grenada

13. President Reagan's economic plans for the nation were based on
the supply-side economic theories developed by which economist?
c) Arthur Laffer

14. Reagan became famous in the Midwest while working as a/an...?
c) radio announcer

15. What was Reagan's FBI code name during the
'Red Scare' of the 1950s?
b) T-10