Which popular children’s book series did President Obama particularly favor?
1. Goosebumps
2. The Chronicles of Narnia
3. Harry Potter series
4. The Boxcar Children
Harry Potter series
President Obama read all six of the books in the Harry Potter series because he says he thoroughly enjoys them.
Presidential candidate Barack Obama made a promise to his daughters that would be fulfilled if he became president. What was this promise?
1. That they could each have a bedroom of her own
2. That they could get a dog
3. That they could attend the school of their choice
4. They could each have a whole new wardrobe
That they could get a dog
Candidate Barack Obama promised his daughters they could get a family dog. They got a black and white Portuguese Water-Dog which they called Bo.
Who was the African-American politician that Barack Obama beat in the Illinois Senate race in 2004?
1. Rev. Al Sharpton
2. Alan Keyes
3. Alan Best
4. Keyes West
Alan Keyes
The 2004 Illinois US Senate race saw two African-American candidates running against one another for the first time ever. Obama’s opponent was Alan Keyes. Obama, of course, won the election.
President Obama’s inauguration was the largest ever held for a president. Approximately how many people attended this inauguration?
1. 6 million people
2. 44 million people
3. 2 million people
4. 900,000 people
2 million people
President Barack Obama’s inauguration was attended by approximately 2 million people.
Which of the following is NOT a part of Barack Obama’s employment resume?
1. Community Organizer
2. Lawyer
3. Senator
4. Governor
Governor
After graduating from Columbia University, Barack Obama worked as a Community Organizer in Chicago for a year in 1988; he served as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law school from 1992-2004 and served the 13th District for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and ran for US Senate in 2004 and won with a landslide victory. He was never governor.
Barack Obama’s father died when the younger Obama was 21 years old; how did he die?
1. Suicide
2. Surgical malpractice
3. Car accident
4. Heart attack
Car accident
Barack Obama Sr. died in a car accident in Kenya when Barack Obama Jr. was 21 years old.
Barack Obama made a video on mentoring with what famous basketball player?
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Magic Johnson
3. Lebron James
4. Steph Curry
Steph Curry
In 2016, President Obama and Golden State Warriors point guard, Steph Curry, paired up to create a PSA video called In Real Life as part of a campaign by the Presidents, My Brother’s Keeper initiative and MENTOR: the National Mentoring Partnership. The video aims to increase opportunities for minority youth.
How old was Barack Obama when he became the 44th President of the U.S.?
1. 40 years old
2. 47 years old
3. 35 years old
4. 44 years old
47 years old
Barack Obama was 47 years old when he was elected president.
What was the Secret Service code name for President Obama?
1. Renegade
2. Radiance
3. Renaissance
4. Rosebud
Renegade
When the President was elected, he requested the Secret Service to give him the code name Renegade in respect to his favorite 1989 Keifer Sutherland movie, Renegades. Michelle was given the code name Renaissance; Malia was given Radiance; and Sasha, Rosebud.
President Obama has a keepsake from one of the world’s most recognized athletes. What is the keepsake and who is it from?
1. Signed golf ball from Tiger Woods
2. Signed boxing gloves from Muhammad Ali
3. Signed track shoe from Jamaica’s Usain Bolt
4. Signed tennis ball from Serena Williams
Signed boxing gloves from Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali gave President Obama an autographed pair of red boxing gloves which he exhibited in the Oval Office all during his presidency.
What was Barack Obama’s childhood pet whose name was Tata?
1. Boa Constrictor
2. Skunk
3. Portuguese Water Dog
4. Ape
Ape
President Obama reveals in his memoir, Dreams From My Father, that he had a pet ape named Tata when he was a child in Indonesia.
Which of the following was NOT a name used for President Barack Obama’s famous landmark bill that he signed into law in his second year in office?
1. ACA
2. President’s Bill of Care
3. Obama Care
4. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
President’s Bill of Care
President Obama’s landmark bill was never called the President’s Bill of Care. The other three names were used to refer to all or part of this important bill that was signed into law on March 23, 2010.
What does the Swahili name Barack mean in English?
1. Favored son
2. One who has vision
3. Intelligent one
4. Blessed one
Blessed one
Barack and Baraka are both Swahili names meaning “one who is blessed”. Barack Obama was named after his father who was also Barack. This name is not to be confused with the Hebrew name, Barak which means lightning.
Because of Barack Obama’s excellent skills in high school in what sport did he earn the name “Barry O’Bomber”?
1. Soccer
2. Paddle-ball
3. Basketball
4. Tennis
Basketball
Barack Obama was a star basketball player at his Hawaii high school, Punahou High, and the name reflected his talents as a shooter.
Where was Barack Obama born?
1. Chicago, IL
2. Nairobi, Kenya
3. Washington D.C.
4. Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI
While Donald Trump waged a campaign challenging the declared birthplace of Barack Obama, his birth certificate documented that he was born on August 4, 1961 in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii. Donald Trump never offered an apology for his error.
President Obama and his older daughter, Malia, are the same height. How tall are they?
1. 6’5
2. 6’1
3. 5’11
4. 5’6
6’1
Both President Barack Obama and Malia Obama are 6’1” tall. Michelle Obama is 5’11” tall.
Where did Barack take Michelle on their first date?
1. White City Amusement Park
2. To the Lincoln Park Zoo
3. To see Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
4. Anmol Barbecue Restaurant
To see Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
In the summer of 1989, Barack Obama took Michelle Robinson to the Art Institute of Chicago and to a screening of the new Spike Lee joint, Do the Right Thing.
What Kenyan symbol did President Obama keep on his desk during both terms of his presidency?
1. Coat of Arms of Kenya
2. Carving of a hand holding an egg
3. Statue of an adult lion
4. A miniature national Flag of Kenya
Carving of a hand holding an egg
President Obama obtained a symbolic wooden carving of a hand holding an egg on a visit to his ancestral home, Kenya. It is a Kenyan symbol referring to the fragility of life which he kept on his presidential desk in the White House.
President Obama was the second president to take the Oath of Office four times. Who was the first?
1. George Washington
2. Franklin D, Roosevelt
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. Harry Truman
Franklin D, Roosevelt
Several factors made it necessary for President Obama to take the oath four times. For example, during the first oath in 2009, a mistake was made on the wording, so the oath was retaken in a ceremony the following day. Other factors made it necessary also to take the oath twice in the 2014 inauguration. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only other president who had to take the Oath of Office four times, but that was because he was elected four times.
President Barack Obama has won two Grammy Awards in the same category. What is the category?
1. Best Spoken Word
2. Best Jazz Musician
3. Best Song Writer
4. Best Rhythm and Blues
Best Spoken Word
President Obama has won two Grammy Awards in the category of Spoken Word. He won in 2005 for a reading of his book, Dreams From My Father; in 2007, he won for reading his book The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream, both as Senator Obama.
Barack Obama was the first Black president of the Law Review Journal at what prestigious University?
1. Howard
2. Harvard
3. Duke
4. Cornell
Harvard
In 1988, Obama entered Harvard University and became the first Black president of Harvard Law Review.
Barack Obama taught Constitutional Law at what institution?
1. Loyola University School of Law
2. John Marshall Law School
3. University of Chicago Law School
4. DePaul University College of Law
University of Chicago Law School
From 1992 to 2004, Barack Obama taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School.
What is Barack Obama’s astrological sign?
1. Capricorn
2. Leo
3. Libra
4. Sagittarius
Leo
Born on August 4 (1961). Barack Obama was born under the astrological sign of Leo.
Which of the following is NOT a book written by Barack Obama?
1. Change We Can Believe In
2. The Audacity of Hope
3. Running a Race of Life
4. Of Thee I Sing: Letter to My Daughter
Running a Race of Life
Running a Race of Life is NOT an Obama written book. The other three are written by him and published as follows: The Audacity of Hope, 2006; Change We Can Believe In, 2008; Of Thee I Sing, 2010.
Barack Obama’s father was from what African country?
1. Nigeria
2. Ghana
3. Senegal
4. Kenya
Kenya
Barack Obama Sr., President Obama’s father, was born in what was then British Kenya in 1936.
