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The first general election presidential debate was held in what year? | 1960 | 83%
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And who did it feature? | John F. Kennedy | 83%
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Richard Nixon | 83%
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The tradition of presidential debates was preceeded by debates between which two Illinois Senate candidates in 1858? | Abraham Lincoln | 75%
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In 2004, Bush controversially responded to a criticism of the Iraq war by telling Kerry he had forgotten about the invovlement of which Eastern European country? | Poland | 75%
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The 1992 debates were the first with three candidates because they included which businessman running as an Independent? | Ross Perot | 75%
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The 2008 VP debate was later turned into a chamber opera title "Say It Ain't So, Joe," after a quote by what Republican nominee? | Sarah Palin | 75%
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At the vice presidential debate, Dick Cheney criticized who by saying that he had never met him in the Senate? | John Edwards | 67%
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Who, at a 1988 vice presidential debate, told Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy?" | Lloyd Bentsen | 67%
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This was one of the first events that large portions of the country watched how? | Television | 67%
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How did Donald Trump respond to a debate comment by Hillary Clinton that it was good he was not in charge of the country? | "Because you'd {be} {in} {jail}" | 58%
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What well-received joke did Reagan make at the second debate in 1984? | "I will not make {age} an issue of this campaign." | 58%
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Which future running mate of Joe Biden's received a quick spike in the polls after criticizing his record on race at the first 2020 primary debate? | Kamala Harris | 58%
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At a 2012 Republican primary debate, Rick Perry forgot he wanted to eliminate which federal department that he would later become Secretary of? | Energy | 50%
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How did Donald Trump respond to a question about his derogatory comments towards women during a 2016 primary debate? (Hint: talk show host) | "Only {Rosie} {O}'{Donnell}" | 50%
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Stephen A. Douglas | 42%
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The first presidential debate was during the 1948 Republican primaries betweeen Harold Stassen and which eventual nominee? | Thomas Dewey | 42%
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What Wendy's catchphrase did Walter Mondale use in a primary debate against Gary Hart? | "{Where}'{s} {the} {Beef}?" | 33%
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And who was his running mate who famously asked "Who am I? Why am I here?" | James Stockdale | 25%
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In 1980, conflict occured between the two major campaigns over the inclusion at debate of what Independent candidate? | John B. Anderson | 25%
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In 1976, Gerald Ford made the blunder of saying there was no what? | "Soviet {domination} of Eastern Europe" | 25%
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What phrase did Ronald Reagan famously use in a 1980 and again in 1984? | "{There} {you} {go} {again}" | 25%
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At a 2012 general election debate, Mitt Romney responded to a question about pay equity with which phrase that was later criticized as demeaning? | "{Binders} {full} {of} {women}" | 17%
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Which former Maryland congressman, who had been running a campaign since July 2017, argued about health care with Elizabeth Warren at the second debate? | John Delaney | 17%
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The next three general election debates, in 1976, 1980, and 1984, were sponsered by which group? | League of Women Voters | 17%
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