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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The first general election presidential debate was held in what year?	1960	83%
And who did it feature?	John F. Kennedy	83%
	Richard Nixon	83%
The tradition of presidential debates was preceeded by debates between which two Illinois Senate candidates in 1858?	Abraham Lincoln	75%
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%
The 1992 debates were the first with three candidates because they included which businessman running as an Independent?	Ross Perot	75%
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%
At the vice presidential debate, Dick Cheney criticized who by saying that he had never met him in the Senate?	John Edwards	67%
Who, at a 1988 vice presidential debate, told Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy?"	Lloyd Bentsen	67%
This was one of the first events that large portions of the country watched how?	Television	67%
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%
What well-received joke did Reagan make at the second debate in 1984?	"I will not make {age} an issue of this campaign."	58%
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%
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%
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%
	Stephen A. Douglas	42%
The first presidential debate was during the 1948 Republican primaries betweeen Harold Stassen and which eventual nominee?	Thomas Dewey	42%
What Wendy's catchphrase did Walter Mondale use in a primary debate against Gary Hart?	"{Where}'{s} {the} {Beef}?"	33%
And who was his running mate who famously asked "Who am I? Why am I here?"	James Stockdale	25%
In 1980, conflict occured between the two major campaigns over the inclusion at debate of what Independent candidate?	John B. Anderson	25%
In 1976, Gerald Ford made the blunder of saying there was no what?	"Soviet {domination} of Eastern Europe"	25%
What phrase did Ronald Reagan famously use in a 1980 and again in 1984?	"{There} {you} {go} {again}"	25%
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%
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%
The next three general election debates, in 1976, 1980, and 1984, were sponsered by which group?	League of Women Voters	17%