Barack Obama Quiz - 69 Trivia Questions!

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The Barack Obama Quiz offers insight into the life and presidency of the 44th President of the United States. Test your knowledge of Barack Obama's early life, political career, and key policy achievements. Dive into discussions about healthcare reform, climate change, and the historic significance of his election as the first African-American president.

Who was inaugurated as the 44th President of the USA in January 2009?

George Bush
John F.Kennedy
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama

In March 2015, US President Barack Obama authorized Saudi Arabia to launch a military intervention in which country?

Sudan
Libya
Egypt
Yemen

Who was John McCain's running mate in the 2008 US Presidential election?

Sarah Palin
Mitt Romney
Cindy McCain
George Bush

Who is the Israeli President who met Barack Obama in the Oval Office in May 2009?

Benjamin Netanyahu
Ariel Sharon
Benyamin Netanyahu
Shimon Peres

What was the name of the American who was killed by a drone strike in Yemen in 2011?

Ali AbdulRahman
Ali Osman
Al Qaeda
Anwar al-Awlaki

Who chairs the White House Council on Women and Girls?

Hillary Rodham
Valerie Jarrett
Michelle Obama
Sarah Huckabee

In the last year of Barack Obama's presidency, the US dropped 26,171 bombs on seven different countries using what method?

bombings from a submarine
a missile
drone strike
helicopter

Who is the former UK Defence Secretary and NATO Secretary-General?

George Robertson
John Allen
George Bush
Michael Fallon

US President Barack Obama met with which Russian President in September 2015?

Boris Yeltsin
Yuriy Putin
Putin
Vladimir Putin

Who was Barack Obama's running mate in the 2008 US Presidential election?

Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Michelle

Barack Obama described which country as the greatest threat to the security of Afghanistan and the United States?

Pakistan
The Taliban
China
Russia

In March 2023, US President Barack Obama visited which country for the first time?

South Africa
Australia
South Korea
China

Who is the presumptive Democratic nominee for the US Presidency in the 2020 Presidential Election?

John Kerry
Obama
Hillary Clinton
Biden

Who was the Republican candidate defeated by Barack Obama in the US Senate election in 2004?

John McCain
Barack Obama
Jack Ryan
Mitch McConnell

What did US President Barack Obama call the 'defining challenge of our time' in December 2013?

The economy
Economic growth
Income inequality
The global economy

What Iraqi city was captured by ISIL in June 2014?

Tigris
Baghdad
Basra
Mosul

In August 2011, US President Barack Obama said ‘The time has come for President Assad to step aside’ in which country?

Egypt
Iraq
Sudan
Syria

Who was the last US President to see a decrease in the number of prisoners in federal custody?

Jimmy Carter
George Washington
George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan

Who was the long-time dictator of Libya who was toppled from power in 2011?

Muammar Gaddafi's son
Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyans
Muammar Gaddafi's brother
Muammar Gaddafi

What religion is Barack Obama?

Jewish
Hindu
Christian
Buddhist

US President Barack Obama is a supporter of which baseball team?

Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants

Prior to Barack Obama, who was the first US President to launch an immigration enforcement program?

George Washington
President Obama
George W. Bush
President George Bush

Who was the first Hispanic person to be appointed to the US Supreme Court?

Sonia Sotomayor
John Roberts
John Paul Stevens
Elena Kagan

On 16th January 2013, US President Barack Obama signed an executive order banning the sale of what weapons?

Shot guns
Assault weapons
Firearms that have a history of more than 50 years
Machine guns

Which Italian car company bought Chrysler in 2009?

Ferrari
Fiat
GM
Maserati

Who was the speaker of the House of Representatives when Barack Obama was inaugurated in 2009?

John Boehner
George W. Bush
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner

Who was the last US President to win the majority of the popular vote twice?

Harry S. Truman
Ronald Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy

Who replaced Barack Obama as US President in January 2017?

Donald Trump
Barack Obama's father
Michelle Obama
The Obama family

Who administered the oath of office to Barack Obama on 20 January 2009?

The President of the United States.
President Obama.
Barack Obama's father.
John G. Roberts Jr.

What whistleblower leaked information about the NSA spying practices of George W Bush and Barack Obama?

John Podesta
George W Bush
Edward Snowden
James Comey

Who was the President of Afghanistan at the time of Barack Obama's visit to the country in 2009?

Abdul Rauf Abdullah
Hamid Karzai's brother
AbdulRahman
Hamid Karzai

In 2009, Barack Obama was voted the most powerful leader in the world by the people of which country?

Australia
France
South Korea
United Kingdom

What was the name of Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout?

Sharm El-Sheikh
The capital of Afghanistan
Pakistani Taliban
Abbottabad

What was the first bill signed into law by US President Barack Obama?

ObamaCare
Affirmative Action for Women
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act

In which US city is Barack Obama's presidential library to be built?

Philadelphia
San Francisco
New York
Chicago

In which US city did Barack Obama attend Punahou School?

Los Angeles
Seattle
New York
Honolulu

What was the name of Barack Obama's church in Chicago before he resigned in 2008?

African-American Church
First United Church of Christ
Trinity United Church of Christ
St. James African American Church

What was the name of the BP oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010?

Deepwater Horizon
Macondo
The Deepwater Horizon

What was Barack Obama's nickname when he was growing up?

Mr. Black
Abraham
Obama
Barry

What was the name of the $787bn economic stimulus package signed into law by Barack Obama in February 2009?

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Economic Stimulus Act
The Federal Emergency Management Act
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

In 2015, US President Barack Obama started a $348bn programme to back the biggest US buildup of what since Ronald Reagan left office?

Military vehicles
A military force
Military equipment
Nuclear arms

Barack Obama was a senator for which state before he became President of the USA?

Hawaii
Illinois
Kenya
Wisconsin

What was Barack Obama's name when he attended St Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Chicago?

Barry Soetoro
Barack Obama
Barry Soetoro and Barry Obama
Obama, Barry

What law was signed into law by Barack Obama in 2010 to address the financial crisis of 2007-2008?

The Federal Reserve Act
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Federal Reserve Act
The Patient Protection and Federal Addiction Prevention Act

What did Barack Obama create during his term as US President?

Highways
Air Force
A new national park
National monuments

Who will be the Vice-President of the USA in 2022, succeeding Joe Biden?

Michelle Obama
Kamala Harris
George Bush
John Boehner

Barack Obama taught constitutional law at which university?

Harvard University
Yale
University of Maryland
University of Chicago

What is the title of Barack Obama's memoir, published in 2022?

A Promised Land
The Obamas
The Nation
The Obama Years

Who was the Republican candidate defeated by Barack Obama in the US Presidential election in 2012?

Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin
George W. Bush

What was the name of NASA's spaceflight programme announced by Barack Obama in 2010?

Spacewalk
Columbia
Constellation
Discovery

In which US state did Barack Obama marry Hilary Clinton in 1961?

Hawaii
Illinois
Virginia
New York

Which US polling organisation has given Barack Obama a 41% approval rating since his inauguration in 2009?

The Daily Caller
The Daily News
Gallup
The Wall Street Journal

Who was acquitted of the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012?

Martin
Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman
Trayvon Martin's parents

Before Barack Obama, who was the last US President to visit Cuba?

President George Washington
George Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Harry S. Truman

What economic indicator reached a peak of 10.0 percent in October 2009?

Economic growth
Unemployment
The Federal Reserve's interest rate
The GDP

In which country was Barack Obama's father born?

South Africa
Egypt
Kenya
The United States

Before becoming US President Barack Obama was a member of which senate committee?

Foreign Relations
Environment
Agriculture
Education

In 2008, Barack Obama sponsored a bill to impose economic sanctions on which country?

China
Cuba
Venezuela
Iran

What was the subject of a briefing by US President Barack Obama in 2010?

BP oil spill
the NSA's e-mail surveillance
the BP oil spill
a global earthquake

Who was the Democratic candidate who lost the US Presidential election to Barack Obama in 2008?

John McCain
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama

In February 2021, US President Barack Obama and which musician started a podcast called Renegades: Born in the USA?

The Grateful Dead
David Bowie
The Weeknd
Bruce Springsteen

In March 2011, Barack Obama ordered the U.S. military to launch a no-fly zone over what country?

Libya
Iraq
Syria
Egypt

What was the name of the for-profit corporation that won a Supreme Court challenge to the ACA in 2012?

Hobby Lobby Inc.
Hobby Lobby
Hobby Lobby International
Hobby Lobby and Company

Who is the Prime Minister of Israel?

Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli citizens
Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama
Ariel Sharon

What was the name of the financial reform bill passed by the US Congress during Barack Obama's presidency?

Dodd-Frank
The Financial Stability Oversight Council
Federal Reserve
The Financial Stability Act

What university did Barack Obama's father attend?

The University of Chicago
Columbia
Harvard
University of Southern California

What is the name of the church in Washington DC where Barack Obama and Michelle Obama worship?

African Methodist Episcopal Church
The First African American church
The First African Lutheran Church
The National Cathedral

In 2010, Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev signed a treaty to reduce the number of what between the two countries?

Nuclear power plants
Military forces
Nuclear weapons
The number of the population

Which US President signed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 1996?

George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
George Bush
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