Dick Cheney Quiz - 61 Trivia Questions!

Examine the political career and controversial policies of Dick Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, with this quiz that explores his role in shaping U.S. foreign and domestic policy.

Which former US First Lady was escorted by Vice-President Dick Cheney at the commissioning of the USS Ronald Reagan in 2003?

Michelle
Mary Todd Lincoln
Betty White
Nancy Reagan

Who called Barack Obama a 'weak President' during an interview in 2014?

George Bush
Sarah McLachlan
Hillary Clinton
Sean Hannity

Who played Vice President Al Cheney in the 2018 film Vice?

Christian Bale
John Saxon
John Travolta
David Arquette

Who did former US Vice-President Dick Cheney support in the 2016 Presidential election?

Mitch McConnell
Hillary Clinton
John McCain
Donald Trump

Who wrote the Washington Post articles that exposed the influence of Vice-President Dick Cheney on the Bush administration?

David Graham
Barton Gellman
David Petraeus
John Boehner

Who wrote the book Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George H W Bush?

George W Bush
Jon Meacham
Michael Bloomberg
John Grisham

Which US President had the best national security team?

Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
George Washington

In 1986, US Vice-President Dick Cheney voted against a resolution calling on South Africa to release which political prisoner?

Nelson Mandela
Mandela's wife
John Grisham
John Mandela

How long does a former US Vice-President receive protection from the Secret Service?

The period of his retirement.
Six months
Until he is elected a President
About a year

What medical condition was former US Vice-President Dick Cheney treated for in 2007?

Cancer
A heart attack
Heart disease
Deep-vein thrombosis

What is the title of former US Vice-President Dwight Cheney's memoir, published in August 2011?

In My Time
My Friends
The First Men in the White House
The First World War

At which university did Richard Cheney drop out of his doctoral program in 1966 to work as a staff aide for US governor Warren Knowles?

Harvard University
University of Texas
University of Wisconsin
University of California

Who was Richard Nixon's Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity?

Donald Rumsfeld
George Bush
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon

What company did former US Vice-President Dick Cheney serve as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2000?

Halliburton
Enron
Global Crossing
Global Affairs

What character has been compared to former US Vice-President Dick Cheney?

Darth Vader's brother
Darth Maul
Darth Vader
The Count

Who was Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 US Presidential election?

George W. Bush
Joseph Lieberman
John McCain
George Bush

Under which US President did Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney serve in the White House?

George Washington
John F.Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan

In May 2011, Vice-President Dick Cheney praised the Obama administration for the capture and death of whom?

George Bush
The Taliban
Osama bin Laden
John McCain

At which university did former US Vice-President Dwight Cheney receive an honorary doctorate in 2007?

University of Virginia
University of Southern California
Brigham Young University
Yale University

What is the title of the book co-authored by former US Vice-President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz?

The Good Old Days
The New York Times
My Daughter's Life
Exceptional

Who was Richard Cheney's predecessor as US Vice-President?

Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
George Bush
John Kerry

Who did Dick Cheney endorse as US President in 1980?

Bill Clinton
John F. Kennedy
George Bush
Ronald Reagan

In which US state was former US Vice-President Richard Cheney born?

Washington
Mississippi
Nebraska
Virginia

Who did Dick Cheney replace as US Secretary of Defense in 1989?

Ronald Reagan
George W Bush
John Tower
John McCain

Who was the Republican nominee for the US Presidency in the 2008 Presidential election, succeeding Dick Cheney?

Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
John McCain
George W. Bush

Who were the opponents of George W Bush in the 2000 US Presidential election?

Gore–Lieberman
McCain & Gore
Bush-Stalings
Mitt Romney and John McCain

In which country was US Vice-President Dick Cheney attacked by a suicide bomber in February 2007?

Afghanistan
Pakistan
Egypt
India

Who was the successor to Mikhail Gorbachev as President of Russia?

Boris Yeltsin's father
Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin

Who was the Under Secretary of Defense for policy under Vice-President Dick Cheney?

Mike Pompeo
George W. Bush
George Bush
Paul Wolfowitz

Former US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, was a member of the House of Representatives for which state?

Virginia
South Carolina
Wyoming
Texas

Who was the head of the U.S. Central Command during the 1990 Persian Gulf War?

General George S. Patton
John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
General Norman Schwarzkopf

In 1986, Vice President Dick Cheney voted against overriding Ronald Reagan's veto of a bill to impose economic sanctions on

South Africa
Cuba
Sudan
South Korea

Which US President was criticised by Vice-President Dick Cheney after the attempted bombing of a Dutch airliner in 2009?

Bill Gates
George Bush
Barack Obama
George W Bush

Vice-President Dick Cheney supported the US invasion of which country?

Iraq
South Korea
Afghanistan
Libya

Which US government agency is responsible for the protection of classified information in the Executive branch of the U.S. government?

National Archives and Records Administration
National Security Agency
The Office of Personnel Management
Department of the Interior

Who was the Deputy Secretary of State at the time of the Valerie Plame affair?

George W. Bush
David Petraeus
Richard Armitage
John Bolton

Which university did former US Vice-President Dick Cheney drop out of?

Harvard
Yale
Yale and Yale.
Stanford

Who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives when Dick Cheney was Vice-President?

Nancy Pelosi
Dennis Hastert
John A. Conyers
John Conyers

Who was Pope Benedict XVI's Vice-President?

George Bush
The United States of America
Pope John Paul II
Dick Cheney

What movement did former US Vice-President Dick Cheney describe as a 'positive influence on the Republican Party'?

Conservative movement
Conservatism
Conservatives
Tea Party

Who was the leader of Iraq at the time of the cease-fire in 1994?

A U.S. soldier
Saddam Hussein's wife
Saddam Hussein
President George W. Bush

In 1992, US Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney sent the first of 26,000 troops to where?

Afghanistan
Egypt
South Sudan
Somalia

Former US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, served on the board of which organisation between 1987 and 1989?

National Security Council
The World Wildlife Federation
The American Political Science Association
Council on Foreign Relations

In 2009, former US Vice-President Dwight Cheney said that what should be regulated at a state level?

Sexual freedom
The Internet
Marriage
Drug use

In March 2017 former US Vice-President Dick Cheney called what country's interference in the US Presidential election an act of war?

China
The United States
The United Kingdom
Russia

What crime was former US Vice-President Joe Libby convicted of in March 2007?

Abetting a terrorism plot
Disobeying a judge
Perjury
Misconduct

Who was the Vice-President of the USA during the George W Bush administration?

Dick Cheney
Cheney
George W Bush
George Bush

What device was implanted in former US Vice President Dick Cheney's heart in 2005?

Transplant
Pacemaker
A heart-lung machine
Heart pacemaker

Before becoming US Vice President, George W Bush was a member of the board of advisors of which organisation?

The National Council on American-Islamic Relations
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
National Security Council
The National Council on Foreign Relations

Who was US Secretary of State during the 2008 US Presidential election?

Condoleezza
John Kerry
Hillary Rodham
Michelle

In 1993, former US Vice-President Dick Cheney became a director of which think tank?

National Security Council
Washington Institute for International Affairs
American Enterprise Institute
The National Council on American-Islamic Relations

Who was the interviewer with former US Vice-President Dwight D. Cheney on the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq?

Laura Bush
Martha Raddatz
The Associated Press
John McCain

In which country did US President Dwight D. Cheney persuade the Kingdom to allow bases for US ground troops and war planes

Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Afghanistan

What did former US Vice-President Dwight Cheney use to deny Congress access to his records?

The privileges and immunities clause
A smear campaign
Executive privilege
The privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

In which year was the US budget passed?

2008
1977
2004
1990

What is the name of former US Vice-President Dwight Cheney's first daughter?

Mary
David
Elizabeth
Nancy

Who is the daughter of former US Vice-President Dwight Cheney?

Cheney
Liz Cheney
Michelle Obama
Cheney's wife

In which war did US Vice-President Dick Cheney serve?

Gulf War
Afghanistan
Iraq War
Vietnam War

Who was the Vice-President of the USA before Dick Cheney?

George Bush
John Kerry
John F.Kennedy
Dan Quayle

What was the name of the National Endowment for the Humanities that was chaired by Lynne Ackerman from 1986 to 1996?

The National Council for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities

In which part of the body did former US Vice-President Dick Cheney have a blood clot in 2005?

Left leg
Knee
Heart
Eye
0
right
0
wrong
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