Jimmy Carter Quiz - 75 Trivia Questions!

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Explore the life and presidency of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. This quiz will challenge your understanding of his achievements, policies, and the historical events that shaped his time in office.

Which artist painted a portrait of US President Jimmy Carter, which hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC?

George Bush
George Washington
Robert Frost
Robert Templeton

Who was Jimmy Carter's running mate in the 1976 US Presidential election?

Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
George Bush
John F. Kennedy

Which US President announced his presidential candidacy in December 1974 at the National Press Club in Washington DC?

Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
George Washington

In 1978 Jimmy Carter was the first US President to visit which African country?

Kenya
South Africa
Zambia
Nigeria

Who did Jimmy Carter endorse as the Republican candidate for the US Presidency in the 2012 Presidential Election?

Barack Obama
George W Bush
Hillary Clinton
Mitt Romney

Who sponsored the bipartisan universal national health insurance bill that Jimmy Carter backed in his presidential campaign?

George Bush
Ted Kennedy's father
Nancy Pelosi
Ted Kennedy

Who did Jimmy Carter endorse in the 2004 US Presidential election?

George Bush
John Kerry
George W Bush
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Who was the head of the Civil Aeronautics Board during the Carter administration?

George Washington
David S. Rockefeller
John F. Kennedy
Alfred E. Kahn

Who resigned as US Director of the Office of Management and Budget in September 1977?

John F. Kennedy
George W. Bush
George Washington
Bert Lance

Who was the Israeli Prime Minister during Jimmy Carter's visit to Israel in 1979?

David Ben-Gurion
Yosef Mandelson
Shalom Shmief
Menachem Begin

Where did Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin meet in 1978?

The White House
At the White House
Camp David
Egypt

Who did Jimmy Carter call 'Hubert Hornblower' when he was nominated for the US Presidency in 1980?

Hubert Humphrey
George Washington
His father
He did not mention it.

Who was the Democratic candidate defeated by Jimmy Carter in the 1970 US gubernatorial election?

George Bush
Carl Sanders
Jim Crow
Robert F. Kennedy

Who was the Chief of Staff of the U.S. forces in South Korea during the Korean War?

Charles E. Dickson
Robert F. Kennedy
John K. Singlaub
Robert S. Nettle

In which US city was Jimmy Carter hospitalised in November 2019?

Los Angeles
New York
Atlanta
Charlotte

Which entertainer was a personal friend of Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter?

George Bush
Billy Joel
The Jacksons
Elvis Presley

What was the name of Jimmy Carter's brother who died of pancreatic cancer in 1988?

Theodore
Theodore Roosevelt
Carter
Billy

What was the name of the failed US mission to free the hostages in Beirut in 1980?

Eagle Claw
The Beirut Mission
The Beirut Operation
Operation Overlord

Who succeeded Ronald Reagan as US President in 1989?

George Bush
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan

Who did Jimmy Carter endorse as his running mate in the 2000 US Presidential election?

George W. Bush
Al Gore
Bill Clinton
John Kerry

Before becoming US President, James Earl Carter was governor of which US state?

New York
Georgia
Ohio
Tennessee

What was the name of the toxic waste dump in Niagara Falls, New York, that was declared a federal emergency in 1978?

Love Canal
The Niagara River
Niagara Falls
The Great Lakes

US President Jimmy Carter visited which country in 1999?

Japan
Taiwan
South Korea
South Africa

Who delivered the eulogy at Jimmy Carter's funeral in 2023?

Carter
Biden
The former president
President Obama

Former US President Jimmy Carter criticized the Bush administration's handling of what hurricane?

Tropical storm Katrina
hurricane Georges
Katrina
Hurricane Katrina's sister

Which part of the body did Jimmy Carter break in a fall at his home in Plains, Georgia in May 2019?

Left knee
Hip
Leg
Foot

Who was the President of South Korea during the presidency of Jimmy Carter?

Kim Dae-jung
Lee Myung-bak
Park Chung Hee
Kim Jong Il

Who did Jimmy Carter defeat in the US Presidential election in 1976?

Gerald Ford
George Bush
John F.Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

What was the name of the high school attended by Jimmy Carter?

West Virginia University
High Point High School
Plains High School
Plains Senior High

At which Canadian nuclear power plant was Jimmy Carter lowered into the reactor to turn a single screw in 1952?

Quebec
Niagara Falls
Chalk River
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Which treaty was signed by Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna in 1979?

SALT
Soviet-US treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
SALT II

Who did Jimmy Carter sign a nuclear arms reduction treaty with in 1979?

Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Japan
Russia

Who was the governor of Florida during the presidency of Jimmy Carter?

John McCain
Reubin Askew
George Bush
Ronald Reagan

Which country did Jimmy Carter support during the Cold War?

Indonesia
Russia
China
Japan

Who was the founder of the Motown record label?

Berry Gordy
Michael Jackson
Detroit
The Jacksons

Which US government department was established in 1979 by Jimmy Carter?

Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Agriculture
Department of Labor

Who was the leader of China during Jimmy Carter's presidency?

Deng Xiaoping
Li Keqiang
Hu Jintao
Jiang Zemin

With which organisation does Jimmy Carter and his wife help to build houses for people in need around the world?

International Organization for Standardization
Carter Center
Habitat for Humanity
Global Warming Solutions

Martti Ahtisaari, William Hague and Lakhdar Brahimi are members of which international group?

The Global Council on Climate Change
The World Economic Forum
The International Union for Conservation of Nature
The Elders

Who was nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court in 1987?

George Bush
John Paul Stevens
George Washington
Robert Bork

Who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the presidency of Jimmy Carter?

Nancy Pelosi
George Bush
Tip O'Neil
John Conyers

Who defeated Jimmy Carter in the US Presidential election in 1980?

John F. Kennedy
George Washington
Reagan
Ronald Reagan

US President Jimmy Carter won the 2002 Nobel Prize for what?

Economic Development
Education
Human Rights
Peace

What type of cancer was found in the brain and liver of singer Jimmy Carter in August 2015?

Melanoma
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cancer of the brain

What is the name of former US President Jimmy Carter's wife?

Mrs. Carter
Rosalynn
Carter's wife
Carter

Former US President Jimmy Carter teaches at which university in Atlanta, Georgia?

The University of Alabama
Atlanta University Center
University of Southern California
Emory University

Who did Jimmy Carter defeat in the 1976 US Presidential election?

Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Bill Clinton
Ford

Which legislation was signed into law by Jimmy Carter in 1978?

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act
Airline Competition Act
Airline Deregulation Act
Federal Highway Administration

In which US state is the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge?

Alaska
California
Tennessee
Washington

Who was the first US President to introduce medicare and medicaid?

Ronald Reagan
George Washington
President Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B. Johnson

May 10, 1979 saw the US House of Representatives vote against giving Jimmy Carter authority to do what?

Gas rationing
Nuclear power
Flooding
Water pollution

Who was US Secretary of Defence under Jimmy Carter?

John F.Kennedy
John Kerry
Donald Rumsfeld
George Bush

Who succeeded Jimmy Carter as US President in 1980?

Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
George Washington

In 1979, the Soviet Union backed South Yemen in a war in which country?

South Africa
Yemen
Somalia
Libya

Who did Jimmy Carter succeed as US President in 1976?

George Washington
Jimmy Carter
George Bush
Richard Nixon

Who was the Republican candidate defeated by Donald Trump in the US Presidential election in 2016?

Sarah Huckabee
Ted Cruz
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Marco Rubio

Who are the longest-serving US Presidents, having been married for 26,765 days?

George and Laura Bush
George and Barbara Bush
George and Nancy Bush
Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan

Who did Jimmy Carter endorse as his running mate in the 2008 US Presidential election?

Mitt Romney
John McCain
Michelle Obama
Barack Obama

What type of business did Jimmy Carter own when he was president of the USA?

Car
Cars
A car company
Peanut

In which branch of the U.S. Navy did Jimmy Carter serve?

Fighter
Aircraft carrier
Submarine
Carrier

Which organisation was founded by Jimmy Carter after he left office as US President?

Carter Center
The Carter Center
The Carter Center for Human Development
The National Wildlife Federation

In 1979, US President Jimmy Carter signed a peace treaty with Israel and which other country?

South Africa
China
South Korea
Egypt

In June 1977 Jimmy Carter made a speech to raise funds for which organisation?

The American Red Cross
United Way
National Wildlife Federation
Democratic National Committee

Which river did Jimmy Carter veto building a dam on in 1972?

Mississippi River
Flint River
Grand Canyon
The Mississippi River

In 1979, Jimmy Carter deregulated what industry in the USA for the first time since prohibition in 1920?

Automobiles
The tobacco industry
Beer
Oil

Who became British Prime Minister in 1979?

David Cameron
Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher
Tony Blair

The 1979 energy crisis was caused by the doubling of the price of what?

Oil
Water
Gas
Gasoline

What was the name of US President Jimmy Carter's famous televised address in July 1979?

The Great Depression
The crisis
Economic crisis
Malaise speech

Who was the King of Jordan during the reign of US President Jimmy Carter?

Abdullah
AbdulRahman
King Abdullah
King Hussein

What was Jimmy Carter's most important domestic issue while he was President of the USA?

The economy
The Vietnam War
Climate change
Energy

Jimmy Carter has won three Grammy awards for his books, in what category?

Music
Jazz
Spoken Word
Writing

In 1994 Jimmy Carter negotiated a peace treaty with Kim Il Sung in which country?

South Korea
China
North Korea

What country did Jimmy Carter criticize during his time as US President?

Israel
Japan
China
South Africa

Who was the first US President to retire from public life?

John F.Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
George Washington
Ronald Reagan

Who was the Democratic candidate defeated by Jimmy Carter in the 1972 Presidential election?

George McGovern
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
George Washington
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