Ted Cruz Quiz - 65 Trivia Questions!

Examine the political career and controversies surrounding Ted Cruz, the U.S. Senator from Texas, and gain insights into his role in American politics with this quiz.

Which video game company censored a Hong Kong-based professional gamer for supporting pro-democracy protests?

Microsoft
Valve
Activision Blizzard
Sony Playstation

Which Supreme Court nominee did Ted Cruz describe as 'brilliant and enormously talented' in a written statement in January 2017?

Ginsburg
Gina Hastings
Neil Gorsuch
Elena Kagan

What is the title of Ted Cruz's book, published in June 2015?

How to Be a Good American
A Time for Truth
A Good Beginning
The First Family

What is the name of the Texas Attorney General who filed a suit in the US Supreme Court to nullify the 2020 Presidential election?

George Will
Rick Perry
Ken Paxton
Robert Gates

In September 2016, US Senator Ted Cruz voted in favour of selling $1.15bn worth of weapons to which country?

Egypt
Venezuela
Saudi Arabia
China

Which US congressman was targeted by a Chinese woman believed to be an agent of China's Ministry of State Security?

Chris Dodd
Nancy Pelosi
Eric Swalwell
Mark Takano

Which Fox News host criticized Ted Cruz for calling the Charlottesville riot a terrorist attack?

Ted Cruz
Sean Hannity
Tucker Carlson
John Podesta

Where were the giant Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001?

The Great Pyramid of Egypt
Afghanistan
Bamiyan
In Tajikistan

Which Utah senator is Ted Cruz's closest ally in the US Senate?

Jeff Sessions
Mike Lee
Mitch McConnell
John Cornyn

Who was Ted Cruz's Democratic opponent in the US Senate election in November 2013?

Paul Sadler
Ted Cruz
Nancy Pelosi
Mike Huckabee

What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that struck down Washington DC's ban on handguns?

The Guns of August
Heller
Guns
Gun rights

Who was the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1996 to 1997?

Elena Kagan
William Rehnquist
John Roberts
Robert Bork

In January 2017 Ted Cruz voted in favour of a House resolution condemning settlement building by which country?

Israel
Israel and Palestine
China
Egypt

In which US state did Ted Cruz win all 14 of its delegates in the 2016 Presidential election?

Florida
Wyoming
Virginia
Texas

In which US government department did Ted Cruz serve as associate deputy attorney general?

Department of Justice
Federal Highway Administration
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture

Ted Cruz was a legal advisor to which US President?

George W. Bush
George Bush
George Washington
Barack Obama

Who is Ted Cruz's fellow senator from Texas?

Ted Cruz
Jeff Sessions
John Cornyn
Rick Perry

In what year was the Federal Election Campaign Act passed?

1977
1974
1971
1960

Rafael Cruz is a senator for which US state?

Virginia
Texas
Florida
California

In 2013, Ted Cruz voted against a bill to provide federal aid to the East Coast for recovery from what hurricane?

Sandy
Tropical Storm Isaac
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Irene

Which US Senator accused Barack Obama of being openly desirous to destroy the Constitution and this Republic in a 2014 speech?

Hillary Rodham Clinton
John McCain
Ted Cruz
Hillary Clinton

Who did Ted Cruz succeed as US Senator for Texas in 2011?

Kay Bailey Hutchison
Rick Perry
Ted Cruz's wife
Rick Santorum

Who is the wife of US Senator Ted Cruz?

Sarah Cruz
Heidi Nelson
Nancy Cruz
Elizabeth Cruz

What Dr. Seuss book was read by Ted Cruz during his 21-hour filibuster in the US Senate in 2013?

Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories
The Cat in the Hat
The Lorax
Green Eggs and Ham

In December 2020, US Senator Ted Cruz blocked a bill that would have granted refugee status to the people of what territory?

Japan
Taiwan
New York
Hong Kong

Who was the running mate of Ted Cruz in the 2016 US Presidential election?

Carly Fiorina
Hillary Rodham Clinton
John Podesta
Cruz's brother

What was the name of the investment holding company associated with Ted Cruz's 2012 presidential campaign?

Global Capital Management
Caribbean Equity Partners
Cruz Capital
The Cruz Group

What name is given to undocumented immigrants brought to the USA as children?

Dream Act
DREAMers
DREAMers' children
Illegal immigrants

Who beat Ted Cruz to become the Republican nominee for the US Presidency in the 2015 Presidential election?

Sarah Palin
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Ted Cruz

In which US state did Ted Cruz defeat Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential election?

California
Wisconsin
Ohio
Idaho

Which country is a NATO ally of the United States and has been accused of genocide against the Armenians?

The United States
Russia
Turkey
Germany

Hamid Aboutalebi was the ambassador to the United Nations for which country?

India
Iran
South Korea
Afghanistan

What did Michael Wayne Haley steal from Walmart in 1997 that caused him to be jailed for 16-and-a-half years?

T-Shirt
A television
Calculator
A hammer

What monument is on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol?

The Texas State Capitol
The Statue of Liberty
Ten Commandments
Statue of Liberty

Who won the Electoral College vote in Pennsylvania in the US Presidential election in 2020?

Donald J. Trump
Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton
Ted Cruz

Under which US President did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pass?

George W. Bush
George Washington
Bill Clinton
Obama

US Senator Ted Cruz was born in which country?

Canada
South Korea
Mexico
Spain

Which Republican senator described Ted Cruz as 'wacko birds' in a 2013 speech?

John McCain's father
Hillary Clinton
Mike Lee
John McCain

Who was the predecessor to Ted Cruz as senator for Texas?

Ted Cruz
Bush
Hutchison
Rick Perry

Who did Ted Cruz defeat in the US Senate election in Texas in November?

Beto O'Rourke
Rick Perry
Hillary Clinton
Marco Rubio

In July 2018, Ted Cruz spoke at a rally for religious freedom in which continent?

Europe
South America
Africa
Asia

US Senator Ted Cruz described the thaw in relations with which country as a "tragedy" in December 2015?

Cuba
South Korea
Russia
China

In which US state was a $54 million personal injury settlement awarded in 2012?

New Mexico
Florida
Wisconsin
Virginia

What was disrupted by an insurrectionist mob at the US Capitol in 1812?

The US government
Electoral College
The U.S. House of Representatives
Congress

According to Ted Cruz, what political party is "soft on crime"?

Republican
Democrats
Republicans
Conservatives

In which US city is there a World War II veteran named Richard Arvin Overton?

Minneapolis
Houston
Detroit
Austin

What is the name of the proposed natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany that has been controversially called a threat to Europe and the U.S.

Nord Stream II
The Russian gas export system
Russia-Germany Energy Cooperation
Gazprom

Who was the US Supreme Court Justice who died in June 2016?

Antonin Scalia
John Roberts
Robert Bork
George W. Bush

Who is the US Attorney General appointed by Donald Trump?

Donald Trump
Jeff Sessions
David Shulkin
Andrew Breitbart

What is the name of the Muslim ethnic minority in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region?

Han Chinese
The Uygurs are the most populated in China
Uyghurs
Uygurs

What political party did Ted Cruz win the Texas governor's race in 2014?

Democrat
Democratic
Independent
Republican

What is the name of the US Federal Reserve Chair, whose nomination by Ted Cruz was controversially postponed in 2015?

Janet Yellen
Susan Rice
Susanne O'Malley
Christine Lagarde

In the US, a bill introduced in 2013 would make it illegal for felons to illegally purchase what?

Computers
Water
Cars
Firearms

Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz declined to be nominated by Donald Trump for which position in the US government?

Supreme Court
President of the United States
President of the Senate
Vice President

In what country did Ted Cruz call for the U.S. to have no "dog in the fight"?

Afghanistan
Egypt
Syria
Iraq

At which university did Ted Cruz receive a Juris Doctor degree in 1995?

Columbia University
Columbia Law School
The University of Texas at Austin
Harvard Law

What was caused by a vote by Ted Cruz in the US House of Representatives in 2013?

Obamacare
Government shutdown
The US debt ceiling
A government debt increase

Michael Gunner is the Chief Minister of which Australian state?

South Australia
New South Wales
Western Australia
Northern Territory

What US government agency did Ted Cruz propose abolishing in his 2016 presidential campaign?

The Department of Health and Human Services
The US Federal Highway Administration
The IRS
The Federal Reserve

In what country did Ted Cruz take his family during the outbreak of the coronavirus?

New Zealand
Canada
Mexico
The United States

US Senator Ted Cruz opposes the legalization of what?

Cannabis
The Federal Highway Administration
Alcohol
Drugs

What is Ted Cruz's position on same-sex marriage?

Marriage
Unconstitutional
Uncertain
Marriage of convenience

In which state did Ted Cruz announce his presidential candidacy in 2013?

Iowa
New York
Virginia
New Mexico

Alyssa Milano, Fred Guttenberg and Ted Cruz have all spoken out in favour of what in the US?

Gun ownership
Gun bans
Gun control
Gun ban

Ted Cruz is a supporter of what policy?

The government
Free trade
The US government
Foreign policy
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