The Donald Trump quiz of 2017

Have you been following the commander in chief? How closely? Composite: Getty Images/AP/Rex Features/Guardian Design Team

1. 

   What was the nickname of the shortest serving director of communications in White House history?

   1. Scaramouche.

   2. Minnie the Moocher.

   3. The Mooch.

   4. Scaramanga.

2. 

   Who started the online rumour that Melania Trump had been replaced by a body double?

   1. Carl Bernstein.

   2. Sean Hannity.

   3. Alex Jones.

   4. Marina Hyde.

3. 

   What menu did Donald Trump demand White House chefs recreate?

   1. The dinner John F Kennedy once served in honour of US Nobel laureates.

   2. The meal Abraham Lincoln ate on his first night in the White House.

   3. McDonald’s.

   4. Noma.

4. 

   Trump reportedly described the White House as?

   1. “The greatest residence in the history of the world, believe me.”

   2. “The best house any leader ever lived in.”

   3. “A real dump.”

   4. “A place so lavish, you wouldn’t believe it.”

5. Trump memorably accused Barack Obama of playing too much golf. As of mid-December, how many of the 300-plus days that Trump has been president has he spent time at a golf course?

   1. 11 days.

   2. 79 days.

   3. 22 days.

   4. 59 days.

6. 

   How did former FBI director James Comey hope to avoid being seen by Trump at a White House reception?

   1. By using the techniques of a top, undercover federal agent.

   2. By deploying state-of-the-art espionage technology.

   3. By hiding in the curtains.

   4. By dressing up as Melania.

7. 

   7. What did Trump promise to send to Little Rocket Man, Kim Jong-un?

   1. Love and affection.

   2. Time and patient diplomacy.

   3. A robust, fully proportionate international response.

   4. Fire and fury.

8. What did Donald Trump discuss when he addressed a rally of boy scouts?

   1. Loyalty.

   2. How to make a bonfire.

   3. A washed-up billionaire friend of his who once had a yacht.

   4. The responsibilities of the next generation.

9. When he pulled out of the Paris accords on climate change, Trump said his duty was to prioritise?

   1. Jobs, not trees.

   2. People, not planets.

   3. Pittsburgh, not Paris.

   4. America, not the world.

10. 

    Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is now?

    1. A cast member of Saturday Night Live.

    2. A Republican congressman.

    3. A fellow of Harvard.

    4. The husband of Melissa McCarthy.

11. 

    Rick Perry once called for the Department of Energy to be abolished. Trump appointed him to run:

    1. The Federal Reserve.

    2. The Department of Energy.

    3. Yosemite national park.

    4. The Federal Election Commission.

12. Which of the following tasks is NOT included in Jared Kushner’s portfolio of duties:

    1. Restructuring the US government.

    2. Brokering Middle East peace.

    3. Reforming the US criminal justice system.

    4. Resetting US relations with Russia.

Solutions

1:C, 2:D, 3:C, 4:C, 5:B, 6:C, 7:D, 8:C, 9:C, 10:C, 11:B, 12:D

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   You are a living rebuke to the world’s hugest ego. Your ignorance of all things Trump is an act of heroic resistance. Bravo.

2. 3 and above.

   You are a living rebuke to the world’s hugest ego. Your ignorance of all things Trump is an act of heroic resistance. Bravo.

3. 4 and above.

   You are a living rebuke to the world’s hugest ego. Your ignorance of all things Trump is an act of heroic resistance. Bravo.

4. 5 and above.

   Don’t you realise what a danger this man poses to the future of the human race? Don’t you even care?

5. 6 and above.

   Don’t you realise what a danger this man poses to the future of the human race? Don’t you even care?

6. 7 and above.

   Don’t you realise what a danger this man poses to the future of the human race? Don’t you even care?

7. 8 and above.

   You’re keeping across the news, without letting the Orange One inside your head. Keep at it.

8. 9 and above.

   You’re keeping across the news, without letting the Orange One inside your head. Keep at it.

9. 10 and above.

   You’re keeping across the news, without letting the Orange One inside your head. Keep at it.

10. 11 and above.

    You are in danger of becoming a Trump obsessive. Maybe take up a hobby?

11. 12 and above.

    You are in danger of becoming a Trump obsessive. Maybe take up a hobby?

12. 0 and above.

    You are a living rebuke to the world’s hugest ego. Your ignorance of all things Trump is an act of heroic resistance. Bravo.

13. 1 and above.

    You are a living rebuke to the world’s hugest ego. Your ignorance of all things Trump is an act of heroic resistance. Bravo.