US election quiz: how much do you remember from the presidential race?

Wax figures of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump outside the Polonia Wax museum, Poland. Photograph: East News/Rex/Shutterstock

1. How did Donald Trump launch his presidential campaign?

   1. During an episode of The Apprentice

   2. He rode down an escalator into the lobby of a skyscraper bearing his name

   3. Via a series of heated tweets

   4. While travelling over Washington in a private jet

2. 

   During Hillary Clinton's own official launch, she accused her Republican rivals of singing “the same old song”. Which Beatles hit was she referring to?

   1. The long and winding road

   2. Let it be

   3. Yesterday

   4. Revolution

3. 

   While the Democratic race was soon dominated by Clinton and Sanders, the GOP had the busiest field for a century. How many Republican candidates were there in total?

   1. 10

   2. 13

   3. 17

   4. 21

4. Who formally announced his own presidential bid by saying: "This grotesque level of inequality is immoral. It is bad economics. It is unsustainable. This type of rigged economy is not what America is supposed to be about."

   1. Donald Trump

   2. Ben Carson

   3. Bernie Sanders

   4. Rand Paul

5. 

   Donald Trump caused outrage with his proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, following the San Bernardino terrorist attack. Which former President did Trump cite in defence of his plans?

   1. Franklin D Roosevelt

   2. George W Bush

   3. Barack Obama

   4. Abraham Lincoln

6. 

   Name the Libertarian party candidate

   1. Gary Jackson

   2. Gary Johnson

   3. Gary Jefferson

   4. Gary Anderson

7. Who were the Democratic and Republican winners of the Iowa caucuses?

   1. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

   2. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz

   3. Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz

   4. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

8. 

   Trump's campaign continued to gather momentum – his second place in Iowa was swiftly followed by victory in New Hampshire. Who elicited criticism from Trump by saying: “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.”

   1. Barack Obama

   2. Ted Cruz

   3. Mike Huckabee

   4. Pope Francis

9. Which amendment to the US constitution came under fire from Trump during a rally in Fort Worth, Texas?

   1. The first amendment

   2. The second amendment

   3. The fourth amendment

   4. The fifth amendment

10. 

    Clinton was attacked by Bernie Sanders for making millions of dollars in speeches to private groups or companies after leaving office as secretary of state in 2013. What was Clinton's standard fee?

    1. $75,000

    2. $150,000

    3. $225,000

    4. $400,000

11. “You wouldn’t want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about. I’d have to look. If you would send me a list of the groups, I will do research on them and certainly I would disavow if I thought there was something wrong." What group was Trump talking about?

    1. American Nazi Party

    2. Ku Klux Klan

    3. Golden Dawn

    4. Front National

12. 

    Sanders fought on against Clinton until late June. How many delegates did he win in total? Hint: 2,382 delegates were needed for the nomination

    1. 1,247

    2. 1,463

    3. 1,893

    4. 2,128

13. 

    Presumptive Republican nominee following the withdrawal of the other Republican candidates, Trump took time out from campaigning to visit Scotland the day after Brexit. What did he say?

    1. “You know, they've made Britain great again"

    2. "Basically, they took back their country. That's a great thing"

    3. "Britain needs to be strong, and I think this shows how strong they can be"

    4. "I'm so happy, you know, for Scotland, and Britain. I'm so proud"

14. 

    Trump's nomination as official Republican candidate at the GOP convention was overshadowed by a controversial speech by Trump's wife, Melania Trump. Whose 2008 speech was she accused of plagiarising?

    1. Hillary Clinton's

    2. Gabrielle Giffords's

    3. Elizabeth Warren's

    4. Michelle Obama's

15. Which of the following stars did not appear at the Democratic national convention?

    1. Sigourney Weaver

    2. Meryl Streep

    3. Katy Perry

    4. Sharon Stone

16. 

    Who did Donald Trump claim 'founded Isis?'

    1. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

    2. Osama bin Laden

    3. Saddam Hussain

    4. Barack Obama

17. 

    Clinton came under fire for a speech in which she claimed 'half' of Trump's supporters are 'racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it'. How did she describe them?

    1. The hatbox of depravity

    2. The cave of unacceptability

    3. The underbelly of evil

    4. The basket of deplorables

18. The second televised presidential debate was overshadowed by a tape in which Trump was heard using obscene language to brag about groping women. “You can do anything,” he boasted to a TV host. The host in question is a cousin of which former president?

    1. Bill Clinton

    2. George W Bush

    3. Barack Obama

    4. Jimmy Carter

19. 

    Which website did Clinton's team dub a “propaganda arm of the Russian government” after the site released slew of hacked emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta?

    1. Russia Today

    2. WikiLeaks

    3. 4chan

    4. Pravda

20. 

    A late October surprise came when James Comey told Congress the FBI had found new emails that 'may be pertinent' to a previously closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's email use. The messages were found on the laptop of which former congressman?

    1. Tom DeLay

    2. Mark Foley

    3. John Edwards

    4. Anthony Weiner

Solutions

1:B - Trump used his to criticise Mexican immigrants, accusing Mexico of “bringing their worst people” to America, including criminals and “rapists”. The New York Times reported on the launch as 'an improbable quest for the Republican nomination'. , 2:C - Clinton's opening attack lines on her Republican rivals centred on climate change, equal rights for LGBT people, the economy and their threat to Obama's health care reforms, 3:C - Dropping out of the Republican race were *deep breath* Rick Perry, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Jim Gilmore, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, 4:C - The leftwing Vermont senator wasn't given much of a hope when he launched his campaign in May 2015, but ended up pushing Clinton hard for the nomination, 5:A - Trump told Good Morning America: "What I'm doing is no different than FDR," referring to presidential proclamations made after Pearl Harbor which limited the rights of Japanese, German and Italian nationals living in the United States. "I mean, take a look at what FDR did many years ago and he's one of the most highly respected presidents," he added., 6:B - Johnson won just under 1% of the vote as Libertarian party candidate in 2012, but polls suggest he could do a lot better this time around. Could Johnson affect the election with an unprecedentedly high third-party vote?, 7:C - Clinton was given notice that her journey to the nomination wasn't going to be easy, as she won the Iowa caucus over Sanders by an extremely small margin. Cruz, Trump and Rubio were the top three of a congested Republican field, 8:D - Trump responded by calling Pope Francis's comments "disgraceful". “The pope said negative things about me because the Mexican government convinced him Trump is not a good guy,” he added., 9:A - Trump pledged if elected president to “open up our libel laws so when [newspapers] write purposely negative stories … we can sue them and make lots of money”. The first amendment states that “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press”, 10:C - After leaving office as secretary of state in 2013, Clinton embarked on a career speaking to banks, securities firms and other financial institutions. Tax returns show that her minimum fee was $225,000 per speech. Speeches given by Hillary Clinton to major Wall Street banks including Goldman Sachs were leaked by WikiLeaks in October. Hillary and Bill Clinton earned $10.6m in 2015, according to a tax filing released by her campaign. Trump has not, to date, released any recent tax returns., 11:B - Trump's comments came after David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader, urged sympathisers to back Trump's campaign. “I don’t know anything about David Duke. I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists,” Trump added., 12:C - Hillary Clinton won with 2,814 – 2,205 pledged delegates and 609 superdelegates, 13:B - Speaking during a visit to his Turnberry golf course, Trump said: “You see it all over Europe and many other cases where they want to take their borders back. They want to take their monetary [sic] back. They want to take a lot of things back. They want to have a country again. I think you are going to have this more and more. I really believe that. And it is happening in the United States.”, 14:D - A junior aide eventually took the blame for including Obama lines in the speech, 15:D - The lineup also included Alicia Keys, Paul Simon, Lena Dunham and Sarah SIlverman, 16:D - The comments came during a rally in Sunrise, Florida: "He is the founder of Isis. He founded Isis. And, I would say the co-founder would be Crooked Hillary Clinton.”, 17:D - In a statement released the following day, the Democratic presidential nominee repeated that she was being “grossly generalistic” but expressed regret for “saying ‘half’”, adding: “That was wrong.”, 18:B - Billy Bush was sacked by NBC’s Today show following the release of the 2005 recording, 19:B - “You are no media organization,” Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon tweeted at WikiLeaks. “You are a propaganda arm of the Russian government, running interference for their pet candidate, Trump.", 20:D - Weiner is the estranged husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Abedin and Weiner separated after Weiner was caught in 2011, 2013 and again in 2016 sending women sexually explicit text messages and pictures of himself undressed.

Scores

1. 0 and above.