Political I.Q. — Week of September 20

Test your knowledge of past party nominees

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  • 03/02/2023
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QUESTIONS: 1. Who was the first World War II veteran to be nominated by a major party for President? 2. Who was the first World War I veteran to be nominated by a major party for President? 3. How many Vietnam veterans have been major party nominees for President? 4. Who was the only Korean War veteran to be a major party nominee for President or Vice President? 5. Radio talk show host Michael Reagan was a hit when he addressed the Republican National Convention last month. Prior to Reagan, who was the last son of a President to host a radio talk show? ANSWERS: 1. Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. 2. Republican Wendell Willkie in 1940. 3. Two: Democrats Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in '04. 4. Spiro Agnew, Republican nominee for Vice President in 1968 and '72, who served in the U.S. Army in both World War II and Korea. 5. Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, who hosted a radio talk show on the Mutual Radio Network in the late 1930s and early '40s.

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