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How much do you know about the leading candidate for the GOP nomination? Take this quiz and find out.
How old is Ted Cruz?
Less than 18-27 years old
Between 25 and 40 years
Between 40 and 60 years old
Ted Cruz turned 45 on December 22, 1970.
More 60-85 years old.
What is Mr. Cruz' first name?
Edward
Rafael
Ted Cruz's full name is Rafael Edward Cruz.
Theodore
Ricardo
How many children does Mr. Cruz have?
Two sons
Two daughters
He has two daughters Carloine (7) and Catherine (4) with his wife Heidi Nelson, whom he married in 2001.
11 children, with a 12th child due in November.
Cruz has no children.
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Why does Mr. Trump say that Mr. Cruz is not eligible to be the President of the US.
Because Mr. Cruz's parents are Hispanic.
Because Mr. Cruz is much younger than Mr. Trump.
Because Mr. Cruz was born in Canada.
Mr. Cruz was born in Alberta, Canada, to a Canadian father and US mother. His mother was born in Delaware and his father became a naturalized US citizen in 2005. Since the President of the US must be a natural born US citizen, Mr. Trump and others have claimed that he is not eligible to be the president of the US.
Because Mr. Cruz is not as good looking as Mr. Trump.
When did Mr. Cruz renounce his Canadian citizenship?
He was never a Canadian citizen.
He still holds Canadian citizenship.
He renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014.
Mr. Cruz claimed that he had assumed he did not hold Canadian citizenship since he did not file for it. However, after the 'Dallas Morning News' pointed out that he had dual Canadian-American citizenship, he formally applied to renounce his Canadian citizenship and ceased to be a citizen of Canada on May 14, 2014.
He renounced his Canadian citizenship soon after he left Canada in 1974.
What is Mr. Cruz's ethnicity?
Half Italian and half Hispanic.
Half Irish and half Hispanic.
Mr. Cruz's mother, Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson, is 3/4 Irish and 1/4 Italian. His father Rafael Bienvenido Cruz emigrated from Cuba. He came to the US on a student visa in 1957 and obtained political asylum when his Visa expired. His father became a Canadian citizen in 1973 and a naturalized US citizen in 2005.
Both his parents came from Cuba.
Both his parents came from Mexico
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What colleges did Mr. Cruz graduate from?
Mr Cruz did not attend any college.
Princeton and Harvard.
Cruz graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a BA in public policy in 1992 and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School with a JD in 1995.
College of the Holy Cross
Catholic University of America
Which of these are Mr. Cruz' noteworthy accomplishments as a student?
Jailed as a teen when he participated in an anti-abortion demonstration that became unruly.
Was a nationally recognized debater.
Even though Mr. Cruz was involved in theater in high school, he chose not to pursue an acting career as he felt he did not have the talent to succeed. He is not noted for participating in sports or protests, but he was recognized for many academic accomplishments, especially as a debater. He was named the US National Speaker of the Year in 1992 and reached the semi-finals of the World Debating Championship in 1995. Princeton's debate team named their annual novice championship after Cruz.
Was involved in theater and voted most likely to be on Hollywood Walk of Fame in high school.
All of the above
What is Mr. Cruz's association with 'Clipping of the Wings of Angels'?
This was Mr. Cruz's Hip-Hop song when he was a teen, before he courted Evangelicals.
It is the title of his senior thesis at Princeton.
It is the title of this senior thesis at Princeton addressing separation of powers in government. In this thesis, Cruz argued that the drafters of the Constitution intended to protect the rights of their constituents from an all-powerful state.
It is the title of Mr. Cruz's favorite movie.
All of the above.
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What was Mr. Cruz's role in the Harvard Latino Law Review?
He was on its board of advisors.
He was a primary editor.
He categorized it as a dumb journal for the liberals.
He was the founding editor.
Mr. Cruz was the primary editor of Harvard Law Review, the executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and the founding editor of Harvard Latino Law Review while attending Harvard law school.
Which chief justice did Mr. Cruz serve as a law clerk?
Sandra Day O' Connor
William Rehnquist
As the law clerk for Justice William Rehnquist in 1995, Cruz was the first Hispanic to clerk for a Chief Justice.
Ronald Reagan
Antonin Scalia
What was Mr. Cruz's role in the impeachment proceedings of President Clinton?
He initiated the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton.
He opposed the proceedings as they were a total waste of tax payer dollars.
He helped prepare the testimony for the proceedings.
As a member of the law firm Cooper, Carvin, and Rosenthal, Cruz helped prepare the testimony for the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton.
He paid Monica Lewinsky to testify against President Clinton.
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At which school did Mr. Cruz teach US Supreme Court litigation?
Princeton University
Harvard Law School
University of Texas at Austin
Mr. Cruz taught as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas school of Law in Austin from 2004 to 2009.
George Washington University
When was Cruz elected to the US senate?
2008
2010
2012
Cruz won the seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchinson in the November 2012 general election.
2014
Which one of these GOP contestants for the 2016 republican nomination endorsed Mr. Cruz during his 2012 bid for the US senate?
Carly Fiorina
Jeb Bush
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum and Rand Paul were among the many conservative, tea party, and libertarian leaders who endorsed Cruz's senatorial bid in 2012.
Mike Huckabee
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Which one of these tea party leaders who endorsed Cruz in his 2012 senatorial bid has endorsed his opponent for the 2016 GOP nomination?
Michele Bachman
Herman Cain
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin's endorsement of Trump came as a surprise to many conservatives. Michele, Tom, and Herman have not publicly endorsed any of the candidates yet.
Tom McClintock
Why does the republican governor Terry Branstad of Iowa endorse Mr. Trump over Mr Cruz?
Governor Terry thinks Cruz is too young to be the president.
Governor Terry thinks Trump is more handsome than Cruz.
Governor Terry does not like Cruz's stand on the ethanol mandate.
Mr. Cruz has always opposed ethanol subsidies and is vocal in his opposition to federal ethanol mandates. In contrast, Mr. Trump called for higher ethanol mandate. Governor Terry of Iowa, a 'corn company' is obviously not very happy with Cruz.
Cruz is a Southern Baptist whereas Terry is a Roman Catholic.
Which former presidential candidate said he would rather vote for Mr. Trump than Mr. Cruz?
Bob Dole
Bob Dole, a former Republican nominee for the US Presidency, said that he would rather vote for Mr. Trump than Mr. Cruz.
Hillary Clinton
Mike Huckabee
John McCain
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Why does Bob Dole not like Mr. Cruz as a GOP nominee?
Bob Dole resents Cruz for categorizing him, McCain, and Romney as liberals.
Bob Dole thinks that Cruz is not a traditional Republican conservative.
Bob Dole resents Cruz for calling his friend Mitch McConnell a liar on the senate floor.
All of the above.
Bob Dole believes that Cruz is not a traditional republican and dislikes his positions and actions so much as to prefer Hillary Clinton over Cruz.
Which one of these statements was made by Senator Cruz?
President Obama is openly desirous to destroy the Constitution and this Republic.
The 2015 International Nuclear Agreement with Iran will make the Obama administration the world's leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism.
What we saw today was an absolute demonstration that what he told every Republican senator was a simple lie.
Boehner may have cut a deal with Nancy Pelosi to fund the Obama administration for the rest of its tenure.
All of the above.
Despite his credentials as a great debater, he is well known for his incendiary statements that have alienated many within his own party.
Which one of these former presidential candidates called Cruz a "wacko bird whose beliefs are not reflective of the views of the majority of the Republicans"?
Bob Dole
John McCain
John McCain is reported to especially dislike Cruz for his incendiary rhetoric and extreme positions.
George Bush
Herman Cain
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What was the title of the book authored by Cruz that was deliberately omitted from NY Times bestseller list?
Ted Cruz: For God and Country
Liar Liar Cruz on Fire: Exposing the biggest fraud in US political history
A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America
A Time for Action: Empowering the Faithful to Reclaim America
'A Time for Truth' was on Amazon and Harper's bestseller lists but was omitted by NYT because of 'bulk sales'.
What did Cruz say on the thawing of the relations between Cuba and US?
A manifestation of the failures of the Obama-Clinton-Kerry foreign policy.
Cruz is a staunch critic of the the Obama administration's foreign policy.
Another sign of a feckless foreign policy of leading from behind.
The worst deal ever made in the country, the most incompetent deal...
Long overdue. The Obama administration is leading from behind.
Recently, a video of teen Cruz went viral. What was the video about?
The video shows Cruz cursing in a debate.
The video shows Cruz doing drugs (without inhaling).
The video shows a lighthearted response of Cruz when asked about his aspirations.
Although his detractors would like to point to this video as a sign of Cruz' ambitions, Cruz was clearly jesting with the videographer.
The video shows Cruz in a bar fight.
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What is Cruz' tax plan?
Cruz proposes to abolish the income tax and replace it with a flat sales tax.
Cruz proposes a flat tax "where the average American can file returns on a postcard."
Cruz is a strong believer in a flat tax. However, as with all other candidates, his tax plan lacks details on how the budget shortfalls will be addressed.
Cruz proposes to keep the current tiered tax system, but lower the highest tax rates.
Cruz proposes reducing the taxes for all tiers and cutting all subsidies to balance the budget.
What is Cruz's opinion of global warming?
Cruz doesn't believe in the science. He says "God made oil for us to burn. If it is harmful to life, he wouldn't have made it."
Cruz believes that there is insufficient evidence for global warming. He believes that "global warming" is a slogan of the liberals to create fear and gain more control.
Cruz reacts strongly to being dubbed the "denier". According to him that is not the language of science. He has cited satellite temperature measurements to back his position that there has been no significant rise in global temperatures in the last 18 years.
Cruz believes that global warming is not necessarily bad for us.
Cruz believes that global temperatures have actually been dropping in the last 18 years.
What does Cruz want to replace Obamacare with?
A government paid basic healthcare system for those who cannot afford private health insurance.
Letting churches manage the healthcare needs of their congregations.
Letting the market drive the plans and people bear the consequences of not having health care.
Cruz has not articulated an alternative.
Cruz has no alternative to Obamacare other than to repeal "every word of Obamacare" and the slogan "make health care personal, portable, and affordable."
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Which other presidential contestant besides Cruz is against ethanol mandates?
Hillary Clinton
Rand Paul
Rand Paul and Cruz are the first candidates to openly oppose ethanol subsidies. Although Hillary Clinton voted against ethanol mandates 17 times, saying "it is impossible to understand why any pro-consumer, pro-health, pro-environment, anti-government could vote for ethanol mandates," she reversed her position after announcing her candidacy for the white house in 2007.
Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders
What is Cruz' Five for Freedom plan?
An alliance of five countries to target radical Islam and ISIS in particular.
A new senate committee with foreign policy expertise to find solutions to the immigration problem.
A plan to eliminate certain federal departments and reduce government.
It is his proposal to eliminate five federal departments: IRS, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, and HUD (the Department of Housing and Urban Development).
All of the above.
What is Cruz' rules based monetary system?
A system of laws governing transactions in dollars to stabilize the dollar.
It is Cruz' solution to stabilize the dollar. However, nobody knows what he means by this slogan or how he will accomplish his objective, since the strength of the dollar relative to the other currencies is driven as much by the actions and policies of the other governments and their economic strength.
A set of rules to penalize banks who take too much risk.
A penal code that imposes financial penalties in proportion to the wealth of the criminal.
None of the above.
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