Checkers Speech Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Checkers Speech? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Who said "God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them"?
Abraham Lincoln
Richard Nixon misquoting Abraham Lincoln
Any Kardashian
Thomas Dewey misquoting Richard Nixon
Q. When Nixon is referring to keeping his "wife on the payroll," what's he trying to say?
The job doesn't pay enough for his wife.
If he won't even give his wife a job paid through taxes, how corrupt can he be?
His wife can't type.
Women don't belong in the workplace.
Q. When Nixon said "And I say that any man who called the Alger Hiss case a red herring isn't fit to be President of the United States," to whom is he referring?
Adlai Stevenson
Robert Taft
David Stern
Dwight Eisenhower
Q. What's the "danger" Nixon's referring to when he says "[a]nd I think my country is in danger"?
The threat of a robotic uprising enslaving the human race
The threat of nuclear weapons
Communists infiltrating America
The liberal agenda
Q. How does Nixon substantiate his claim that "[e]very penny of [the fund] was used to pay for political expenses that I did not think should be charged to the taxpayers of the United States"?
By reading a letter from an independent auditing company
By banging his podium and yelling "I am not a crook!"
By providing receipts for all his political expenses
By hacking his opponents' PayPal accounts