Question 1

True or false: Bill Clinton is the only U.S. president born after World War II.

Accepted Answer

True. Born in 1946, he's the first Baby Boomer president. All previous presidents were born before or during WWII.

Question 2

True or false: Bill Clinton played the saxophone on national TV during his 1992 presidential campaign.

Accepted Answer

True. He performed "Heartbreak Hotel" on The Arsenio Hall Show, famously wearing sunglasses, boosting his appeal to younger voters.

Question 3

True or false: Bill Clinton was the first U.S. president to have a pet cat in the White House.

Accepted Answer

False. The Clintons had a cat named Socks, but Rutherford B. Hayes had the first White House cat, Siam, in the 1870s.

Question 4

True or false: Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Whitewater scandal.

Accepted Answer

False. He was impeached in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice concerning the Monica Lewinsky affair, not Whitewater.

Question 5

True or false: Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law in 1993.

Accepted Answer

True. Though negotiated by George H.W. Bush, Clinton pushed NAFTA through Congress and signed it, creating a major trade bloc.

Question 6

True or false: Clinton once received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University.

Accepted Answer

True. He studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford from 1968 to 1970, though he left before completing his degree.

Question 7

True or false: As governor of Arkansas, Clinton once signed a bill to require teaching creationism in public schools.

Accepted Answer

False. Clinton signed Act 590 in 1981, which promoted teaching creation science alongside evolution, but it was struck down as unconstitutional.

Question 8

True or false: Bill Clinton's middle name is Jefferson.

Accepted Answer

False. His full name is William Jefferson Clinton, but Jefferson is his chosen middle name, honoring Thomas Jefferson; his birth name was William Jefferson Blythe III.

Bill Clinton Trivia Questions