2016 RNC by MeyerS

Champion(s):

AdelmanM

SrikrishnanV


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Quiz Description

Floor fights! Plagiarized speeches! Show trials! Primetime speakers being booed offstage! The 2016 Republican National Convention was a doozy of an event. Here are twelve questions about the convention, from someone who watched a lot of it.

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Questions:

What is the name of the Cleveland arena where the convention was held?

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Quicken Loans Arena

Before the convention, fine-art photographer Spencer Tunick took a picture as part of a protest against the Republican Party. What characterizes his photography style?

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Large-scale assemblies of naked women

Who was the only former Republican presidential nominee to attend the convention?

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Bob Dole

Among the speakers on Night 1 were former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Joni Ernst, former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, former Chachi Scott Baio, and which Rome-born actor and underwear model, who later called President Obama “absolutely a Muslim”?

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Antonio Sabato, Jr.

Melania Trump’s speech on Night 1 plagiarized a similar speech given by who?

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Michelle Obama

12 of the 36 staffers of the California Republican Party attending the convention were stricken with what extremely contagious virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea and is notorious for spreading quickly through cruise ships and schools?

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Norovirus

Which former U.S. attorney presented a “case” against Hillary Clinton on Night 2, leading the crowd in chants of “Guilty!” and “Lock her up!”?

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Chris Christie

Which ‘90s alternative band played a show at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame on Night 2? The frontman taunted the crowd, saying “Raise your hand if you believe in science,” and speaking about one of its hits as being about tolerance and acceptance, drawing boos.

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Third Eye Blind

Three of the other contenders for the Republican nomination addressed the convention on Night 3, either by video or in person. Name two of them.

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Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz

During a prime-time speech on Night 3, what speaker drew an eruption of booing in the convention hall when urging voters to “vote your conscience for candidates you believe will be faithful to the Constitution”?

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Ted Cruz

Trump friend and real estate investor Tom Barrack gave a rambling, jokey speech on Night 4, roaming the stage with a handheld wireless microphone. Who was he introducing when he said “I feel like the anchovy on ___________’s Caesar salad. I know you’re salivating for that and you’re going to get it”?

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Ivanka Trump

Donald Trump’s long-anticipated acceptance speech took a dark, foreboding tone, highlighting crime and social unrest and seemingly drawing its approach from Richard Nixon’s 1968 convention speech. What kind of candidate did Trump repeatedly proclaim himself as being? This three-word phrase wasn’t actually found in Nixon’s speech.

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Law and order