Joe Biden Trivia

With the US presidential election on the horizon, I plan to dedicate the next two editions of our newsletter to interesting facts about the two main party candidates. This week, we will focus on Joe Biden, and I assure you that I will balance this by covering Donald Trump in the following week.

1. What is Joe Biden’s full name?
2. Which sport did Biden participate in during his high school and college years?
3. At which institution did Biden pursue his undergraduate studies and what was his major field of study?
4. Out of 688 students in his graduating class, what position did Biden achieve?
5. What circumstance allowed Biden to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War?
6. Biden continued his education after his undergraduate degree. Where did he attend graduate school, and what qualification did he obtain?
7. In 1973, Biden took office as a US senator for Delaware. Can you tell me his age at that point?
8. How many children does Biden have?
9. What medical issue required Biden to undergo emergency surgery twice in 1988?
10. What was Biden's stance during the 2002 vote concerning the authorization of military action against Iraq?
11. How many presidential campaigns has Biden participated in during the primaries, and in which years did these occur?
12. Since 1970, Biden has made ten bids for public office. How many of those did he successfully win?

Answers

1. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
2. He played football and was also involved in baseball during his high school years.
3. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware.
4. 506th.
5. He suffered from asthma.
6. He obtained his law degree from the College of Law at Syracuse University.
7. 30, the minimum age to be a US senator.
8. Biden has four children; three from his first marriage to Neilia Hunter—Joseph 'Beau', Robert Hunter, and Naomi—and one from his second marriage, Ashley.
9. Brain aneurisms.
10. In favor.
11. Three times – 1988, 2008, and 2020.
12. All ten.

To conclude, I would like to emphasize my effort to keep these questions and answers impartial and fair. I aim to maintain this fairness when addressing trivia about Donald Trump next week. As the Wizard, I do not publicly endorse any candidate.

All questions and answers are sourced from: Wikipedia

Written by: Michael Shackleford