People

Question 1

Michael Dukakis

Answer 1

ran against Bush in 1988 election; appeared weak on crime (Willie Horton ad) and weak on defense (tank ad)

Question 2

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 2

leader of USSR (worked with Reagan) when it fell (during Bush); communist who thought he could “restructure USSR”

Question 3

Vasili Mitrokhin

Answer 3

senior KGB archivist who defected to GB in 1992 who provided access to KGB files

Question 4

Willie Horton

Answer 4

felon who Dukakis gave a weekend pass; he kidnapped and raped a couple; this was the basis for the TV ad

Question 5

Boris Yeltsin

Answer 5

first Russian leader after the fall of the USSR; set up a democratic government

Question 6

Norman Schwarzkopf

Answer 6

general of the coalition forces during Persian Gulf War; his tactics totally decimated the Iraqi army; one of the greatest generals in US history

Question 7

Al From

Answer 7

Democratic strategist who moved the party more to the center to gain a victory in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections (Clinton was popular because of him)

Question 8

Colin Powell

Answer 8

first AA to be Joint Chief of Staff of US Army and Secretary of State; helped coalition forces to rout Iraqi forces

Question 9

Clarence Thomas

Answer 9

Conservative Supreme Court justice whose appointment was almost curtailed by Anita Hill’s unproven acquisitions of sexual misconduct when she worked for him

Question 10

Dan Quayle

Answer 10

VP under Bush Sr.

Question 11

Bruce Springsteen

Answer 11

rock star whose performance in front of the Berlin Wall led Soviet teens to seek freedom from communism

Question 12

Rodney King

Answer 12

AA man who was beaten by LA cops for resisting arrest and helped spark the LA riots after the cops were exonerated