Question
Allen G. Thurman, a 74-year-old running mate of this man, gave a bizarre speech stating, “I am not quite as well as I ought to be.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Democrat who lost the 1888 election with Thurman but won four years later against the same opponent with the elder Adlai Stevenson as his running mate.
ANSWER: Grover Cleveland [or Stephen Grover Cleveland]
[10e] This candidate’s running mate, James Stockdale, asked on the debate stage, “Who am I? Why am I here?” This third-party candidate topped some polls in 1992 against Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush.
ANSWER: Ross Perot [or Henry Ross Perot, Sr.]
[10h] Although this man was deemed too old to become FDR’s running mate in 1944, he ran on the 1948 ticket with Truman. This man may have been the first VP to be nicknamed “veep.”
ANSWER: Alben W. Barkley
<Michael Bentley, History - American - 1945+> ~23204~ <Editor: Arjun Nageswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 15.00 | 81% | 56% | 14% |