Reprinted with permission from the BBC (bbc.co.uk)
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Who are the four leading candidates for the Republican Party’s presidential representative?
Of these four, who seems to be leading? Who seems to be in second place?
Which of the three candidates is devoted to tackling President Obama more than arguing with the other two candidates?
Which of the four Republican candidates won the primary in Alabama?
- Ron Paul
- Rick Santorum
- Newt Gingrich
- Mitt Romney
Where is the Republic convention going to be held this August?
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Tampa, Florida
- New York, New York
Where did Mitt Romney go to university?
- Harvard
- Columbia
- Stanford
- Yale
Mitt Romney was the governor of which state?
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Maine
How many states has Mitt Romney won by this point in the primaries?
- 11
- 2
- 17
- 26
Of the four major candidates, who do you suspect is going to win the primaries?
Define the following words.
caucus
race
accumulating
exultant
conservative