Early Life
He was the youngest U.S. naval aviator during World War II
What is George H.W. Bush?
He launched this military operation to remove Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait in 1991
What is Operation Desert Storm?
In 1990, Bush signed this landmark act prohibiting discrimination against Americans with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act
Bush famously said this about taxes at the 1988 Republican National Convention.
What is “Read my lips: no new taxes”
George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday by doing this.
What is skydiving?
After World War II, Bush moved to this state to make his fortune in the oil business.
What is Texas?
In December 1989, Bush ordered the U.S. military to invade this country to oust Manuel Noriega.
What is Panama?
This environmental legislation, signed in 1990, strengthened limits on air pollution.
What is the Clean Air Act?
Bush made headlines when he vomited at a state dinner in this country in 1992.
What is Japan?
Bush’s Secret Service codename was this.
What is “Timberwolf”?
Before becoming president, Bush served as director of this government agency in 1976
What is the CIA?
George H.W. Bush worked with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to sign this treaty reducing nuclear weapons.
What is the START I Treaty?
Despite his campaign promise, Bush controversially raised these to reduce the federal deficit.
What are taxes?
His farewell address spoke of this metaphorical idea, describing America's diversity.
What is “a thousand points of light”?
Bush’s popular nickname among family and friends.
What is “Poppy”?
George H.W. Bush graduated from this Ivy League university in 1948.
What is Yale?
Bush handled the fall of this famous Cold War symbol in November 1989
What is the Berlin Wall?
Bush presided over this early 1990s economic event that hurt his reelection chances.
What is a recession?
In a press conference, Bush promised not to “dance” on this Cold War relic.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Bush once presented this popular late-night host with an honorary CIA badge.
Who is David Letterman?
He served as Vice President under this U.S. president from 1981–1989
Who is Ronald Reagan
Bush condemned a government crackdown on democracy protesters in this country’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.
What is China?
This 1990 law expanded federal penalties for certain crimes and addressed crime control issues.
What is the Crime Control Act?
In 1991, Bush’s approval rating soared to this record-breaking percentage after the Gulf War.
What is 89%?
George H.W. Bush was married to this woman for 73 years.
Who is Barbara Bush?