Who Said It: Bernie Sanders or Ron Swanson? Take Our Democratic Debate Quiz!

Take our democratic debate quiz!

By Seija Rankin Oct 13, 2015 10:51 PMTags
Bernie Sanders, Nick OffermanNBC, AP Photo

It's that time again! After a short hiatus, presidential debates are back on the TVs of innocent Americans everywhere.

But this time around it won't be the 11-person circus that was the Republican show. It will be but a small and innocent five-person circus instead. In tonight's first Democratic debate of the 2016 presidential election, frontrunner Hillary Clinton will be taking on her close competitor Bernie Sanders, and some guys named Martin O'MalleyJim Webb and Lincoln Chafee will be there too. 

(We kid, of course! O'Malley, Webb and Chafee are the three other Democratic candidates from which Clinton and Sanders hog all the media time). 

And even though we can't even quite remember what a debate used to be like without Donald Trump's antics (and hair), this evening promises to be just as interesting (if not quite as explosive) as its predecessors this election season. We encourage everyone to watch it all go down at 8:30 p.m. ET (and tweet using #DemDebate), partly to keep informed of the important issues plaguing our nation but also to follow along with the inevitable antics and entertainment. 

To do our part in the debate prep, we've made a handy little quiz to help our fellow Americans get familiar with one candidate who's sure to make headlines tonight: Bernie Sanders. He is a man of principal, a man of convictions and a man of many a grandiose statement. Just like his kind-of onscreen counterpart Ron Swanson! Sure the Vermont senator's politics don't quite line up with the infamous Parks & Recreation character, but they're both older gentleman who say kind-of-curmudgeonly things sometimes. And for the purpose of this quiz, that's good enough for us.

So let's commence! It's your turn to tell us who said it: Bernie Sanders or Ron Swanson.

1. "There's only one thing I hate more than lying: skimmed milk, which is water that's lying about being milk."

2. "The government should not prop up a failed business. That would be like giving food to a mortally wounded animal."

3. "If the environment were a bank it would have been saved already."

4. "Clear alcohols are for rich women on diets."

5. "I think many people have the mistaken impression that Congress regulates Wall Street....The real truth is that Wall Street regulates the Congress."

6. "People should not underestimate me."

7. "I don't believe in government. I think all government is a waste of taxpayer's money."

8. "I have so many ideas. Some are simple, like take down traffic lights and eliminate the post office."

9. "Tough luck. That's the world, get used to it."

10. "Are you going to tell a man that he can't fart in his own car?"

11. "I enjoy government events like I enjoy getting kicked in the nuggets with a steel-toed boot."

12. "I want our country to have the distinction of having the best educated population on Earth."

13. "If a bank is too big to fail, it's too big to exist."

14. "I don't like loud noises and people making a fuss and I especially don't like people celebrating because they know a piece of private information about me."

15. "Ben is a person; Jerry is a person; Ben & Jerry's is not a person."

16. "When we reject science, we become the laughingstock of the whole world."

17. "People should talk less."

18. "I got my first job when I was 9. Worked at a sheet metal factory. In two weeks, I was running the floor."

19. "We need a political revolution in this country."

20. "They have the money, but we have the people."

Answers: 1) Swanson. 2) Swanson. 3) Sanders. 4) Swanson. 5) Sanders. 6) Sanders. 7) Swanson. 8) Swanson. 9) Sanders. 10) Swanson. 11) Swanson. 12) Sanders. 13) Sanders. 14) Swanson. 15) Sanders. 16) Sanders. 17) Swanson. 18) Swanson. 19) Sanders. 20) Sanders.

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