Dan Rather trivia quiz questions with answers
In what year was Dan Rather born?
Answer: 1931
Where was Dan Rather born?
Answer: Wharton, Texas
What is Dan Rather's full name?
Answer: Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.
Which news network did Dan Rather work for most of his
career?
Answer: CBS News
In what year did Dan Rather become the anchor of the
"CBS Evening News"?
Answer: 1981
Who did Dan Rather succeed as anchor of the "CBS
Evening News"?
Answer: Walter Cronkite
In what year did Dan Rather step down as anchor of the
"CBS Evening News"?
Answer: 2005
What is the name of the controversy that led to Dan
Rather's resignation from CBS News?
Answer: The Killian documents controversy
What was Dan Rather's first job in journalism?
Answer: News director of KTRK-TV in Houston
In what year did Dan Rather first join CBS News?
Answer: 1962
What is the name of the news program that Dan Rather
hosted before becoming the anchor of the "CBS Evening News"?
Answer: "60 Minutes II"
In what year did Dan Rather interview Saddam Hussein?
Answer: 1990
What is the name of the book that Dan Rather published
in 2017?
Answer: "What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism"
Which U.S. President did Dan Rather have a contentious
relationship with?
Answer: Richard Nixon
In what year did Dan Rather report on the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy?
Answer: 1963
What is the name of the news show that Dan Rather
hosted on the cable network AXS TV?
Answer: "The Big Interview with Dan Rather"
What is the name of the documentary film about Dan
Rather's life and career?
Answer: "Truth and Duty"
In what year did Dan Rather receive the Lifetime
Achievement Emmy Award?
Answer: 2017
What is the name of the award that Dan Rather received
from the Committee to Protect Journalists in 2015?
Answer: Burton Benjamin Memorial Award
What is the name of the news program that Dan Rather
hosted on HDNet?
Answer: "Dan Rather Reports"
In what year did Dan Rather graduate from Sam Houston
State University?
Answer: 1953
What is the name of the news program that Dan Rather
co-anchored with Connie Chung?
Answer: "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and Connie Chung"
In what year did Dan Rather become a correspondent for
CBS News in London?
Answer: 1961
What is the name of the organization that Dan Rather
founded to support independent journalism?
Answer: News and Guts Media
What is the name of the film that Dan Rather executive
produced about a small town Texas high school football team?
Answer: "The Last Whistle"
In what year did Dan Rather step down as the managing
editor of the "CBS Evening News"?
Answer: 1983
What is the name of the award that Dan Rather received
from the Radio Television Digital News Association in
2019?
Answer: Lifetime Achievement Award
What is the name of the organization that Dan Rather
co-founded to support investigative journalism?
Answer: The Center for Public Integrity
In what year did Dan Rather interview Fidel Castro?
Answer: 1985
What is the name of the book that Dan Rather published
in 2012 about the death of President Kennedy?
Answer: "Rather Outspoken:
