Walter Cronkite trivia quiz questions with answers
In what year was Walter Cronkite born?
Answer: 1916
Where was Walter Cronkite born?
Answer: St. Joseph, Missouri
What is Walter Cronkite's full name?
Answer: Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.
Which news network did Walter Cronkite work for most of
his career?
Answer: CBS News
In what year did Walter Cronkite become the anchor of
the "CBS Evening News"?
Answer: 1962
Who did Walter Cronkite succeed as anchor of the "CBS
Evening News"?
Answer: Douglas Edwards
In what year did Walter Cronkite step down as anchor of
the "CBS Evening News"?
Answer: 1981
What is the nickname that Walter Cronkite earned for
his journalistic integrity and credibility?
Answer: "The Most Trusted Man in America"
In what year did Walter Cronkite famously report on the
Apollo 11 moon landing?
Answer: 1969
What is the name of the news program that Walter
Cronkite hosted before becoming the anchor of the "CBS Evening News"?
Answer: "CBS Evening News with Douglas Edwards"
In what year did Walter Cronkite become the managing
editor of the "CBS Evening News"?
Answer: 1966
What is the name of the news program that Walter
Cronkite hosted after stepping down as anchor of the "CBS Evening News"?
Answer: "Walter Cronkite's Universe"
In what year did Walter Cronkite receive the
Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Answer: 1981
Which U.S. President did Walter Cronkite famously
criticize over the Vietnam War?
Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson
In what year did Walter Cronkite interview Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat?
Answer: 1977
What is the name of the documentary film about Walter
Cronkite's life and career?
Answer: "Cronkite Remembers"
What is the name of the news program that Walter
Cronkite hosted on the cable network Discovery Channel?
Answer: "Walter Cronkite's 21st Century"
In what year did Walter Cronkite receive the George
Polk Career Award?
Answer: 1981
What is the name of the organization that Walter
Cronkite founded to support journalism education?
Answer: The Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
In what year did Walter Cronkite receive the Edward R.
Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting?
Answer: 1985
What is the name of the award that Walter Cronkite
received from the Overseas Press Club in 1971?
Answer: The President's Award
In what year did Walter Cronkite report on the
Watergate scandal?
Answer: 1973
What is the name of the book that Walter Cronkite
published in 1996?
Answer: "A Reporter's Life"
In what year did Walter Cronkite win the News and
Documentary Emmy Award for LifetimeAchievement?
Answer: 1999
What is the name of the film that Walter Cronkite
narrated about the history of aviation?
Answer: "Why We Fly"
In what year did Walter Cronkite host the "CBS Evening
News" live from Moscow?
Answer: 1988
What is the name of the organization that Walter
Cronkite co-founded to support the environment?
Answer: The Global Tomorrow Coalition
