Question

1 During his life, Schuyler (sky-lur) Colfax held one of the most important jobs in the United States. Yet, it is likely that only the most attentive American history buffs recognize his name.
2 Do the names Daniel D. Tompkins or William A. Wheeler ring a bell? Like Schuyler Colfax, Tompkins and Wheeler were born in the state of New York. More significantly, all three men held the position of vice president of the United States. Tompkins served from 1817 to 1825 under President James Monroe. Colfax was in office from 1889 to 1873 under President Ulysses S. Grant. Wheeler served as vice president under President Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881.
3 The vice presidency is second in importance only to the presidency. The majority of vice presidents have done an admirable job, yet most Americans can name only a handful of vice presidents since John Adams, our first vice president, took office in 1789.
4 There have, of course, been memorable vice presidents, but most of them are remembered because they went on to become president. They include John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and George H. W. Bush. Some of these men were elected, but others became president when the current president died in office. It is often said that the vice presidency is just a heartbeat away from the presidency, these men were living proof that this is true.
5 A few vice presidents are remembered for more negative reasons. Aaron Burr was vice president from 1801 to 1805 under Thomas Jefferson. In 1804, while still vice president, Burr ran for governor of New York but lost to Alexander Hamilton. Burr then challenged Hamilton to a duel and killed him. The New Jersey grand jury determined that Burr was guilty of murder, but he was never arrested, and he served out his term
6 John Calhoun was vice president under both John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) and Andrew Jackson (1829-1832). Calhoun believed that states' rights usually took precedence over the authority of the federal government a position with which Jackson firmly disagreed. When the two men engaged in a dispute in front of a gathering of people, Calhoun was forced to resign from office.
7 Disgrace has shaded the terms of more modern vice presidents, too. Spiro Agnew had been governor of Maryland before he became Richard Nixon's vice president. In 1973, a federal grand jury charged that Agnew had been guilty of corruption for much of his political career. Agnew later resigned from office rather than face trial.
8 Not all unforgettable acts of former vice presidents were disgraceful. One in particular was simply embarrassing. In 1992, Dan Quayle, who was George H. W Bush's vice president, was visiting a classroom at a school in Trenton, New Jersey. He was supposed to read words for children to spell. When twelve-year-old Wiliam Figueroa was given the word "potato," he wrote the word correctly on the blackboard. Vice President Quayle explained to William in a kind, gentle voice that he had omitted the letter e from the end of the word. Although William was pretty sure he had spelled the word correctly, he added the e to potato to show respect for the vice president. Since that day, many people remember Dan Quayle as the vice president who couldn't spell potato.Drag a sentence to the box to show how Dan Quayle's visit to a classroom in Trenton, New Jersey, most likely influenced the public's feelings about him.
Dan Quayle visited a class in Trenton, New Jersey, and read words for children to spell.
:: The public appreciated that he cared about children and education.
The public remembered him because he misspelled a word.
The public enjoyed his unusual sense of humor.
The public thought he should be doing more serious things with his time.

Answer 1

"The public remembered him because he misspelled a word."

Reason: The passage says people remember Quayle as "the vice president who couldn't spell potato" after he wrongly corrected the child's correct spelling.