What does Bill Clinton know about My Little Pony?

National Public Radio has a quiz show called Wait, wait . . . Don't tell me! Their recent guest was former president Bill Clinton, and they asked him questions about a strangely cute topic!

HOST: So you’re a former president, you’re a Rhodes scholar, you’re famously well informed. What could we be sure that an accomplished person like you would know nothing about? And then the answer came to us: the TV show "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic."

(Laughter)

HOST: Answer two out of three questions about the wonderful world of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" and you win a prize for one of our listeners . . . [First Question] One of the current My Little Ponies is Rarity. That is her name, Rarity. What is her particular enthusiasm?

A: She loves her little line of toys called My Even Tinier Ponies.

B: She loves giving other ponies makeovers.

C: She loves eating paste.

BILL CLINTON: B.

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HOST: Yes, giving other ponies makeovers . . . All right, when ponies in Equestria discover their true talents in life, they earn something. What?

A. A tattoo on their flank, known as a cutie mark.

B: A title, such as Fluttershy the Inventive.

C: The right to marry.

BILL CLINTON: A.

HOST: A. You’re going to go for A, a tattoo known as the cutie mark? Oh, you’re right, sir . . . well let’s see if you can be perfect. The ponies’ most powerful enemy is which of these?

A: Krastos the Glue Maker. (CLINTON: If he’s not, he ought to be.)

B: The evil pony Nightmare Moon.

C: The cynical grownup, Chester.

BILL CLINTON: B.

HOST: B, you’re going to go for the evil pony Nightmare Moon. You’re right, Mr. President!

(Laughter, applause)

HOST: Nightmare Moon is released in the opening episode from the prison where she’s been held for a thousand years, and is only defeated by the ponies working together, and then they have a party.

HOST: Another victory for you, sir. You’ve done so much. Been elected twice, governor of Arkansas, the youngest governor ever. How does this stack up?

(Soundbite of laughter)

BILL CLINTON: It’s right up there.

Top photo and interview from NPR,

Rarity from here,

Nightmare Moon from here.