Q 01/05

South Carolina governor Mark Sanford was said to be hiking the Appalachian Trail when he was really in which country?

A) Brazil

B) Argentina

C) Costa Rica

D) Mexico

Answer · why

B) Argentina

Argentina was where Sanford had gone to see a woman he was having an affair with, and "hiking the Appalachian Trail" became American slang for a sex s...

Q 02/05

FBI agents probing Louisiana congressman William Jefferson for bribery found $90,000 in cash hidden where in his home?

A) Under a mattress

B) Inside a piano

C) In a golf bag

D) In his freezer

Answer · why

D) In his freezer

In his freezer was where agents found the cash, and Jefferson's 13-year prison term was the longest ever handed to a congressman at the time.

Q 03/05

Which cocker spaniel, a gift Richard Nixon vowed to keep, gave its name to his 1952 speech defending a campaign fund?

A) Checkers

B) Laddie Boy

C) Liberty

D) Millie

Answer · why

A) Checkers

Checkers was named by Nixon's six-year-old daughter Tricia, and the televised speech drew millions of supportive telegrams and calls that kept him on ...

Q 04/05

Which senior FBI official revealed in 2005 that he had been Deep Throat, the secret source in the Watergate scandal?

A) L. Patrick Gray

B) Clyde Tolson

C) Mark Felt

D) William Sullivan

Answer · why

C) Mark Felt

Mark Felt kept the secret for more than 30 years, and admitted it at 91 only after his daughter persuaded him to speak before he died.

Q 05/05

Which White House intern's affair with Bill Clinton led to his impeachment by the House of Representatives?

A) Monica Lewinsky

B) Paula Jones

C) Gennifer Flowers

D) Kathleen Willey

Answer · why

A) Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky gave investigators a blue dress whose DNA evidence showed the president's sworn denials were false, though the Senate later acquitted ...