1970s All American Politics

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1. A quiz on 1970s politics has to start with a question about Watergate. Who was identified by "Vanity Fair" magazine in 2005 as being the real Deep Throat? Nixon's Press Secretary Ron Ziegler General Alexander Haig CIA Director William Colby Deputy FBI Director Mark Felt

2. On November 27, 1978 San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Dan White shot Mayor George Moscone and his fellow supervisor, the openly gay Harvey Milk. At his trial, White's lawyer argued that White's mental state at the time of the killings was diminished due to depression as reflected in his excessive eating of junk food. What is the better known name of this legal tactic? McDonald's Motivated Manslaughter The Twinkie Defense Blame it on Burger King The Little Debbie Excuse

3. Who was the president of the United States when Iranian students took 52 members of the US Embassy in Tehran as hostages? Ronald Reagan Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter

4. In October of 1973 former Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew resigned the office of the Vice-Presidency. Why? He had pled no contest to charges of tax evasion and money laundering To care for his terminally ill wife, Judy To run for the US Senate He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease

5. Which prominent 1970s American political figure is credited with coining the phrase "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac"? Carl Bernstein Henry Kissinger Richard Nixon Gary Hart

6. Which group claimed responsiblity for a series of bombings in the 1970s that included the US Capitol, the Pentagon and the Harry S. Truman Building of the State Department? Sinn Fein The Black Panthers The Weathermen The Chicaco Seven

7. In 1974 the intoxicated chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee was involved in a sex scandal in which his companion, Argentinian stripper Fanne Fox, jumped into Washington's Tidal Basin after their car was stopped for a minor traffic violation. Who was this once powerful man? Wayne Hayes Wilbur Mills Everett Dirksen Henry "Scoop" Jackson

8. President Jimmy Carter signed legislation creating this new Cabinet Department in 1977. Which was it? Department of Veteran's Affairs Department of Ecology Department of Energy The Atomic Energy Commission

9. In October 20, 1973 President Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire the Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refused to do so and resigned from the Cabinet, as did his Deputy, William Ruckelshaus. It fell to third-in-command, Robert Bork, to fire Cox. What is this series of events now called? The Saturday Night Massacre Bork-a-gate The Dismissals of October Tricky Dicky's End Run

10. On August 5, 1975 President Gerald Ford issued a posthumous Presidential pardon to this man based on "character (that) has been an example to succeeding generations, making the restoration of his citizenship an event in which every American can take pride." Which historic figure received the pardon and return of citizenship? Robert E. Lee Benedict Arnold Richard Nixon Julius Rosenberg