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Nixon's Enemies List Trivia Quiz

During the 1973 Senate Watergate Hearings, it was revealed that President Nixon maintained an "Enemies List", consisting of 20 Americans who opposed his policies. This quiz deals with this 20-member list, and not the larger "Master List".

A multiple-choice quiz by chessart. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
chessart

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,961

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Which witness before the Senate Watergate Committee revealed the existence of Nixon's "Enemies List"? Hint

Alexander Butterfield

Fred Thompson

Sam Dash

John Dean

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Question 2 of 10

2. Alexander Barkan, Leonard Woodcock and Samuel M. Lambert were on Nixon's "Enemies List" because of their activities in which field? Hint

Congressmen

Philanthropy

Labor unions

Journalism

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which CBS newsman was number seventeen on Nixon's "Enemies List"? Hint

Bob Woodward

Sam Donaldson

Daniel Schorr

David Brinkley

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which African-American member of Nixon's "Enemies List" served for 27 years in Congress as the representative of a northern California district? Hint

Ron Dellums

Huey Newton

Adam Clayton Powell

Stokely Carmichael

5. There was a second African-American member of congress on Nixon's "Enemies List". Who is this Michigan congressman who was first elected in 1964, and who continued to serve well into the 21st century? Hint

Arthur H. Vandenberg

John Conyers

Philip A. Hart

Carl Levin

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which member of Nixon's "Enemies List" was a physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb? Hint

S. Harrison Dogole

Howard Stein

Bernard T. Feld

Stewart Rawlings Mott

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which member of Nixon's "Enemies List" died at the age of 51 when he was shot and killed by a deranged gunman? Hint

Allard Lowenstein

Daniel Schorr

S. Sterling Munro, Jr.

Maxwell Dane

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the only actor to appear on Nixon's "Enemies List"? Hint

John Wayne

Clint Eastwood

Gregory Peck

Paul Newman

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Question 9 of 10

9. Those on Nixon's "Enemies List" were subjected to audits by the IRS as a result of their opposition to the Nixon Administration?

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. What long-time newspaper columnist was the only woman on Nixon's "Enemies List"? Hint

Maureen Dowd

Molly Ivins

Helen Thomas

Mary McGrory

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which witness before the Senate Watergate Committee revealed the existence of Nixon's "Enemies List"?

Answer: John Dean

The Senate Watergate Hearings were indeed high drama. Dean revealed the existence of the Enemies List, and it was Butterfield who revealed the existence of the White House taping system. Dash and Thompson were the chief lawyers for the Democrats and Republicans, respectively, who did much of the questioning of the witnesses.

2. Alexander Barkan, Leonard Woodcock and Samuel M. Lambert were on Nixon's "Enemies List" because of their activities in which field?

Answer: Labor unions

Nixon was certainly no friend of labor. Barkan was an AFL-CIO official, Woodcock was president of the United Auto Workers, and Lambert was with the National Education Association.

3. Which CBS newsman was number seventeen on Nixon's "Enemies List"?

Answer: Daniel Schorr

Schorr discovered he was on the list along with the rest of the country when he was reading the list live on the air during a break in the Watergate hearings. It was one of the most dramatic events of the whole Watergate saga.

4. Which African-American member of Nixon's "Enemies List" served for 27 years in Congress as the representative of a northern California district?

Answer: Ron Dellums

Dellums was first elected to Congress in 1970, after being recruited to run by activists opposed to the Vietnam War. He was known during his time in Congress for his opposition to the Vietnam War, his opposition to South African apartheid, and his opposition to wasteful military spending.

Answer: John Conyers

John Conyers was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1965, and in 2015 he became the Dean of the House, a title given to the longest-serving current member. The other choices are all noteworthy Michigan Senators.

6. Which member of Nixon's "Enemies List" was a physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb?

Answer: Bernard T. Feld

Feld regretted his role in the development of the atomic bomb, and he later became a staunch opponent of nuclear weapons. His famous quote is that "I was involved in the original sin, and I have spent a large part of my life atoning for it."

7. Which member of Nixon's "Enemies List" died at the age of 51 when he was shot and killed by a deranged gunman?

Answer: Allard Lowenstein

Lowenstein was killed in his office by a mentally ill gunman in 1980. He had been a Congressman and longtime political activist involved in anti-war and civil rights activities.

Munro, who died at age 60 of natural causes, was the only other member of the list who died before the age of 70. Dane and Schorr both lived into their nineties.

8. Who was the only actor to appear on Nixon's "Enemies List"?

Answer: Paul Newman

Newman was known for decades for his support of various liberal causes. His food company, Newman's Own, has donated over $430 million to various charities. Newman died in 2008 at the age of 83.

9. Those on Nixon's "Enemies List" were subjected to audits by the IRS as a result of their opposition to the Nixon Administration?

Answer: False

The IRS Commissioner, Donald Alexander, refused to go along with this misuse of the IRS, despite heavy pressure from the Nixon Administration to do so. Nixon made a series of unsuccessful attempts to fire Alexander.

10. What long-time newspaper columnist was the only woman on Nixon's "Enemies List"?

Answer: Mary McGrory

McGrory's career spanned five decades, during which time she wrote more than 8,000 columns, beginning with the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954. An article on McGrory in Politico Magazine said that "Her writing was so well crafted that even the mundane nonsense of everyday life in Washington became compelling." McGrory died in 2004 at the age of 85.

Source: Author chessart

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