Part I: Multiple Guess

(Five points for each correct answer)

1. Which Catholic politician's position on abortion was rarely mentioned by the media whores (the NYT, NPR etc.) in 2004?
   
   a. Mayor Rudolph Guiliani
   b. Gov. George Pataki
   c. Senator John Kerry
   d. Arnold Schwarzenegger
   e. Gov. Tom Ridge
   f. a, b, d and e, but not c.



2. To the nearest billion dollars, what is the current Bush deficit?
   
   a. 87 billion
   b. 190 billion
   c. 300 billion
   d. 412 billion
   e. 504 billion



3. Which one of the following statements from this interview with Roger Ailes of Fox News Channel is possibly true.
   
   a. "[N]ow, we don't mix journalists and spinners, you know. Some shows do that."
   b. "Well, Brit doesn't do opinion television during his [show]."
   c. "I answered your question, no, Fox paid nothing [for O'Reilly's harassment].
   d. "We haven't retracted a story in eight years."
   



4. Which of the following Democratic presidential candidates won the fewest delegates?
   
   a. Wesley Clark
   b. Joseph Lieberman
   c. Al Sharpton
   d. Dennis Kucinich
   e. John Edwards
   



5. What percentage of the vote did Alan Keyes win in the Illinois Senate race?
   
   a. 10 percent
   b. 12 percent
   c. 19 percent
   d. 27 percent
   e. 30 percent
   



6. Which is not a quote from a "Swift Boat Veteran for Truth"?
   
   a. "I absolutely do not know first hand."
   b. "Lying is morally wrong."
   c. "I was in Cambodia, sir."
   d. "Boy buggering in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with the Pope as long as it isn't reported by the liberal press."
   e. "I am not going to say anything negative about [Kerry] ... He's a good man."
   



7. Which book published in 2004 recognized Roger Ailes, the blog, in its Acknowledgements?
   
   a. Unholy Alliance, by David Horowitz
   b. My Life, by Bill Clinton
   c. Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants, by James Wolcott
   d. The Republican Noise Machine, by David Brock
   e. How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, by Jenna Jameson
   



8. Which did Bush not say in 2004?
   
   a. "Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."
   b. "I was a prisoner too, but for bad reasons."
   c. "Karl Rove is what I call my brains trust. I trust his brains."
   d. "And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat."
   e. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
   f. All of the above.
   



9. Which of the following happened in 2004?
   
   a. Iraq defeated the insurgents and formed a rudimentary democracy.
   b. Martha Stewart was exonerated.
   c. Paul Bremer became Secretary of State.
   d. There was a major terrorist attack in the United States in October.
   e. Bob Graham was the Democratic candidate for Vice President.
   f. All of the above, according to William Safliar's 2003 predictions.



10. What is the cost of the Iraq war to date?
    
    a. 1,328 U.S. soldiers killed
    b. 9,981 U.S. soldiers wounded
    c. More than 14,000 Iraqi civilians killed
    d. 155 billion dollars (U.S.)
    e. All of the above

Please proceed to the next section.