Answers to 2007 Year-In-Review News Quiz

(Open the title of each Part in a new window to view the full question)

Part I -- Dr. Phil In The Blank (1 pt. for quote, 1 bonus pt. for speaker)

1. Varmints (Muff Romney); 2. M-Fer (Bill O'Reilly); 3. 9/11 (Sen. Joseph Biden); 4. Dead (G.W. Bush); 5. Time, legal background (Joe Klein); 6. Karl (Kyle Sampson); 7. Wide (Larry Craig); 8. Homosexuals (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad); 9. Prick (Ann Althouse); 10. Tase me bro (Andrew Meyer)

Part II -- Who Said it? (1 pt. each)

1. Sam Brownback; 2. Muff Romney; 3. Mike Huckabee; 4. John McCain; 5. Tom Tancredo; 6. Ron Paul; 7. Duncan Hunter; 8. Rudolph Giuliani; 9. Alan Keyes; 10. Fredo Thompson; 11. Tommy Thompson; Bonus quote: Dick Nixon on Fredo Thompson

Part III -- Grand Old Police Blotter (1 pt. each)

1. Bob Allen --(d); 2. I. Lewis Libby -- (c) ; 3. George Ryan -- (m); 4. Thomas Ravenel -- (f); 5. Conrad Black -- (l); 6. Larry Craig -- (i); 7. David H. Brooks -- (g); 8. Michael Flory -- (j); 9. Jeff Neilsen -- (a); 10. Brent Wilkes -- (b); 11. Italia Federici -- (o); 12. J. Stephen Griles -- (h); 13. Bernard Kerik -- (k); 14. Glenn Murphy, Jnr. -- (n) ; 15. Kyle "Dusty" Foggo -- (e)

Part IV -- The Year In Right Wing Sex (1 pt. each)

1. Gary Aldridge -- (f); 2. David Vitter -- (d); 3. Richard Curtis -- (j); 4. Ted Haggard -- (e); 5. John Hinderaker -- (g); 6. Larry Craig -- (c); 7. Richard Mellon Scaife -- (i); 8. Bob Allen -- (a); 9. Mickey Kaus -- (h); 10. Randall L. Tobias -- (b)

Part V -- Multiple Guess (1 pt. each)

1. (d); 2. (e); 3. (c); 4. (a); 5. (a); 6. Rep. Nancy Pelosi -- free point; 7. (f); 8. (f); 9. (b); 10 (f)

Your score:

66 or above -- Your ability to use Google is quite impressive
56-65 points -- The year 2007 is a traumatic memory which will haunt you to your dying day
46-55 points -- See your doctor about the latest OCD treatments
36-45 points -- You have a life, yet you took this quiz anyway
26-35 points -- Mediocrity is nothing to be ashamed of
16-25 points -- Sub-mediocrity, on the other hand...
6-15 points -- Congratulations on finding the Internet!
5-0 points -- You've never heard of Larry Craig

Update (1/15): Many thanks to Digby of Hullabaloo for linking to the quiz -- and kudos for the impreessive score! And thanks to Roy Edroso at alicublog for the earlier link.