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The 2008 presidential race

1) John Edwards began and ended his 2008 presidential campaign in what city?
2) Supporters raised over $350,000 to put the message “Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul” on what unusual advertising location?
3) Mike Huckabee wrote a book about weight loss called Stop Digging Your Grave with what?
4) Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and what other declared candidate are still actively seeking the Democratic presidential nomination?
5) Bill Richardson was born in California but raised in what foreign capital?
6) According to campaign staffers, as of fall 2007, what had Rudy Giuliani done more than 40 times in the middle of speeches?
7) When Dennis Kucinich saw a UFO in Washington State, what actress’s house was he staying at?
8) What non-candidate quoted General William Tecumsah Sherman on Face the Press in 2006, stating that “If nominated, I will not run, If elected, I won’t serve”?
9) Christopher Dodd and Joe Biden both announced their decisions to run for the presidency on what radio show?
10) In a May 27, 2007 debate, three Republican candidates admitted that they do not believe in evolution. Name two of them.

Average score (20 teams): 3.73! Too hard.

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2007 in Review

1) What world leader was selected as Time magazine’s person of the year in 2007?
2) What word popularized by the housing bubble did the American Dialect Society select as their 2007 word of the year?
3) What basketball team did Don Imus’ infamous “nappy headed hos” play for?
4) Who was the main financial backer for Bad Newz Kennels?
5) On June 27, what Brit got a new job as the Middle East envoy working on behalf of the US, the UN, Russia, and the European Union?
6) Hong Kong, England, Slovenia, and New South Wales and Victoria in Australia all passed laws restricting what activity?
7) In November, Georgia governor Sonny Perdue led a prayer on the steps of the state capitol, asking God to send what?
8) What four-word plea, popularized by appearances on YouTube and t-shirts, did the author of the Yale Book of Quotations select as the year’s top quotation?
9) According to Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani includes three things in a sentence: a noun, a verb, and what?
10) Which Democratic presidential candidate has the Secret Service codename “renegade”?
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Quiz: Mayors

1) Who is the mayor of Springfield, hometown to the Simpsons?
2) Who was mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit?
3) What epic novel and long-running musical center around the hidden past of the mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer?
4) In a 1989 movie, Da Mayor gives Mookie this piece of advice: “Always” what?
5) Mayor McCheese was dropped from McDonald’s advertising campaigns because of a 1973 lawsuit that found him too similar to what Sid & Marty Krofft character?
6) What British new wave group had their biggest US hit with the 1989 single “Mayor of Simpleton”?
7) Rudy Giuliani would become the first former mayor in the White House since 1923, when what former mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts, became president?
8) Mayor Richard Wilkins III was a memorable villain on what television series?
9) In 1910, Emil Seidel became the first Socialist mayor of a major US city. What city was it?
10) Who was mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from 1986 to 1988?
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