The Ninth Hundred Days: The Quiz

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The Ninth Hundred Days: The Quiz

1. “This ain’t the end of it - we’re going to have some more.” Who said that and about what?

a. Bush, regarding wars in the middle east.
b. Rep. Tom Delay, regarding tax cuts.
c. Chaney, regarding obscenely lucrative government contracts awarded to Halliburton.
d. An unnamed newspaper copy editor, regarding headlines containing the words “cry” (or “cried”, or “crying”) and “Wolfowitz.”

2. True or False: Barring an economic miracle that would trigger the creation of more than two million jobs in the next eighteen months, Bush will end his term as the first president since Jimmy Carter to oversee a net loss in employment.

Match the Bush judicial nominee with his or her decision or statement

3. James Leon Holmes
4. William Pryor
5. Carolyn Kuhl
6. Priscilla Owen

a. Ruled against a woman who claimed that her privacy had been violated by a doctor who allowed a drug salesman to hang out in the room with them - and laugh at her - while the doctor examined her breasts.
b. Argued that the Violence Against Women Act was unconstitutional.
c. Consistently ruled to restrict access to abortion without parental consent.
d. “The wife is to subordinate herself to her husband…to place herself under the authority of the man.”

7. What was the contributing factor in Bush’s stumbling off a Segway scooter?

a. His joking efforts to “turn this sumbitch to the far right.”
b. The tennis racquet in one hand, which kept him from operating the controls properly.
c. His preoccupation with convincing Americas that those two trailers we found in Iraq should qualify as WMDs.
d. His crankiness as a result of having given up sweets.

Who said what?

8. “The problem isn’t that Democrats are on the wrong side of the issues. It’s that they are afraid to make an issue of being on the right side.”
9. “Damn, fellas, we ought to be beating our chests every morning. We ought to look in the mirror and get proud and suck in our bellies and stick out our chests and say, Damn, we’re Americans,’ and smile.”
10. “I think the Bush administration is doing the best they can do with what they have to work with.”
11. “Mr Bush has behaved like a profligate parent who spends every dollar the family has accumulated, mortgages everything the family owns and maxes out every credit card he can get his hands on.”

a. Columnist Bob Herbert
b. Columnist Arianna Huffington
c. General Jay Garner
d. Actress Teri Garr

12. Who’s head did Bush kiss?

a. Dick Chaney, as they watched US troops topple a statue of Saddam Hussein.
b. Ari Fleischer, after he informed the president of his resignation as press secretary.
c. Dennis Miller, after the comedian performed at his fund raiser.
d. George Tenet, as Bush informed the CIA director of his new nickname, Fall Guy.

13. Three of these statements were made by Bush. Which one was made by Rumsfeld?

a. “I think war is a dangerous place.”
b. “First, let me make it clear: poor people aren’t necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn’t mean you’re will to kill.
c. “Stuff happens.”
d. “The true strength of America happens when a neighbour loves a neighbour just like they’d like to be loved themselves.

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1. - B
2. - False - He’ll be the first president since Herbert Hoover
3. - D
4. - B
5. - A
6. - C
7. - B
8. - B
9. - C
10. - D
11. - A
12. - B
13. - C

Thanks to Paul Slansky