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News Quiz: Corrupt politician edition

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    Testing your knowledge of the world's most corrupt politicians from Nixon to Blagojevich

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Back to that segment tonight a great American news quiz the -- -- politicians additions here now Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum playing for.

Jim -- -- from Osama she can.

Editors Steve -- is cohort on FOX & Friends Brian Kilmeade representing Suharto -- from Bessemer Alabama they can win some nifty prizes please sign up on the -- -- -- so.

Kill me you know a lot about corruption right yeah I think middle lot of scandals but nothing ever stuff.

And I -- to all charges as we aren't directed by Fannie you know suspect and and that's the name of the game yet have and that is getting Medicare -- law.

OK here is question -- -- one Richard Nixon's vice president Spiro Agnew.

We -- accepting bribes and falsifying federal income tax returns he pleaded no contest to tax invasion stepped down as vice president.

Vice president Spiro Agnew resigned today the first man holding his -- office to do so under fire.

I -- then pleaded no contest in effect guilty to income tax -- -- The court placed him on probation for three years and imposed a maximum fine of 101000 dollars.

I know I abuse charges that he accepted bribes stemmed from his time as governor of what state.

-- Ohio B Maryland C Virginia and sure it's correct beat Maryland.

-- What's it easy while we had an easy one to break Kilmeade and you know I so sorry that's yeah that's right all right hats off to good start here.

Question number two in the corrupt politician -- Former governor Rod Blagojevich sank his career when he was recorded trying to sell president Obama's US senate seat.

The -- governor was -- -- fourteen years in prison after his sentencing was announced he recited this quote to the press.

If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.

Which famous -- did.

The governor.

Just quote.

Hey John -- be Walt Whitman -- John -- Sitting in front tonight discuss with the group and I don't -- yet.

-- we had no clue.

Call -- -- life and I got -- him.

On the job next year as a woman of letters you write poetry right there are no matter how we right now -- -- -- -- indeed doing that I didn't Roger -- bread -- you've heard of him and he seems like a really Smart yeah -- -- would not return Michael's excellent.

That's been dead for that -- A question of -- -- at least -- 'cause that's a good advice do you have -- -- John these served as White House counsel President Nixon during the Watergate scandal the FBI called being the master manipulator of the cover up.

He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in exchange.

We're becoming a key witness for the prosecution.

Dean testified before the senate Watergate committee to describe his conversations.

With Nixon.

I gave considerable thought to how would present this situation to the president and try to make as dramatic presentation.

As I could tell -- Yes I thought the situation was at the cover up continue.

I began by telling the president but it was a cancer growing on the presidency.

And that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it.

Would have reason I'm sorry yeah.

It was -- Watergate hearings that -- broke the news about Richard Nixon's enemies list member of that.

Which Hollywood star found himself on the list of so called rivals to the administration.

They Jack Nicholson be Robert Redford C Warren Beatty.

Which of those four I was on the Nixon enemies list -- -- and he is.

The answer is.

Paul Newman our our our -- -- that she let -- -- that are we got about.

Usual wrong you know that you want more right.

And just if you wanted to get one more wrong water comes out yeah it's brilliant so you love Nickelodeon -- million.

This look -- that that's all right so excuse me Paul Newman on the enemy's list.

For question before former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi -- a -- He had been tarnished by sixty.

-- its story is a wild parties with prostitutes.

Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi reportedly gave more than 300000.

Dollars in gifts to a teenager.

The same teenager whom prime minister Berlusconi insists.

He did not pay for six among the 24 items a pair of rollodexes.

A diamond necklace.

And inexpensive offer.

All right -- what Hollywood a Lister was named as a witness at Berlusconi's trial after was learned he had attended a party.

That Berlusconi's home they Brad Pitt the Tom Tom Hanks he do it -- As you see to it -- caressing her side.

So you lose you can't win are but you get find out if you buy one if the government whatsoever every updated top wrestlers in Colorado senator Gary Hart ran for -- -- -- And was a one time considered a front runner.

His campaign fell apart when photos of him and his mistress hugging on a yacht became public park confessed to an affair and dropped out of the presidential race.

The -- that -- was photographed on with his mistress had an interesting name that became fodder for many -- the late night comedians what was the name of the -- -- sneaky peak the monkey business he troubled waters -- the dirty dog.

What was the name of the yacht Geraldo please there all right and -- is rotate.

They chartered -- boat.

Not a day before yesterday somebody asked -- what the name of the boat was and they didn't seem to remember.

Well.

I can see why they wouldn't want to remember the name of the vote.

Was monkey business.

Nobody knows what.

What happened on the boat but understand the whales were watching them.

I drag them.

-- all right the sound Michigan very good job close Rudyard Kipling always remember that so like I'm more familiar read poems tonight -- -- -- --

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