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BadBoys Quiz

Test your knowledge on the questionable activities and stupidities of our Congressional BadBoys.

1.  Which BadBoy got burned by a Nigerian financial scam?  (Nigerian scam?  Maybe we should have a totally new category, called the Stupidity Caucus). Answer.

2. Speaking of Nigeria, what congressman in 2006 was being investigated for his business deals in that African country?  Answer.

3. Which BadBoy received a Rolls-Royce as part of wide-ranging network of bribes. Answer.

4. There are two sets of BadBoys who have the same names.  Who are they? Answer.

5. Which BadBoy pleaded guilty to accepting $12,000 in payoffs from a family of a federal prisoner he said he could get transferred to a "softer" prison. Answer

6. This is a spooky one--because there are three sets of BadBoys involved.  Which soon-to-be BadBoy defeated another soon-to-be BadBoy for election to Congress?  Answer.

7.  Which two BadBoys received a pardon and clemency from President Bill Clinton during the last days of Willie's presidency?  Answer.

8.  Which state has produced the most BadBoys?  Answer.

9.  Fill in the blank:  (From a St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial, March 8, 1992):  "Although there is lively debate regarding who is the best congressman [in Illinois], there is a broad, bipartisan, multiracial consensus that the worst is ________."  Answer.

10. Which BadBoy was a former Jesuit seminarian?  Answer.

11. Which BadBoy caused the death of an innocent bystander?  Answer.

12. Which BadBoy's actions led Congress not to seat him when he won re-election, and led to a famous Supreme Court decision in the BadBoy's favor?  Answer

13. A congressional colleague said this about a BadBoy:  "I liked him, but he was an obnoxious son of a bitch.  I've seen him abuse staff verbally . . . . He was a bully.  He'd have wild, insane moments.  He was a very insecure man with 32 million bucks in his pocket.  He thought he was bigger than the rules."  Who was he describing?  Answer

14. Which BadBoy had his own dance band in college?  Answer

15. Which BadBoy replaced another BadBoy when the latter resigned from office? Answer.

16.  Fill in the blank.  "__________ is accused of being stupid and, my friend, if being stupid were grounds for expulsion, there'd be very few of us left here," said Congressman Tom Foglietta on the floor of the House.  Answer

17.  Which BadBoys are still in office?  Answer

18. A reporter's observation about a BadBoy:  "He may not be a bad man, just a sick man."  Guess who?  Answer

19.  Which BadBoy said the following about BadBoy Newt Gingrich? "Gingrich is like an arsonist who torches the building without supposing that the flames could consume his own bedroom." Answer

20. Which BadBoy and honorary BadGirl have the same name, ran for Congress at the same time, and both got into trouble?  Answer

21. Which BadBoy Babe said this: "I don't do Democrats." Answer

22. Gosh, where did they hide that money?  In a freezer? in a brown suede shoe? in an overcoat?  Answer

23. Which BadBoy after he was convicted resigned from office rather than be expelled, and then became an ironworker?  Answer

24. An observer said this about him: "Its amazing that somebody in Congress that long could be that stupid."  Which BadBoy are we talking about?  Answer