This Week in Political Trivia: Oct. 14

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Q.1)	About how much money did Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., once get paid to pose in Cosmopolitan magazine?

$500

$1,000

$2,000

$5,000

Q.2)	What Hawaii politician was founder and publisher of the Moloka’i Free Press?

A.	Former Gov. Linda Lingle, R-Hawaii

B.	Gov. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii

C.	Former Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii

D.	Former Rep. Charles Djou, R-Hawaii

Q.3)	What former senator said that enemies in the war on terrorism “drive taxicabs in the daytime and kill at night”?

A.	Former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.

B.	Former Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky.

C.	Former Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont.

D.	Former Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo.

Q.4)	What senator was the principal author of the Internal Security Act of 1950, aimed at Communists in the U.S.?

A.	Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis.

B.	Sen. Ralph Flanders, R-Vt.

C.	Sen. Pat McCarran, D-Nev.

D.	Sen. Arthur Watkins, R-Utah

Q.5)	What former gold miner later became a senator from Nevada and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee?

A.	Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev.

B.	Sen. Alan Bible, D-Nev.

C.	Sen. Ernest S. Brown, R-Nev.

D.	Sen. Key Pittman, D-Nev.

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