Watergate

In what year did the Watergate 
break-in occcur?

1968

*1972

1976

Who was Attorney General at the 
time of the break-in?

Robert Kennedy

Ed Meese

*Richard Kleindienst

What was the code name used for the 
men who broke into the Watergate?

CREEP

*Plumbers

The President's men

Both the Republican and the 
Democratic National Conventions 
were held in what city in 1972?

*Miami

Chicago

Washington

Who was chairman of the Senate 
committee investigating Watergate?

John J. Sirica

*Sam Ervin

Archibald Cox

What is David Ellsberg's claim to 
fame?

*Released the Pentagon Papers

Led the Watergate break-in team

First reported the break-in

What was the purpose of the 
Watergate break-in?

Steal money

*Wiretap the Democrats

Assasinate Edmund Muskie

What acronym was applied to the 
Republican committee supporting 
Nixon's run for a second term in 
office?

*CREEP

SDS

AARP

What newspaper columnist was 
reportedly considered as a target 
for assassination by G. Gordon 
Liddy?

*Jack Anderson

William J. Buckley, Jr.

Abigail Van Buren

Which two reporters gained national 
fame for their stories on 
Watergate?

*Woodward and Bernstein

Buckley and Anderson

Woodard and Broad

Which of the Watergate conspirators 
was actually caught in the act at 
the break-in?

G. Gordon Liddy

Charles Colson

*E. Howard Hunt

What cartoonist's work was 
sometimes moved to the editorial 
pages, or not printed at all, for 
his coverage of Watergate?

*Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury)

Gary Larson (The Far Side)

Charles Schulz (Peanuts)

How did Richard Nixon finally leave 
office?

*He resigned

He was impeached

He died in office

Who was Nixon's Vice President at 
the time he left office?

Spiro Agnew

*Gerald Ford

G. Gordon Liddy

When the White House was charged 
with covering up the Watergate 
scandal, how did Nixon's spokesman 
describe his own previous 
statements?

"(Expletive deleted)"

*"Inoperative"

"Lies"

What President gave an 
unconditional pardon to Richard 
Nixon?

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

*Gerald Ford

How much time passed between the 
discovery of the Watergate break-in 
and the resignation of Richard 
Nixon?

Three years

*Two years

Six months

Who passed the formal articles of 
impeachment as the first step in 
removing President Nixon from 
office?

*House Judiciary Committee

Senate Select Committee

3/4 of the House and Senate

How many times was Gerald Ford 
elected to the Presidency?

*Never

Once

Twice

How many times was Richard Nixon 
elected to the Presidency?

Never

Once

*Twice

Of the seven original Watergate 
defendents, how many were found not 
guilty?

*None

Two

All seven

Who leads the branch of the Federal 
government that appointed, and 
subsequently dismissed, the Special 
Watergate Prosecutor?

The Supreme Court

*The President

The Congress

Attorney General Richardson and 
Deputy Attorney General Ruckelshaus 
resigned rather than follow what 
order from the White House?

Participate in the break-in

*Dismiss the Watergate prosecutor

Bribe the Watergate juries

Who was the only Watergate 
conspirator to accuse President 
Nixon of involvement in the cover-
up?

*John Dean

H. R. Haldeman

John Mitchell

What role did Archibald Cox play in 
the Watergate drama?

Senate Committee Chairman

Federal Judge

*Special Prosecutor