Statistics for Embarrassing Chapters in US History, Part 1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion fails in this country.	Cuba	95%
In 2004 this president is elected to a 2nd term, to the distress and disbelief of international onlookers.	George W Bush	93%
This civil rights leader is assassinated in 1968.	Martin Luther King	89%
In 1995 the country is fascinated by the murder trial of this former football star.	OJ Simpson	87%
Government response to this 2005 natural disaster is painfully slow, leaving millions to suffer.	Hurricane Katrina	85%
This Washington DC hotel becomes synonymous with scandal when the DNC office there is broken into.	Watergate	85%
In 2000 the Supreme Court votes along party lines to stop a recount in this state, effectively choosing the president.	Florida	84%
This woman, who believed living in Alaska gave her foreign policy credentials, nearly becomes vice president.	Sarah Palin	82%
In 1998 Congress and the US public develop an unhealthy obsession with the president's sex life, particularly his affair with this intern.	Monica Lewinsky	78%
The appearance of this pop star's nipple at the 2004 Superbowl creates a media frenzy.	Janet Jackson	75%
The US agitates for war with this country in 1898, provoked mostly by yellow journalism.	Spain	72%
Arms are illegally sold to this country to fund illegal support for Nicaraguan contras.	Iran	66%
and in 1989 this man, who can't spell "potato," actually does become VP.	Dan Quayle	53%
Near 300 Lakota Indians are victims of this massacre in 1890, including 200 women and children.	Wounded Knee	52%
This 1925 trial in Tennessee sees a high school teacher charged with teaching human evolution.	Scopes Trial	51%
Crucial support is lent to this Chilean dictator in the 1970s.	Augusto Pinochet	45%
Photos of detainee abuse at this prison are released in 2006	Abu Ghraib	44%
The national guard has to be called in to forcibly integrate this university in 1963.	Alabama	40%
This Congressional resolution, prompted by events that were very overblown, provides justification for military intervention in Vietnam.	Gulf of Tonkin	29%
This landmark Supreme Court decision grants corporations the same status as people, and equates giving money with free speech.	Citizens United	18%
The FCC eliminates this "doctrine" in 1987, paving the way for liars and propagandists to dominate the airwaves and American political discourse in the coming decades.	Fairness Doctrine	14%