Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

The annual spending per student in O'Rourke's town is over how much? (from At Home in the Parliament of Whores)

$1,250.

$5,000.

$1,000.

$3,500.

2.

What is the name of the psychiatric professor that O'Rourke talked to about the crack cocaine problem? (from Our Government: What the Fuck Do They Do All Day and Why Does it Cost So Goddamned Much Money? pp. 109-122)

John Haggerty.

Marc Galanter.

Robin Reeder.

Sue Warren.

3.

In what year did a flag desecration case take place? (from The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television and Bullshit, pp. 49-65)

1990.

1991.

1989.

1988.

4.

O'Rourke says that special interest sounds like something out of a cartoon by whom? (from Special Interest Groups: The Original Barrel of Monkeys That Nothing is More Fun Than)

J. P. Trostle.

Thomas Nast.

John Chase.

Daryl Cagle.

5.

What television program ran a story about "runaway car syndrome" in an Audi model? (from The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television and Bullshit, pp. 85-108)

"60 Minutes."

"NBC Nightly News."

"The Today Show."

"Dateline."

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