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1. What US Senator ended his 1988 presidential chances when he dared reporters to "put a tail on me" to prove he was having an affair and was caught with his mistress on his lap in a boat called the "Monkey Business".
2. What "billionaire" and self appointed television mentor might be a candidate to be fired for having companies he owned file for bankruptcy four times since 1991?
3. After the catastrophic Deep Horizon oil spill that devastated US Gulf coastal towns, what BP President made a name for himself by calling the spill "relatively tiny" in comparison with the size of the ocean?
4. Which 19th century leader conquered a large portion of Europe and ignoring all advice attacked Russia ultimately losing most of his army to guerrilla warfare and the harsh Russian winter, leading to a crushing defeat and being exiled in disgrace?
5. What banker and investment manager and former director of NASDAQ admitted to turning his wealth management business into a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors of at least 18 billion US dollars?
6. What head of a US crime family loved publicity and earned the nickname the "Teflon Don" before being convicted of murder and racketeering charges?
7. What cycling legend and 2002 "Sports Illustrated" "Sportsman of the Year" admitted publicly to using drugs and "doping" to win seven Tour de France titles?
8. What two term US President proclaimed he was "not a crook" but resigned in disgrace anyway?
9. What brutal Middle East dictator who once proclaimed "we are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought" was later captured hiding in an underground hole?
10. What Colorado minister of the New Life Church preached against homosexuality but was forced to resign when he admitteed to sexual relations with a male prostitute?
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