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1. One of the most famous cheaters in the last half century was a saxophone-playing president. Maybe you'll recognize this rake.
2. Presidential cheating does not stop with marital infidelity. Which President, due to his paranoia about perceived enemies, tried to sway an election that experts say he already had pretty well sewn up?
3. This woman would have had the fastest win time for a woman in the Boston Marathon at 2:31:56. Except she didn't really run it. Who was this marathon cheater?
4. A 1980 "Washington Post" story about "Jimmy," an eight-year-old heroin addict living in the slums of Washington DC, received so much attention and praise it won a Pulitzer Prize. Too bad! It was spun from the air, and not truth. What cheating journalist wrote this story?
5. At the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics, a French judge in the Ice Dance competition admitted to doing what with her Russian counterpart?
6. Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati lost his Olympic Gold medal when he tested positive for what substance?
7. One of the world's toughest races, South Africa's Comrades' Marathon, has had a few cheats in its history - but none quite as memorable as Sergio Motsoeneng who finished 9th in 1999. Just how did he cheat?
8. The 1919 World Series earned a nickname due to the alleged cheating committed by "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and 7 of his teammates. The Cincinnati Reds won the Fall Classic 5 games to 3 for their opponents. What was the less than colorful nickname given this particular series?
9. Elmyr de Hory is perhaps one of the world's best art forgers. Orson Welles collaborated with him to make a film about his life as a professional art forger. What was the name of this tribute to cheating?
10. The 2001 Little League World Series was marred by a cheating scandal. Danny Almonte of the Rolando Paulino All-Stars of the Bronx, New York, was found out to be too old to play. How old was he?
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