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Rogues, Rakes and Rascals Trivia Quiz

People have a strange tendency to try and take the easy way out. They think they won't be found out. Can you figure out who these famous (and infamous) characters are?

A multiple-choice quiz by Team Tesla Coil. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
MargW

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
347,758

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
616

Last 3 plays: Guest 94 (4/10), Guest 90 (5/10), snhha (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. One of the most famous cheaters in the last half century was a saxophone-playing president. Maybe you'll recognize this rake. Hint

George Clinton

Dewitt Clinton

Clinton Kelly

Bill Clinton

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Question 2 of 10

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? Hint

Harry Truman

Lyndon Johnson

Andrew Jackson

Richard Nixon

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Question 3 of 10

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? Hint

Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie Ruiz

Celia Cruz

Sadie Sims

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Question 4 of 10

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? Hint

Janet Cooke

Jayson Blair

Scott Templeton

Stephanie Glass

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Question 5 of 10

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? Hint

trading marks

having sex

drinking before a match

sleeping during the finals

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Question 6 of 10

6. Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati lost his Olympic Gold medal when he tested positive for what substance? Hint

marijuana

cocaine

steroids

heroin

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Question 7 of 10

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? Hint

Swapped halfway through with his lookalike brother

Found a massive short cut

Took a taxi most of the way

Only joined the race 10km from the end

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Question 8 of 10

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? Hint

Black Sox Scandal

Dodger Blue Dishonor

Cardinals Crime Time

Senators Scarlet Shame

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Question 9 of 10

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? Hint

H for Hoax

F for Fake

C for Cheat

G for Garbage

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Question 10 of 10

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? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. One of the most famous cheaters in the last half century was a saxophone-playing president. Maybe you'll recognize this rake.

Answer: Bill Clinton

Infidelity in the White House did not start with Bill Clinton. FDR, Harding and Kennedy all fall into the category of presidential cheats.

Question by MargW

Answer: Richard Nixon

Nixon's real accomplishments such as rapprochement with China, will always be overshadowed by Watergate, and his humiliating resignation.

Question by MargW

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?

Answer: Rosie Ruiz

Suspicions arose almost immediately since she crossed the finish line without so much as a sweaty brow! Slowly enough, other pieces were put together to realize she'd broken out of a pack of spectators less than half a mile from the finish line.

It later turned out she'd been able to enter the Boston Marathon thanks to her time running the New York Marathon ... which was due to her hopping on the subway instead of running the race course all the way through!

Question by Simontheodore

Answer: Janet Cooke

Concern arose immediately after publication that this poor boy be found and given help. The fraud escalated when Mayor Marion Barry, even though almost certain it was a hoax, said that the city was aware of the boy, that he'd been given treatment and that he had sadly died.

Cooke's credentials were then discovered to be inflated and "The Washington Post" had to admit the story was fraudulent. She claimed the "high-stress environment" at the "Post" caused her to fabricate the story.

Question by Simontheodore

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?

Answer: trading marks

The marks trading scheme meant that Canadian pairs Jamie Sal� and David Pelletier received the Silver medal. This was later upgraded to Gold when Judge Marie Reine Le Gougne admitted to trading high scores with the Russian judge to place the Russian pair in first.

Question by MargW

6. Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati lost his Olympic Gold medal when he tested positive for what substance?

Answer: marijuana

Rebagliati's medal was returned when officials ruefully realized that pot was not on the banned substance list.

Question by MargW

Answer: Swapped halfway through with his lookalike brother

In 2010, one year after his ten-year ban, Sergio once again entered the 89km Comrades' Marathon - this time coming in third. Unfortunately for him, he failed both his A and B sample tests for banned substances - leading to another ban. Some people never learn.

Question by DaisiJ

Answer: Black Sox Scandal

Joe Jackson and his 7 teammates on the 1919 Chicago White Sox were banned for life from baseball for their role in intentionally throwing games.

Question by Iceman61

Answer: F for Fake

Clifford Irving is also in the film. When the film was finished it became known that Irving had pulled off his own fraud, specifically his "authorized biography" of Howard Hughes.

Question by Simontheodore

Answer: 14

Almonte struck out 62 of the 72 batters he faced during the 2001 LLWS tournament. Not bad for someone who should have been getting ready to play JV baseball in high school, rather than playing against kids.

Question by AntonLaVey

Source: Author MargW

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