Scandalous! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Oliver North

After graduating from high school, Fawn Hall took a Pentagon job working for the Navy. In 1983, she was reassigned to the National Security Council under Colonel Oliver North. Hall was fired on November 25, 1986 when the Iran-Contra affair was revealed.

It seems that North was one of the players involved in providing illegal aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. After being questioned by Congress, Hall admitted to shredding documents related to Iran-Contra; so many, in fact, that "the office shredder jammed". For her testimony, Ms Hall was granted immunity from prosecution.

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Poor Maria Shriver! The journalist and member of the Kennedy family was married to actor/Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for 25 years, and they had four children. In 2011 Maria confronted their maid, Mildred Baena, to ask if her son Joseph was the illegitimate offspring of her (Maria's) husband. Sounds like a soap opera, doesn't it? Mildred confessed to having been Arnold's mistress and giving birth to Joseph who, by the way, looks a lot like his father. Shriver and Schwarzenegger split in May 2011.

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Sarah "Sally" Hemings was born in 1773 in Virginia. She was a slave owned by the statesman and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. She lived in Jefferson's home, Monticello, and (it is said) was the mother of six of his children. Four of these children lived to adulthood and Jefferson granted them their freedom.

Answer: Ted Kennedy

Anyone remember one of the biggest scandals of 1969? The date was July 18, 1969; the place was Chappaquiddick Island, a small peninsula in Massachusetts, located near Martha's Vineyard. Senator Ted Kennedy was driving with teacher and campaign assistant 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne when they went off a wooden bridge, and the car went underwater. Senator Kennedy survived but Mary Jo didn't.

It seems the youngest of the Kennedy brothers managed to save himself, but took nine hours to report the incident to the police.

The saddest part is, if he had reported it sooner, Mary Jo's life might have been saved since there was an air pocket inside the car.

Answer: Gary Condit

Chandra Levy was interning at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C. when she disappeared in May 2001. It was not until a year later that the skeletal remains found in Rock Creek Park were identified as hers. It was rumored that Modesto, California Congressman Gary Condit was having an affair with the 24-year-old. Condit was married and serving his fifth term in the House of Representatives. Suspicion was cast on him because of evidence of late night calls and visits between the two.

However, Condit was never charged in connection with her death and, after all these years, continues to deny anything to do with the crime.

Answer: John Profumo

The Profumo Affair was a 1960s scandal which helped to bring down Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservative government in 1963. Keeler was a British model and showgirl. She became sexually involved with the married Secretary of State for War, John Profumo.

At the same time, she was also involved with a Soviet attaché and others and wound up involved in a shooting incident. Since this was at the height of the Cold War, the Opposition claimed that Christine's affairs could be a threat to national security. Profumo at first denied the affair but later admitted it and resigned for 'misleading the House of Commons'.

Answer: John Edwards

John Edwards was a United States Senator from North Carolina, a 2004 nominee for Vice President and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in both 2004 and 2008. Sounds pretty good, right? Not so fast... In 2011, a NC federal grand jury indicted Edwards for violating campaign contribution laws in order to cover up his extra-marital affair.

The affair, which he admitted to, was with actress Rielle Hunter who later gave birth to his child. All this was going on while Edward's wife, Elizabeth, had been diagnosed with cancer.

Answer: Gary Hart

It's 1988 and Senator Gary Hart from Colorado is the front-runner for the presidential nomination of the Democratic party. He had already run in 1984 but lost to Walter Mondale. He had been married to his wife, Lee, since 1958, and they had two grown children.

The Senator announced his second candidacy for president on April 13, 1987. Then came the rumors that Hart was a womanizer, and that he was having an extra-marital affair. It was determined that the affair was with a young woman named Donna Rice (who has since gone on to better things); and a lot of the 'activity' was taking place on Hart's yacht called "The Monkey Business"!

Answer: Dominque Strauss-Kahn

Talk about people in high positions, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) was a French politician who was the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. He was staying at the Sofitel Hotel in New York when a hotel maid, Nafissatou Diallo, claimed that she was "brutally sexually assaulted" by him.

The allegation was made on May 14, 2011. He resigned from his position with the IMF on May 18, 2011. Other accusations followed; however, these charges started to unravel and Diallo admitted that she lied. Eventually, all charges were dropped. DSK did, however, reach an undisclosed settlement on the civil suit.

Answer: Wilbur Mills

Democratic Congressman Wilbur Mills (1909-1992) represented the state of Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1939 to 1977. He was the longest-serving member of the House from Arkansas and, for a short time in 1972, he was a candidate for the presidency.

Then, on the night of October 9, 1974, Mills was stopped for a traffic violation for not driving with his lights on. He was drunk and had been in an altercation with his companion, an Argentinian stripper named Annabelle Battistella, better known as Fanne Foxe.

Despite the scandal, Mills was re-elected. However, after a second such incident, he joined Alcoholics Anonymous, went into rehab, and did not run for re-election in 1976.