// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.ID = "ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE"; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.ID_WB = 33600593; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.navsectionID = "3032552" ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.sPubDate = "11/3/2009 1:51:53 PM GMT"; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.quiztype = 1; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.appFmt = 0; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.bDispQNums = 1; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.appWidth = 460; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.appDeck = new Array("It was the longest and most hotly contested presidential election in history. How much attention were you paying? Take our tougher-than-usual, 40-question election quiz.","You answered of questions correctly. Scroll down to see answers for each question. Also, please let us know what you think about this quiz. The feedback is appreciated."); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.headHeight = 40; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.copyMargin = 9; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE.copyBorder = 0; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[1] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[1][0] = new Array("Who was the first Democrat to announce his or her candidacy for the 2008 presidential race?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[1].answer = "Tom Vilsack. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[1][1] = new Array("Hillary Clinton",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[1][2] = new Array("Barack Obama",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[1][3] = new Array("Dennis Kucinich",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[1][4] = new Array("Tom Vilsack",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[2] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[2][0] = new Array("Which of the following politicians was not a Republican candidate for president?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[2].answer = "Newt Gingrich. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[2][1] = new Array("Tommy Thompson",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[2][2] = new Array("Fred Thompson",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[2][3] = new Array("Newt Gingrich",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[2][4] = new Array("Jim Gilmore",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[3] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[3][0] = new Array("During a debate in April of 2007, which candidate brought the house down with a one-word answer -- “Yes” -- to a long question from NBC’s Brian Williams?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[3].answer = "Joe Biden. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[3][1] = new Array("John Edwards",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[3][2] = new Array("Mike Huckabee",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[3][3] = new Array("Mike Gravel",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[3][4] = new Array("Joe Biden",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[4] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[4][0] = new Array("During a July 2007 debate in which candidates took questions from videos made by YouTube users, one of the questions focused on global warming. What kind of animated creature asked the question?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[4].answer = "Snowman. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[4][1] = new Array("Polar bear",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[4][2] = new Array("Grizzly bear",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[4][3] = new Array("Santa Claus",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[4][4] = new Array("Snowman",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[5] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[5][0] = new Array("Early in the campaign for the GOP nomination, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee ran a television ad featuring which unlikely ally?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[5].answer = "Chuck Norris. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[5][1] = new Array("Bill Clinton",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[5][2] = new Array("George Thorogood",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[5][3] = new Array("Wilfred Brimley",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[5][4] = new Array("Chuck Norris",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[6] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[6][0] = new Array("In the first official contest of the presidential election, the fiercely contested Iowa caucuses saw strong wins for Democratic Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee. Mitt Romney placed second in the GOP field; who was first runner-up among the Democrats? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[6].answer = "John Edwards. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[6][1] = new Array("Joe Biden",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[6][2] = new Array("John Edwards",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[6][3] = new Array("Hillary Clinton",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[6][4] = new Array("Bill Richardson",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[7] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[7][0] = new Array("Of what financial firm was Mitt Romney formerly the head?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[7].answer = "Bain Capital. Read the story. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[7][1] = new Array("Bain Capital",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[7][2] = new Array("Goldman Sachs",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[7][3] = new Array("Morgan Stanley",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[7][4] = new Array("Citigroup",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[8] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[8][0] = new Array("Clinton surprised pollsters and media with a win in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary over chief rival Obama. The victory came after a pre-election forum in which Clinton appeared to tear up when asked, “How do you keep upbeat and so wonderful?” For whom did the woman who asked the question say she voted?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[8].answer = "Barack Obama. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[8][1] = new Array("John Edwards",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[8][2] = new Array("Hillary Clinton",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[8][3] = new Array("Barack Obama",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[8][4] = new Array("Dennis Kucinich",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[9] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[9][0] = new Array("Bill Clinton was accused of racism for comparing Obama to which prominent African-American, after Obama defeated his wife in the South Carolina primary?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[9].answer = "Jesse Jackson. Read the story. 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"; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[12][1] = new Array("John McCain's",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[12][2] = new Array("Duncan Hunter's",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[12][3] = new Array("Mike Huckabee's",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[12][4] = new Array("Mitt Romney's",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[13] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[13][0] = new Array("Analysts parsed the results and exit polls of the Indiana Democratic primary to determine if a conservative talk show host’s call for Republicans to vote for Clinton -- and thus prolong her nomination battle with Obama -- had contributed to Clinton’s narrow win. Who was the host behind the move, dubbed “Operation Chaos”? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[13].answer = "Rush Limbaugh. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[13][1] = new Array("Bill O’Reilly",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[13][2] = new Array("Sean Hannity",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[13][3] = new Array("Laura Ingraham",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[13][4] = new Array("Rush Limbaugh",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[14] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[14][0] = new Array("Obama’s campaign, which had been mostly un-rocked by internal squabbling and ill-discipline, entered choppy waters when a senior adviser, Harvard professor Samantha Power, called Hillary Clinton a “monster” during a newspaper interview. In which country is that newspaper published? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[14].answer = "Scotland. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[14][1] = new Array("France",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[14][2] = new Array("Scotland",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[14][3] = new Array("Canada",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[14][4] = new Array("Ireland",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[15] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[15][0] = new Array("At an April press conference, Obama announced that he was severing ties with his controversial ex-pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, after Wright made several media appearances and repeated some of his inflammatory views. Which of the following did Wright NOT say during an appearance at the National Press Club, the event that most angered Obama? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[15].answer = "“If he (Obama) doesn’t believe what I believe, then he has no right to describe himself as an African-American.” Read the story. 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"; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[16][1] = new Array("Raging Grace",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[16][2] = new Array("Capitol Offense",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[16][3] = new Array("White Heart",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[16][4] = new Array("Tarbox Ramblers",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[17] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[17][0] = new Array("The election marked the first time in 40 years that one of the following universities did not have one of its former students on the ballot?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[17].answer = "Yale."; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[17][1] = new Array("Harvard",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[17][2] = new Array("Yale",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[17][3] = new Array("Princeton",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[17][4] = new Array("University of Pennsylvania",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[18] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[18][0] = new Array("Some experts raised questions about John McCain’s eligibility for the presidency, since he was born outside the United States and the Constitution states that \"No person except a natural born Citizen\" can be president. Where was McCain born? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[18].answer = "Panama Canal Zone. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[18][1] = new Array("Scotland",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[18][2] = new Array("Germany",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[18][3] = new Array("Panama Canal Zone",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[18][4] = new Array("Hawaii (before it became a state)",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[19] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[19][0] = new Array("Under prodding from the Obama campaign, Bill and Hillary Clinton released copies of their tax returns since their last year in the White House – 2000. Of the $109 million income the couple reported, what source provided the biggest part of their windfall?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[19].answer = "Bill Clinton's speeches. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[19][1] = new Array("Bill Clinton's speeches",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[19][2] = new Array("Hillary Clinton’s books, “Living History” and “It Takes a Village”",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[19][3] = new Array("Bill Clinton’s consulting fees for advice to companies and various national governments",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[19][4] = new Array("Hillary Clinton’s Senate salary",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[20] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[20][0] = new Array("After splitting Democratic primary victories in Kentucky and Oregon, Obama declared he had won “an absolute majority” of elected delegates over Clinton and was “within reach” of the party’s presidential nomination. Where did he make the speech containing his claim? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[20].answer = "Des Moines, Iowa (scene of his first presidential-campaign triumph). Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[20][1] = new Array("Portland, Ore. (where he attended a victory party with supporters)",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[20][2] = new Array("Des Moines, Iowa (scene of his first presidential-campaign triumph)",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[20][3] = new Array("Chicago, Ill. (his adopted home city and the state he represents in Congress)",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[20][4] = new Array("Washington, D.C. (where he had gone upon hearing the cancer diagnosis of senate colleague Edward Kennedy)",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[21] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[21][0] = new Array("Burying the hatchet after a fierce battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sens. Obama and Clinton made their first joint public appearance since Obama locked up the race in early June. The heavily stage-managed event was held in a small town called Unity. In which battleground state is it located? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[21].answer = "New Hampshire. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[21][1] = new Array("Ohio",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[21][2] = new Array("Iowa",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[21][3] = new Array("Pennsylvania",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[21][4] = new Array("New Hampshire",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[22] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[22][0] = new Array("Once it became clear both Obama and McCain would be the nominees for their parties, it was pretty much guaranteed a sitting senator would win the presidency. When was the last time a sitting senator was voted in as president?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[22].answer = "1960"; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[22][1] = new Array("1980",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[22][2] = new Array("1976",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[22][3] = new Array("1968",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[22][4] = new Array("1960",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[23] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[23][0] = new Array("When the McCain campaign released a TV ad mocking Obama as an international “celebrity,” they juxtaposed an image of him with which two Hollywood stars?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[23].answer = "Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[23][1] = new Array("Lindsey Lohan and Nichole Richie",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[23][2] = new Array("Britney Spears and Paris Hilton",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[23][3] = new Array("Leonardo DiCaprio and Toby Maguire",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[23][4] = new Array("Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[24] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[24][0] = new Array("Obama, the first African-American nominee for president, has a lineage that spans the globe. Where did Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham, grow up?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[24].answer = "Kansas. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[24][1] = new Array("Iowa",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[24][2] = new Array("Hawaii",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[24][3] = new Array("Kenya",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[24][4] = new Array("Kansas",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[25] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[25][0] = new Array("McCain was not the first member of his family to serve in the military. In which branch were McCain’s father and paternal grandfather high-ranking officers?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[25].answer = "Navy. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[25][1] = new Array("Army",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[25][2] = new Array("Navy",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[25][3] = new Array("Marines",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[25][4] = new Array("Air Force",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[26] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[26][0] = new Array("In July, a satirical drawing of Obama and his wife on the cover of the New Yorker magazine raised a storm of criticism. The cartoon depicted the pair in the Oval Office with Obama in Muslim garb; how was his spouse portrayed? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[26].answer = "With a machine gun and an afro. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[26][1] = new Array("Wielding a vacuum cleaner",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[26][2] = new Array("Taking notes on a steno pad",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[26][3] = new Array("With a machine gun and an afro",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[26][4] = new Array("Picking out Islam-themed china patterns",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[27] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[27][0] = new Array("Obama took his presidential quest to foreign parts before the convention, visiting Afghanistan and several countries in the Mideast before heading to a European capital to speak before what proved to be the biggest crowd of his campaign to date. In which city was this rally held?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[27].answer = "Berlin. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[27][1] = new Array("Madrid",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[27][2] = new Array("London",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[27][3] = new Array("Berlin",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[27][4] = new Array("Paris",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[28] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[28][0] = new Array("The Rev. Jesse Jackson found himself in deep water for remarks he made about Obama, saying that the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate’s speeches come off as talking down to black people. He also made a crude remark referring to part of Obama’s anatomy. Where were the comments made? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[28].answer = "During a break in a news program in which the remarks were picked up by a microphone Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[28][1] = new Array("After delivering a sermon at a Chicago church ",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[28][2] = new Array("During a break in a news program in which the remarks were picked up by a microphone",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[28][3] = new Array("Before a press conference announcing his endorsement of Obama",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[28][4] = new Array("In a speech to a NAACP branch in South Carolina",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[29] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[29][0] = new Array("After months of speculation, Obama decided on a running mate, picking longtime Delaware senator and former presidential candidate, Joe Biden. Of which Senate committee was Biden the chairman? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[29].answer = "Foreign Relations Committee. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[29][1] = new Array("Judiciary Committee",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[29][2] = new Array("Foreign Relations Committee",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[29][3] = new Array("Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[29][4] = new Array("Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[30] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[30][0] = new Array("Obama closed the Democratic convention with a 50-minute acceptance address to more than 80,000 assembled in Denver’s Invesco Field. The speech came on the anniversary of another famous event. Which one? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[30].answer = "Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[30][1] = new Array("The first Kennedy-Nixon debate",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[30][2] = new Array("Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[30][3] = new Array("The World War II-era integration of America’s armed forces",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[30][4] = new Array("The first Lincoln-Douglas debate, in which Abraham Lincoln advocated the end of slavery",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[31] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[31][0] = new Array("McCain’s time as a POW in Vietnam was an aspect of his biography that got major attention at the GOP convention. For how long was McCain in captivity?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[31].answer = "5.5 years. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[31][1] = new Array("2.5 years",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[31][2] = new Array("3.5 years",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[31][3] = new Array("4.5 years",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[31][4] = new Array("5.5 years",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[32] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[32][0] = new Array("The introduction of Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate got off to a rousing start, but it hit a bump when it was disclosed that Palin’s unwed 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was five months pregnant. What is the first name of the father, who at the time was expected to marry the teen? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[32].answer = "Levi. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[32][1] = new Array("Levi",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[32][2] = new Array("Todd",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[32][3] = new Array("Track",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[32][4] = new Array("Moose",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[33] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[33][0] = new Array("Palin went to a number of different colleges before getting her degree in 1987. Which of the following is a college that Sarah Palin did not attend?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[33].answer = "Anchorage Community College. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[33][1] = new Array("Hawaii Pacific College",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[33][2] = new Array("North Idaho Community College",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[33][3] = new Array("University of Idaho",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[33][4] = new Array("Anchorage Community College",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[34] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[34][0] = new Array("His running mate never appeared in the program, but McCain made many appearances over the years on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Which of the following GOP luminaries made the most appearances?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[34].answer = "Bob Dole. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[34][1] = new Array("John McCain",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[34][2] = new Array("George H. W. Bush",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[34][3] = new Array("Bob Dole",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[34][4] = new Array("Ronald Reagan",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[35] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[35][0] = new Array("“Saturday Night Live” came alive this season as it mocked the presidential campaign. Which of the following candidates has NOT made a cameo appearance on “Saturday Night Live” since the campaign began?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[35].answer = "Joe Biden."; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[35][1] = new Array("Hillary Clinton",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[35][2] = new Array("Barack Obama",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[35][3] = new Array("Sarah Palin",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[35][4] = new Array("Joe Biden",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[36] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[36][0] = new Array("In early October, 2008, the FBI announced that it is investigating whether the activist group ACORN helped foster voter-registration fraud around the nation. What do the letters in the group’s name stand for? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[36].answer = "Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[36][1] = new Array("Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[36][2] = new Array("Activists Concerned Over Republican Nationalism",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[36][3] = new Array("Associated Campaign for Obama Registration Now",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[36][4] = new Array("American Campaign for Ousting Republicans Now",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[37] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[37][0] = new Array("The vice-presidential debate drew massive ratings as viewers tuned in to see how Biden and Palin would perform under pressure. At what university did the forum take place? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[37].answer = "Washington University, St. Louis. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[37][1] = new Array("George Washington University, Washington, D.C.",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[37][2] = new Array("Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[37][3] = new Array("University of Washington, Seattle",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[37][4] = new Array("Washington University, St. Louis",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[38] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[38][0] = new Array("During the final weeks of the campaign, “Joe the Plumber” (real name: Joe Wurzelbacher) became a household name and a staple of McCain’s stump speech, after he asked Obama a question about taxes. Where did \"Joe the Plumber” live? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[38].answer = "Ohio Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[38][1] = new Array("Pennsylvania",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[38][2] = new Array("Arizona",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[38][3] = new Array("Michigan",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[38][4] = new Array("Ohio",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[39] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[39][0] = new Array("As the presidential campaign entered its final days, Obama aired a half-hour ad on seven television networks. The commercial was greeted by a dismissive statement from McCain’s campaign. What was it? "); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[39].answer = "“As anyone who has bought anything from an infomercial knows, the sales job is always better than the product. Buyer beware.” Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[39][1] = new Array("“As anyone who has bought anything from an infomercial knows, the sales job is always better than the product. Buyer beware.”",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[39][2] = new Array("“Enough of the waving wheat and soaring violins -- my opponent needs to come up with real policies.”",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[39][3] = new Array("“This is typical fare from his Hollywood pals -- liberal in tone and liberal with the truth.”",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[39][4] = new Array("“I don’t need fancy ads when I’ve got Joe the Plumber on my side.”",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[40] = new Array(); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[40][0] = new Array("On election night, where did President-elect Obama hold his victory rally in Chicago?"); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[40].answer = "Grant Park. Read the story. "; ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[40][1] = new Array("Millenium Park",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[40][2] = new Array("Jackson Park",'',0); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[40][3] = new Array("Grant Park",'',1); ELECTIONQUIZUPDATE[40][4] = new Array("Daley Park",'',0); // END editorial data