4) Who was President of the U. S. at the time that the Senate Public Lands Committee uncovered the illegal leasing of government-owned oil reserves to a private company?

a) Warren Harding

b) Calvin Coolidge

c) William Taft

d) William Mckinley

5) Which military organization took control of Nicaragua from the Somoza Government?

a) Militia

b) The Sandanistas

c) Abu Sayaf

6) Which man was NOT included in the initial indictment of 4 persons, by a Grand Jury, for illegal operational conspiracy in the Iran Contra affair?

a) Oliver North

b) Robert C. McFarlane

c) Richard Secord

d) John Poindexter

7) Of the 11 persons charged and tried by the Independent Prosecutor, Lawrence Walsh, with serious criminal acts in the Iran-Contra affair , who was the only one that served time in prison?

a) Thomas G. Cline

b) Richard Secord

c) Albert Hakim

d) Richard R. Miller

8) Who planned and directed the break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate building, which led to the 'Watergate scandal' and the resignation of President Nixon?

a) G. Gordon Liddy

b) John W. Dean, III.

c) John N. Mitchell

d) H.R. Haldeman

9) Who fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox during the Watergate investigation on orders from President Nixon that resulted in the so-called, 'Saturday Night Massacre'?

a) John N. Mitchell

b) Elliot Richardson

c) Robert H. Bork

d) William Ruckelhaus

10) Who testified before the Senate committee to investigate the Watergate scandal and revealed the presence of voice activated tape recorders in President Nixon's office?

a) Alexander Butterfield

b) Charles Colson

c) John N. Mitchell

d) John W. Dean, III.

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