Watergate Scandal Quiz

When did the Watergate scandal begin?

• June 17, 1972

• July 4, 1972

• August 9, 1974

• November 22, 1963

Who were the reporters that revealed President Nixon's role in the Watergate conspiracy?

• Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

• Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather

• Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings

• Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer

What event led to President Nixon's resignation?

• Watergate scandal

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Iran-Contra affair

What was the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) involved in?

• Legal campaign activities

• Illegal activities such as spying, sabotage, and silencing political criticism

• Fundraising for charity

• Organizing public rallies

What was one of the reasons for the Watergate break-in?

• To steal money

• To plant listening devices and photograph documents

• To vandalize the office

• To hold a protest

What did the burglars do when they broke into the Watergate building?

• Stole money

• Bugged the office’s phones and stole copies of top-secret documents

• Set the building on fire

• Kidnapped employees

What raised suspicions that the burglars were connected to the president?

• They were wearing presidential badges

• They left a note for the president

• Detectives found copies of the reelection committee’s White House phone number among the burglars’ belongings

• They confessed immediately

What did Nixon claim in his speech in August?

• He was resigning from the presidency

• His White House staff was not involved in the break-in

• He was guilty of the charges

• He would run for reelection

What did Nixon arrange to provide to the burglars after the break-in?

• Legal representation

• New identities

• Hundreds of thousands of dollars in “hush money”

• A safe house

What plan did Nixon and his aides hatch to impede the FBI’s investigation?

• To destroy evidence

• To instruct the CIA to impede the FBI’s investigation

• To bribe the FBI agents

• To flee the country