Scandals Quiz Questions Page

Questions

1. Can you name the young White House intern who gave her name to a scandal involving President Bill Clinton?
2. Who was stripped of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles after being found guilty of using performance enhancing drugs?
3. Which scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974?
4. In 2015, which car manufacturer was issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act?








5. Who became the first British prime minister to be questioned by police as part of the 'cash-for-honours' scandal?
6. Which retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra scandal of the late 1980s?
7. Which actress was married to John Profumo, a government minister who became the subject of a sensational scandal in 1963?
8. Which 2018 British political scandal was named after the ship that brought one of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
9. What was the name of the 2009 rugby union scandal that in April 2019 the BBC described as "rugby's biggest scandal"?
10. In 2019, which Desperate Housewives actress became part of a huge bribery scandal about college admissions?

Answers

1. Monica Lewinsky
2. Lance Armstrong
3. The Watergate scandal
4. Volkswagen (The Volkswagen emissions scandal)
5. Tony Blair
6. Oliver North
7. Valerie Hobson
8. The Windrush scandal (the ship was called Empire Windrush)








9. Bloodgate
10. Felicity Huffman