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Susie? >> the affordable care act. >> instant bo fuss, a chance to double that. how many seats did democrats lose in the house in 2010? >> 23? >> incorrect t. answer 63. theyve lost 63 seats in the 2010 mid-terms. 200 point question, it was confirmed this week that through his wifes job at the investment bank gold man sax, rebecca. >> ted cruz. >> ted cruzs health care is paid through goldman sachs. thats correct. another 200 point question, according to a report thursday, greenwich, connecticut...

Correct answer is benghazi. 300 point question. this is the ph.d. round. in the 2002 movie "frieda" about the mexican artist. edward norton hosting "saturday night live" tonight portrayed which former new york governor and vice president to gerald ford. >> nelson rockefeller. >> correct. 300 point instant bonus for you, joe, when gerald ford ran for a full term in 1976, ford did not run with nelson rockefeller, instead chose this man as his running mate. >> bob dole. >> correct. its a close game...

Producer, and with that, i will ask you, contestants, are you ready to play? >> ready. >> sound ready to me. well put 100 second on the clock, for 100 points, im just an empty soloist vessel laments this former congressmen with famously destructive tendencies. >> anthony weiner. >> correct. 100 points for basil. the iowa republican party will welcome as the key note speaker at its main annual fundraiser next friday, which senator who featured prominently in a shutdown fight. ryan. >> ted cruz. >...

Reelected new jersey governor since whom? >> oh, a new jersey question. >> that is so hard. >> thats not fair. >> 3, 2, 1, the answer is christine todd whitman, 2001. 200 points, which 2012 presidential flameout remarked this week, quote, i have never done twerking in my life. >> michelle bachmann. >> correct. 200 point question. who was president of the united states when 82-year-old florida republican bill young who announced he is retiring from congress this week was first elected to office 2...

Content sus non-shutdown leelted topic? michael. >> obama care. >> inc ec. >> jackie. >> the continuing resolution? >> victoria you want to take a chance. >> i will get penalized. she says, no, the correct answer is immigration. >> that was the one i was saying. >> for 200 points, the government shutdown puts the united states at risk for a terrorist attack. was a suggestion made this week by which republican senator? >> time. ted cruz. ted cruz made that suggestion at a hearing this woke, for 2...

Really get a detailed plan where it is going to happen. there say reason for that. >> not trying to repeal medicare. >> trying to save it, right. >> that one didnt work. save it. >> right. >> it is one of those, i tend to share what youre saying, i have to admit, im thinking back to march 2010 and were telling people, talk to me in a year or two, and were still here now saying when is this going to turn around. but it is still survived which is something else. i want to thank beth ryanert, perry...

The correct answer is shelly burkely. final question 300 point round. ten seconds, anna marie 400. jonathan 200. joe, negative 200 a. 300 point question, members of congress of both parties expressed concern this week, continuation here, members of congress from both parties expressed concern this week when the u.s. postal service announced plans to raise the cost of a first class stamp from 46 cents to what? jonathan for the win? >> 49 cents. >> correct. jo jonathan has defeated our returning...

Federal reserve chairman ben bernanke made a surprise decision to maintain the feds monetary stimulus program. he was appointed by which president? >> george w. bush. >> that is correct. with that, we will move onto the 200 point round. we have 3 minutes, 20 seconds left. josh 500. crystal 200. evan still yet to get on the board. >> we are having problems. >> 200 point round. we heard that before. which former member of congress which had an infamous run-in with a capitol hill police officer vis...

Josh 500, evan 500. 300 pountd question, a swelling bow won this week by senator tim kaine who correctly spelled the word non-perel. spell it crystal. >> nonparaeil. >> correct. tomorrow night another emmy awards the netflix series house of cards, which focuses on a ficticious politician played by kevin spacey, what leadership in congress does his character hold in. >> majority whip. >> correct. we just start this one, 300 point question, crystal 1,200, josh 500, evan 800. this is a completely w...

Hold to. and then of course theres a religious component to a lot of the disbelief as well. rick santorum is talking about climate scientists in the philadelph "philadelphia inquirer" op-ed. said that reassures us that global warming warming science is still settled. theres nothing to see here, move along. >> bob, how do you deal with the argument about skepticism that uses the open-mindedness in a liberal tradition, in a sort of jiu-jitsu move against itself. >> its a challenge because skeptici...