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On April 22, 1971, Kerry appeared before a U.S. Senate committee hearing on proposals relating to ending the war. The day after this testimony, Kerry participated in a demonstration with thousands of other veterans in which he and other Vietnam War veterans threw their medals and service ribbons over a fence erected at the front steps of the United States Capitol building to dramatize their opposition to the war. Jack Smith, a Marine, read a statement explaining why the veterans were returning their military awards to the government. For more than two hours, almost 1000 angry veterans tossed their medals, ribbons, hats, jackets, and military papers over the fence. Each veteran gave his or her name, hometown, branch of service and a statement. Kerry threw some of his own decorations and awards as well as some given to him by other veterans to throw. As Kerry threw his decorations over the fence, his statement was: "I'm not doing this for any violent reasons, but for peace and justice, and to try and make this country wake up once and for all."

Q1: What did Kerry do on Apr 22, 1971?
A1: appeared before a U.S. Senate committee hearing
Q2: What was the topic of the hearing Kerry testified on?
A2: ending the war
Q3: What did Kerry throw over a fence?
A3: some of his own decorations and awards as well as some given to him by other veterans to throw
Q4: Why did Kerry participate in the protest?
A4: for peace and justice, and to try and make this country wake up once and for all
Q5: How many vets participated in the protest?
A5: almost 1000
Kerry was arrested on May 30, 1971, during a VVAW march to honor American POWs held captive by North Vietnam. The march was planned as a multi-day event from Concord to Boston, and while in Lexington, participants tried to camp on the village green. At 2:30 a.m., local and state police arrested 441 demonstrators, including Kerry, for trespassing. All were given the Miranda Warning and were hauled away on school buses to spend the night at the Lexington Public Works Garage. Kerry and the other protesters later paid a $5 fine, and were released. The mass arrests caused a community backlash and ended up giving positive coverage to the VVAW.

Q1: When was Kerry arrested for protesting?
A1: May 30, 1971
Q2: Who was being honored on May 30, 1971?
A2: American POWs held captive by North Vietnam
Q3: How many people were arrested with Kerry?
A3: 441
Q4: At what time was Kerry arrested?
A4: 2:30 a.m.
Q5: Why were the protesters arrested?
A5: tried to camp on the village green
In 1970, Kerry had considered running for Congress in the Democratic primary against hawkish Democrat Philip J. Philbin of Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district, but deferred in favour of Robert Drinan, a Jesuit priest and anti-war activist, who went on to defeat Philbin. In February 1972, Kerry's wife bought a house in Worcester, with Kerry intending to run against the 4th district's ageing thirteen-term incumbent Democrat, Harold Donohue. The couple never moved in. After Republican Congressman F. Bradford Morse of the neighbouring 5th district announced his retirement and then resignation to become Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations. The couple instead rented an apartment in Lowell, so that Kerry could run to succeed him.

Q1: Who had Kerry considered running against in 1970?
A1: Democrat Philip J. Philbin
Q2: In which district had Kerry considered running in 1970?
A2: Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
Q3: Who ran against Philbin instead of Kerry?
A3: Robert Drinan
Q4: Why did Morse retire?
A4: to become Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations
Q5: What political party was Morse in?
A5: Republican
Including Kerry, the Democratic primary race had 10 candidates, including attorney Paul J. Sheehy, State Representative Anthony R. DiFruscia, John J. Desmond and Robert B. Kennedy. Kerry ran a "very expensive, sophisticated campaign", financed by out-of-state backers and supported by many young volunteers. DiFruscia's campaign headquarters shared the same building as Kerry's. On the eve of the September 19 primary, police found Kerry's younger brother Cameron and campaign field director Thomas J. Vallely, breaking into where the building's telephone lines were located. They were arrested and charged with "breaking and entering with the intent to commit grand larceny", but the charges were dropped a year later. At the time of the incident, DiFruscia alleged that the two were trying to disrupt his get-out-the vote efforts. Vallely and Cameron Kerry maintained that they were only checking their own telephone lines because they had received an anonymous call warning that the Kerry lines would be cut.

Q1: What was Paul Sheehy's job?
A1: attorney
Q2: What was DiFruscia's position?
A2: State Representative
Q3: Who did Kerry share a campaign headquarters with?
A3: Anthony R. DiFruscia
Q4: Why was Kerry's brother messing with phone lines?
A4: they had received an anonymous call warning that the Kerry lines would be cut
Q5: What is Kerry's younger brother's name?
A5: Cameron
In the general election, Kerry was initially favored to defeat the Republican candidate, former State Representative Paul W. Cronin, and conservative Democrat Roger P. Durkin, who ran as an Independent. A week after the primary, one poll put Kerry 26-points ahead of Cronin. His campaign called for a national health insurance system, discounted prescription drugs for the unemployed, a jobs programme to clean up the Merrimack River and rent controls in Lowell and Lawrence. A major obstacle, however, was the district's leading newspaper, the conservative The Sun. The paper editorialized against him. It also ran critical news stories about his out-of-state contributions and his "carpetbagging", because he had only moved into the district in April. Subsequently released "Watergate" Oval Office tape recordings of the Nixon White House showed that defeating Kerry's candidacy had attracted the personal attention of President Nixon. Kerry himself asserts that Nixon sent operatives to Lowell to help derail his campaign.

Q1: What party did Durkin run as?
A1: Independent
Q2: How far ahead of Cronin did Kerry poll?
A2: 26-points
Q3: What slant did The Sun have?
A3: conservative
Q4: Who did Kerry say tried to stop his campaign?
A4: President Nixon
Q5: How did Kerry want to create jobs?
A5: a jobs programme to clean up the Merrimack River
The race was the most expensive for Congress in the country that year and four days before the general election, Durkin withdrew and endorsed Cronin, hoping to see Kerry defeated. The week before, a poll had put Kerry 10 points ahead of Cronin, with Dukin on 13%. In the final days of the campaign, Kerry sensed that it was "slipping away" and Cronin emerged victorious by 110,970 votes (53.45%) to Kerry's 92,847 (44.72%). After his defeat, Kerry lamented in a letter to supporters that "for two solid weeks, [The Sun] called me un-American, New Left antiwar agitator, unpatriotic, and labeled me every other 'un-' and 'anti-' that they could find. It's hard to believe that one newspaper could be so powerful, but they were." He later felt that his failure to respond directly to The Sun's attacks cost him the race.

Q1: How many votes did Cronin get against Kerry?
A1: 110,970
Q2: What percent of votes did Cronin get against Kerry?
A2: 53.45%
Q3: How many votes did Kerry get against Cronin?
A3: 92,847
Q4: What percent of votes did Kerry get against Cronin?
A4: 44.72%
Q5: What did Kerry think cost him the race against Cronin?
A5: his failure to respond directly to The Sun's attacks
After Kerry's 1972 defeat, he and his wife bought a house in Belvidere, Lowell, entering a decade which his brother Cameron later called "the years in exile". He spent some time working as a fundraiser for the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), an international humanitarian organization. In September 1973, he entered Boston College Law School. While studying, Kerry worked as a talk radio host on WBZ and, in July 1974, was named executive director of Mass Action, a Massachusetts advocacy association.

Q1: Where did Kerry move after the 1972 election?
A1: Belvidere, Lowell
Q2: What did Kerry's brother call the decade after 1972?
A2: "the years in exile"
Q3: What did Kerry fundraise for?
A3: the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
Q4: When did Kerry enter law school?
A4: September 1973
Q5: Where was Kerry a talk radio host?
A5: WBZ
In January 1977, Droney promoted him to First Assistant District Attorney, essentially making Kerry his campaign and media surrogate because Droney was afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease). As First Assistant, Kerry tried cases, which included winning convictions in a high-profile rape case and a murder. He also played a role in administering the office, including initiating the creation of special white-collar and organized crime units, creating programs to address the problems of rape and other crime victims and witnesses, and managing trial calendars to reflect case priorities. It was in this role in 1978 that Kerry announced an investigation into possible criminal charges against then Senator Edward Brooke, regarding "misstatements" in his first divorce trial. The inquiry ended with no charges being brought after investigators and prosecutors determined that Brooke's misstatements were pertinent to the case, but were not material enough to have affected the outcome.

Q1: When did Kerry become an ADA?
A1: January 1977
Q2: What condition did Droney have?
A2: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Q3: What is ALS's nickname?
A3: Lou Gehrig's Disease
Q4: What senator did Kerry investigate in 1978?
A4: Edward Brooke
Q5: Why was Brooke being investigated?
A5: "misstatements" in his first divorce trial
Droney's health was poor and Kerry had decided to run for his position in the 1978 election should Droney drop out. However, Droney was re-elected and his health improved; he went on to re-assume many of the duties that he had delegated to Kerry. Kerry thus decided to leave, departing in 1979 with assistant DA Roanne Sragow to set up their own law firm. Kerry also worked as a commentator for WCVB-TV and co-founded a bakery, Kilvert & Forbes Ltd., with businessman and former Kennedy aide K. Dun Gifford.

Q1: When did Kerry consider running for president if Droney didn't?
A1: 1978
Q2: When did Kerry leave the DA's office?
A2: 1979
Q3: Who left the DA's office with Kerry?
A3: Roanne Sragow
Q4: What bakery did Kerry co-found?
A4: Kilvert & Forbes Ltd.
Q5: Who did Kerry start a bakery with?
A5: K. Dun Gifford
The junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas, announced in 1984 that he would be stepping down for health reasons. Kerry ran, and as in his 1982 race for Lieutenant Governor, he did not receive the endorsement of the party regulars at the state Democratic convention. Congressman James Shannon, a favorite of House Speaker Tip O'Neill, was the early favorite to win the nomination, and he "won broad establishment support and led in early polling." Again as in 1982, however, Kerry prevailed in a close primary.

Q1: What was Paul Tsongas's job in 1984?
A1: junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Q2: When did Kerry run for Senate?
A2: 1984
Q3: When did Kerry run for Lt Governor?
A3: 1982
Q4: What was James Shannon's job?
A4: Congressman
Q5: What was Tip O'Neill's job?
A5: House Speaker
On April 18, 1985, a few months after taking his Senate seat, Kerry and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa traveled to Nicaragua and met the country's president, Daniel Ortega. Though Ortega had won internationally certified elections, the trip was criticized because Ortega and his leftist Sandinista government had strong ties to Cuba and the USSR and were accused of human rights abuses. The Sandinista government was opposed by the right-wing CIA-backed rebels known as the Contras. While in Nicaragua, Kerry and Harkin talked to people on both sides of the conflict. Through the senators, Ortega offered a cease-fire agreement in exchange for the U.S. dropping support of the Contras. The offer was denounced by the Reagan administration as a "propaganda initiative" designed to influence a House vote on a $14 million Contra aid package, but Kerry said "I am willing..... to take the risk in the effort to put to test the good faith of the Sandinistas." The House voted down the Contra aid, but Ortega flew to Moscow to accept a $200 million loan the next day, which in part prompted the House to pass a larger $27 million aid package six weeks later.

Q1: When did Kerry visit Nicaragua?
A1: April 18, 1985
Q2: Who did Kerry visit Nicaragua with?
A2: Senator Tom Harkin
Q3: Where was Tom Harkin from?
A3: Iowa
Q4: Who did Kerry visit in Nicaragua?
A4: Daniel Ortega
Q5: What was criticized about Ortega's administration?
A5: strong ties to Cuba and the USSR and were accused of human rights abuses
Meanwhile, Kerry's staff began their own investigations and, on October 14, issued a report that exposed illegal activities on the part of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, who had set up a private network involving the National Security Council and the CIA to deliver military equipment to right-wing Nicaraguan rebels (Contras). In effect, North and certain members of the President's administration were accused by Kerry's report of illegally funding and supplying armed militants without the authorization of Congress. Kerry's staff investigation, based on a year-long inquiry and interviews with fifty unnamed sources, is said to raise "serious questions about whether the United States has abided by the law in its handling of the contras over the past three years."

Q1: Who did Kerry's staff expose in an Oct 14 report?
A1: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North
Q2: Who had Oliver North been supporting?
A2: right-wing Nicaraguan rebels (Contras)
Q3: What crime had Kerry said North committed?
A3: illegally funding and supplying armed militants without the authorization of Congress
Q4: Who were the Contras?
A4: right-wing Nicaraguan rebels
Q5: What government agencies worked with North?
A5: the National Security Council and the CIA
The Kerry Committee report found that "the Contra drug links included..... payments to drug traffickers by the U.S. State Department of funds authorized by the Congress for humanitarian assistance to the Contras, in some cases after the traffickers had been indicted by federal law enforcement agencies on drug charges, in others while traffickers were under active investigation by these same agencies." The U.S. State Department paid over $806,000 to known drug traffickers to carry humanitarian assistance to the Contras. Kerry's findings provoked little reaction in the media and official Washington.

Q1: Who was the State Department giving money to?
A1: drug traffickers
Q2: How much money did the State Department give the traffickers?
A2: over $806,000
Q3: Where had the money given to drug traffickers come from?
A3: funds authorized by the Congress for humanitarian assistance to the Contras
Q4: What was the response to Kerry's accusation of funding traffickers?
A4: little reaction in the media and official Washington
During their investigation of Noriega, Kerry's staff found reason to believe that the Pakistan-based Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) had facilitated Noriega's drug trafficking and money laundering. This led to a separate inquiry into BCCI, and as a result, banking regulators shut down BCCI in 1991. In December 1992, Kerry and Senator Hank Brown, a Republican from Colorado, released The BCCI Affair, a report on the BCCI scandal. The report showed that the bank was crooked and was working with terrorists, including Abu Nidal. It blasted the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the Customs Service, the Federal Reserve Bank, as well as influential lobbyists and the CIA.

Q1: Where is the BCCI based?
A1: Pakistan
Q2: What bank helped Noriega?
A2: Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Q3: When was BCCI shut down?
A3: 1991
Q4: Who collaborated in the report about BCCI?
A4: Kerry and Senator Hank Brown
Q5: What was the BCCI report called?
A5: The BCCI Affair
In 1996, Kerry faced a difficult re-election fight against Governor William Weld, a popular Republican incumbent who had been re-elected in 1994 with 71% of the vote. The race was covered nationwide as one of the most closely watched Senate races that year. Kerry and Weld held several debates and negotiated a campaign spending cap of $6.9 million at Kerry's Beacon Hill townhouse. Both candidates spent more than the cap, with each camp accusing the other of being first to break the agreement. During the campaign, Kerry spoke briefly at the 1996 Democratic National Convention. Kerry won re-election with 53 percent to Weld's 45 percent.

Q1: Who ran against Kerry in 1996?
A1: William Weld
Q2: When Weld was re-elected governor, how much of the vote did he get?
A2: 71%
Q3: When was Weld re-elected governor?
A3: 1994
Q4: What did Kerry and Weld agree to limit their campaign spending to?
A4: $6.9 million
Q5: Who broke the agreed-upon spending cap?
A5: Both candidates
Kerry said that he had intended the remark as a jab at President Bush, and described the remarks as a "botched joke", having inadvertently left out the key word "us" (which would have been, "If you don't, you get us stuck in Iraq"), as well as leaving the phrase "just ask President Bush" off of the end of the sentence. In Kerry's prepared remarks, which he released during the ensuing media frenzy, the corresponding line was "... you end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq. Just ask President Bush." He also said that from the context of the speech which, prior to the "stuck in Iraq" line, made several specific references to Bush and elements of his biography, that Kerry was referring to President Bush and not American troops in general.

Q1: What was Kerry supposed to say when he 'botched a joke'?
A1: "... you end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq. Just ask President Bush."
Q2: Who was Kerry saying was stuck in Iraq?
A2: President Bush and not American troops in general
Q3: What mistake did Kerry make in the joke?
A3: inadvertently left out the key word "us"
Kerry "has emerged in the past few years as an important envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan during times of crisis," a Washington Post report stated in May 2011, as Kerry undertook another trip to the two countries. The killing of Osama bin Laden "has generated perhaps the most important crossroads yet," the report continued, as the senator spoke at a press conference and prepared to fly from Kabul to Pakistan. Among matters discussed during the May visit to Pakistan, under the general rubric of "recalibrating" the bilateral relationship, Kerry sought and retrieved from the Pakistanis the tail-section of the U.S. helicopter which had had to be abandoned at Abbottabad during the bin Laden strike. In 2013, Kerry met with Pakistan's army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to discuss the peace process with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Q1: Who did the Washington Post say Kerry was an envoy for?
A1: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Q2: When did the Washington Post say Kerry was important envoy?
A2: May 2011
Q3: How, in May 2011, did the WaPo describe Bin Laden's killing?
A3: perhaps the most important crossroads yet
Q4: What did Kerry get from the Pakistanis?
A4: the tail-section of the U.S. helicopter which had had to be abandoned at Abbottabad during the bin Laden strike
Q5: Who was Pakistan's army chief in 2013?
A5: Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Most analyses place Kerry's voting record on the left within the Senate Democratic caucus. During the 2004 presidential election he was portrayed as a staunch liberal by conservative groups and the Bush campaign, who often noted that in 2003 Kerry was rated the National Journal's top Senate liberal. However, that rating was based only upon voting on legislation within that past year. In fact, in terms of career voting records, the National Journal found that Kerry is the 11th most liberal member of the Senate. Most analyses find that Kerry is at least slightly more liberal than the typical Democratic Senator. Kerry has stated that he opposes privatizing Social Security, supports abortion rights for adult women and minors, supports same-sex marriage, opposes capital punishment except for terrorists, supports most gun control laws, and is generally a supporter of trade agreements. Kerry supported the North American Free Trade Agreement and Most Favored Nation status for China, but opposed the Central American Free Trade Agreement.[citation needed]

Q1: Who said Kerry was the 'top Senate liberal'?
A1: the National Journal
Q2: When was Kerry called the 'top Senate liberal'?
A2: 2003
Q3: What was Kerry's actual career voting rank for 'liberalness'?
A3: 11th most liberal
Q4: What trade agreement did Kerry support?
A4: North American Free Trade Agreement
Q5: What trade agreement did Kerry oppose?
A5: Central American Free Trade Agreement
In the lead up to the Iraq War, Kerry said on October 9, 2002; "I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." Bush relied on that resolution in ordering the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Kerry also gave a January 23, 2003 speech to Georgetown University saying "Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator; leading an oppressive regime he presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real." Kerry did, however, warn that the administration should exhaust its diplomatic avenues before launching war: "Mr. President, do not rush to war, take the time to build the coalition, because it's not winning the war that's hard, it's winning the peace that's hard."

Q1: When did Kerry say he intended to support the Iraq War?
A1: October 9, 2002
Q2: When did Bush declare the Iraq war?
A2: 2003
Q3: Who did Kerry say we should disarm?
A3: Saddam Hussein
Q4: When did Kerry speak at Georgetown University?
A4: January 23, 2003
Kerry chaired the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs from 1991 to 1993. The committee's report, which Kerry endorsed, stated there was "no compelling evidence that proves that any American remains alive in captivity in Southeast Asia." In 1994 the Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Kerry and fellow Vietnam veteran John McCain, that called for an end to the existing trade embargo against Vietnam; it was intended to pave the way for normalization. In 1995, President Bill Clinton normalized diplomatic relations with the country of Vietnam.

Q1: What committee did Kerry chair in 1991-1993?
A1: the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs
Q2: What did the POW/MIA committee conclude about Vietnam POWs?
A2: there was "no compelling evidence that proves that any American remains alive in captivity in Southeast Asia."
Q3: When did Kerry sponsor a resolution to reopen trade with Vietnam?
A3: 1994
Q4: Who sponsored the resolution to reopen trade with Vietnam, along with Kerry?
A4: John McCain
Q5: When did Bill Clinton normalize relations with Vietnam?
A5: 1995