Yesterday a handful of bloggers took Michael Tomasky to task for a
Tapped post in which he gently ridiculed John Edwards for not knowing who James Q. Wilson is. (Full disclosure--I had no clue who he was until I read these posts.)
In the spirit of fun, Tomasky has created a politicians' pop-quiz: "25 questions, of which I think any Democratic presidential candidate ought to be able to answer 15." Here's a sampling of his questions.
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT... (GENERAL POLITICAL HISTORY)
For $200: The Tennessee Supreme Court reversed this man's conviction, but only on a technicality.
For $400: These two early presidents died on the same day in 1826; fittingly, the day happened to be July 4.
For $600: Benjamin Harrison approved the annexation in the 1890's of this island kingdom; his successor, Grover Cleveland, opposed it.
For $800: DAILY DOUBLE!!!!: Meade and Longstreet, among others, have gone down in history because of their exploits here.
For $1,000: The Immigrants' Protective League was one of the many projects launched by this woman.
Take his quiz and see how you score. (I didn't get 15 out of the 25, and some of them I really should have. Well I don't want to be president anyway, so there.) Then come on back here and give us the questions YOU think any Democratic political candidate should be able to answer.