Quiz: Blowing the Whistle

March 28, 2011

What was the name of the FBI agent known as "Deep Throat"?
1. William E. Colby
2. W. Mark Felt
3. L. Patrick Gray
4. William C. Sullivan
Which nation did Joseph Wilson visit in search of uranium yellowcake in the months leading up to the Iraq war?
1. Congo
2. Gabon
3. Niger
4. Sudan
What is the name of the soldier facing multiple charges for allegedly passing classified information to WikiLeaks?
1. Phillip Adams
2. Jacob Appelbaum
3. Ben Laurie
4. Bradley Manning
Whose story of exposing safety hazards at a plutonium plant was turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep?
1. Paula Couglin
2. Bunny Greenhouse
3. Linda Peeno
4. Karen Silkwood
Which figure is not associated with the leaking of the Pentagon Papers?
1. Daniel Ellsberg
2. Fred LaRue
3. Anthony Russo
4. Neil Sheehan
Peter Buxtun, the man who exposed the Tuskegee experiment, was employed by which government organization?
1. Center for Disease Control
2. Food and Drug Administration
3. U.S. Public Health Service
4. World Health Organization
Which agency has been exposed by whistleblowers Jane Turner, Sibel Edmonds, and Frederic Whitehurst?
1. Central Intelligence Agency
2. Environmental Protection Agency
3. Federal Bureau of Investigation
4. Internal Revenue Service
The 1999 film The Insider tells the story of Jeffrey Wigand, who blew the whistle on what industry?
1. Guns
2. Healthcare
3. Oil and gas
4. Tobacco