American "Gate" Scandals - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The grandfather of all "gate" scandals was a scandal named for the hotel in which Nixon opporatives broke in to steal Democratic Party secrets.	Watergate	100%
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie shut down a bridge to create traffic nightmares for a town whose mayor didn't back him politically.	Bridgegate	72%
Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson's breast during a superbowl half-time show.	nipplegate	69%
The Reagan administration sold arms to Iran illegally in return for getting hostages back. They then used that money to illegally fund a civil war in Honduras.	Irangate or Contragate	66%
NFL Superbowl champions, the New England Patriots were found to be underinflating their balls to give them an advantage.	deflategate	63%
Aptly named Democratic senator Anthony Weiner was caught sending lude photos to an underage girl.	Weinergate	63%
Ariana Grande was caught on video saying "I hate Americans," and licking donuts before replacing them on a sales rack.	donutgate	59%
President Bill Clinton had inapropriate relations with a young White House intern.	Monicagate	53%
Sexual harrassment and cyperbullying targeting women gamers, and the coverage of said bullying that was viewed as one-sided and too polically correct in the online gaming world in 2014 was this gate.	gamergate	47%
A conspiracy involving hacked emails from scientists that supposedly proved global warming data to be fraudulent.	climategate	31%
Korea peddled influence in the U.S. government. This was the first time "gate" was attached to a scandal that did not already have "gate" in the original word.	Koreagate	31%
Sarah Palin fired the Alaska public safety commissioner for not firing her state trooper brother-in-law.	troopergate	25%
President Jimmy Carter's brother was paid by the government of Libya during a visit to Georgia by Lybia officials.	Billygate	16%
The outright theft of the Seattle Supersonics by Oklahoma city after the 2008 season.	Sonicsgate	13%
This contraversy surrounded a South Park episode that mocked tom Cruise.	Closetgate	3%

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