Since Republicans and  conservatoves are again using the word "socialism" in wild and crazy ways.  Here are some interesting questions drawn from this topic.  The introductions will be longer than usual

1. The famous world leader who said these words "socialism is the enevitable outcome of democracy.  Political democracy has no meaning if it does not embrace  economic democracy" was

a. Tony Blair

b. Nehru

c. Lyndon Johnson

d. Francois Hollande

2. What famous American artist uttered these words  which express socialist values "Who are the oppressors. the few; the king, the capitalist and a handful of other overseers and superintendents.  Who are the oppressed; the many; the nations of the earth; the valuable personages;the workers;they that make the bread thatthe soft-handed and idle eat"

a. Edward Albee

b. Milos Foreman

c. Mark Twain

d. Tom Wolfe

3. What famous American whose birthday is celebrated made the following statement which expresses socialist values:  "one day, we must ask the question, 'why are there forty million poor people in America.'....and when you ask that question your begin to question the capitalistic economy...it means that questions must be raised 'who owns the oil..who owns the iron ore...why is it that people have to pay water bills in a  world that is 2/2 water."

a. Abraham Lincoln

b. Martin Luther King

c. George Washington

d. Ronald Reagan

4. As I lifelong Dodger fan, I, in the week of the all star game, have mixed feeling about the fact that this New York Yankee ball player(whom Daily Worker sports writer Lester Rodney considered the most left person he met in sports) wrote a first person column for the Daily Worker  for a time in the late 1930s

a. Lefty Gomez

b. Bill Dickey

c. Red Rolfe

d. Joe Dimaggio

5. What 20th century U.S. labor and political activist speaking for his party defined socialism in this way:  "we believe and advocate a socialist society in our country which will guarentee all of the liberties defined in the bill of rights., but have never been fully realized.  These include the right of people to express themselves fully and freely through organizations of their choice and competing candidates who respect and are guided by the concept of building socialism.Indeed, the freedoms of the Bill of Rights will  have far greater meaning for the great majority who will then own the meeting halls, press, radio, and tv and will be able to exercise their freedom effectively."

a.Gus Hall of the Communist Party USA

b. Ralph Nader of the Green Party

c. Bill Clinton of the Democratic Party

d. Peter Camejo of the Socialist Workers Party

Answers to last week's IQ

1.c

2.b

3.a

4.c

5.b