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   > 6. President William Mitchell presided over social-welfare cuts and   
   >    attempted to frame his blameless vice-president for one of   
   >    his own bribery scandals.  However, in the last months of   
   >    his presidency -- after a minor stroke, but before he later   
   >    died from a massive stroke -- his harsh personality changed   
   >    dramatically, and he began to reverse his own presidency's   
   >    course.  Conspiracy theorists have suggested there were, in fact,   
   >    two President Mitchells.   
      
   "Dave"; Kevin Kline.  6 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   
      
   > 7. Merkin Muffley had the bad luck to be President when nuclear   
   >    war broke out, annihilating all of humanity.  However, to the   
   >    very end he was determined to make sure that his staffers would   
   >    not fight in the War Room.   
      
   "Dr. Strangelove"; Peter Sellers.  6 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   
   4 for Dan Tilque.   
      
   > 8. Jack Stanton, a charming Southern governor with a knack for   
   >    speaking to the common man, was also unfortunately a womanizer   
   >    who cheated on his wife regularly, but nonetheless ran a   
   >    successful campaign for the presidency.   
      
   "Primary Colors"; John Travolta.  6 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   
      
   > 9. Selina Meyer initially became president by rising to the office   
   >    from the vice-presidency, then lost her election, and then   
   >    won a subsequent election to become president by courting   
   >    conservatives, running against same-sex marriage, and allowing   
   >    China to re-annex Tibet.  Her presidencies were politely   
   >    described as "underrated" by historians.   
      
   "Veep"; Julia Louis-Dreyfus.  6 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   
      
   > 10. Tom Kirkman never planned to be President, but when the US   
   >    Capitol was blown up during the State of the Union address,   
   >    Kirkman -- about to be fired as the Secretary of Housing and   
   >    Urban Development -- was the sole member of Cabinet not killed,   
   >    and thus ascended to the presidency.   
      
   "Designated Survivor"; Kiefer Sutherland.  4 for Dan Blum.   
      
      
   Scores, if there are no errors:   
      
   GAME 5        ROUNDS->   2   3    TOTALS   
                 TOPICS-> Sci Ent   
   Dan Blum                27  52      79   
   Joshua Kreitzer         16  54      70   
   Dan Tilque              36  12      48   
      
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