Test your Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) knowledge with this multiple-choice quiz. One answer is correct. The quiz is based on reports of what Elon Musk and his merry band of tech nerds have uncovered.
1.In 2023, the National Science Foundation granted a college $288,563 to fund:
A. Inclusive bird watching societies.
B. Taxidermy courses for BIPOC students.
C. LGBTQIA+ D&D campaigns.
2.In 2022, the U.S. State Department granted $70,000 to an Irish group to produce:
A . DEI marionette puppet show.
B. DEI juggling demonstration.
C. DEI music festival.
3. In 2022, the State Department also granted $25,000 as part of a public diplomacy program in Bogota, Colombia, to produce:
A. “As One,” a coming-of-age story and opera about a transgender woman.
B. “Am I me?” an operetta about a transgender white man becoming the center on the Harlem Globetrotters.
C. “Alphabet,” an opera seria examining whether letters in LGBTQIA+ can be recited like numbers in π.
4. The U.S. State Department in 2022 and 2023 spent $32,000 to produce a superhero comic book in Peru titled and featuring:
A. “The Power of Math,” featuring a transgender woman named Alex with a gift for solving advanced algebraic equations.
B. “The Power of Education,” featuring a gay hero named Alex who addresses social and mental health issues.
C. “The Power of Pottery,” featuring a non-binary craftsperson named Alex who uses telekinesis to form clay bowls on a pottery wheel.
5. From February 2023 to October 2024, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) allocated $1.5 million to promote:
A. The inclusion of LGBTQ people in the Serbian workplace.
B. The inclusion of African-Serbians in organized ice hockey leagues.
C. The exclusion of white gay Serbians from LGBTQ African-Serbian ice hockey leagues.
6. USAID during the Biden Administration allocated $20 million to create:
A. “Dora testechev Ghaza tahat ardul al-anfak” — Dora the Explorer navigates the peaceful tunnels underneath Gaza where medication and food are stored for the population and not Hamas freedom fighters.
B. “Ahlan Simsim Iraq” — Sesame Street in Iraq where Elmo possibly instructs civilians how to identify and disarm roadside improvised explosive devices.
C. “Where in the World is Yahya Sinwar?” A colorful picture-book in which the reader must identify the heroic Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar hiding in Gaza amongst thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians and Israelis taken hostage on October 7, 2023.
7. The Biden Administration approved more than $20,600 to fund:
A. Ten drag musical performances of “Oklahoma” in Guyana.
B. Eleven drag queen storybook hours in Brazilian libraries.
C. Twelve drag theater performances in Ecuador.
8. USAID allocated more than $425,000 in 2022 to help:
A. Indonesian coffee farmers become more climate and gender friendly.
B. Nike sneaker assemblers in Cambodia quickly diagnose the onset of repetitive motion injuries among 11-year-old laborers.
C. Biologists in Wuhan, China, safely wrangle poisonous bats on behalf of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
9. The State Department allocated $16,500 to:
A. Foster a united and equal queer-feminist discourse in Albanian society.
B. Foster a united and unilateral feminist BIPOC-queer discourse in Albanian society.
C. Foster a united BIPOC feminist non-binary male discourse in Albanian society.
10. The State Department during the Biden administration spent $14 million on:
A. Prepaid cellphones for migrants to arrange amnesty hearing dates.
B. Cash vouchers for migrants at the southern border.
C. Middle-of-the-night airline trips to deposit southern migrants in Red State cities.
Answers: 1 A; 2 C; 3 A; 4 B; 5 A; 6 B; 7 C; 8 A; 9 A; 10 A
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