Early Years
Paris
Watergate
Washington Post
Washington Post 2
100
It nearly killed Bradlee while at war
What is a bomb?
100
Bradlees place of work while in Paris
What is the Embassy?
100
The reporters Bradlee backed up in the reporting of the Watergate stories.
Who are Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward?
100
A mentor of Bradlee, who taught him much of what he knew about Washington
Who is Ken Crawford?
100
The best story Bradlee considered himself to be part of and ultimately led him to consider retirement.
What is Watergate?
200
The day Bradlee was born
August 26, 1921
200
Press Attache
What was Bradlee's position while in Paris?
200
The one man Bradlee and staff agreed to publicly clear as not being Deep Throat
Who is Alexander Haig?
200
A story that Bradlee and his team were beat to by the New York Times, who had a 7,000 page study
What are the Pentagon Papers?
200
Administrative meetings-- budgets, diversity, reengineering
What are the things Bradlee doesn't miss about the Post?
300
The school Bradlee attended after Harvard
What is the Columbia School of Journalism
300
Bradlee began work for Newsweek on the eve of this holiday
What is Christmas
300
The source Bradlee says he wouldn't use now because of too little information
Who was Deep Throat?
300
The amount Bradlee was paid weekly for his first position for the Post
What is $80?
300
A reporter who worked under Bradlee, she fabricated a story about a child addicted to heroin.
Who is Janet Cooke?
400
The name of the 19th and final destroyer that Bradlee boarded while serving in the military
What is the U.S.S. De Haven?
400
The job Bradlee took to fund trips to Paris and Washington for himself and his mistress
What is a feature writer?
400
Bradlee's did this to cope with the Watergate aftermath
What is escaping to his cabin to write a book?
400
The dollar figure that Bradlee helped the Post buy Newsweek for.
What is $15 million?
400
Bradlee called this case "the mother of all national security stories."
What is the Pelton Case?
500
Bradlee's notorious habit
What is infidelity?
500
The name and occupation of the woman that Bradlee had an affair with while living in Paris
Who is Lawyer Antoinette Pinchot Meyer
500
The White House called the Watergate story this
What is a collection of absurdities?
500
The amount of time that passed after Bradlee left his first job at the Post until his return to his second job at the post
What is 14 years and six weeks?
500
A story Bradlee approved that cost the post more than 1.5 million dollars to run, thirty days as a defendant on trial in District Court, and another 7.5 years of appellate litigation.
What is the Post's story about the President of Mobil Oil Corporation?
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