Test Your Knowledge of Government Efficiency

Do you know how Washington is spending your money?

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...