A scandal involving this family was uncovered after a journalist followed a truck leased by the city for five days and noticed the most work the crew did was visiting McDonald’s. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this notoriously corrupt family that included two mayors of Chicago for a combined 43 years. A member of this family was accused of using Gestapo tactics during his controversial handling of the 1968 DNC.
ANSWER: Daley family
[10e] Richard Daley surreptitiously printed signs supporting this candidate despite the fact he dropped out due to a poor performance in the New Hampshire primary. This politician became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
ANSWER: Lyndon Baines Johnson [or LBJ; prompt on Johnson]
[10h] This journalist’s biography Boss detailed the political career of the elder Richard Daley. This journalist, whom Frank Sinatra threatened to punch after he suggested he wore a toupee, popularized the Chicago Cubs’ Curse of the Billy Goat and discussed many current events under his persona Slats Grobnik.
ANSWER: Mike Royko
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