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
[10h] Name this butterfly-shaped bone that articulates with the anterior section of the basilar occipital bone. This bone’s sella turcica contains the pituitary gland.
ANSWER: sphenoid bone
[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]
[10e] Another unpaired cranial bone, the ethmoid bone, articulates with the sphenoid bone at the base of this structure. This structure is divided by a septum made of cartilage, and it transmits sensory signals to the brain via olfactory bulbs.
ANSWER: nose [accept nasal septum; accept nasal cavity]
[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
[10m] The sphenoid bone also articulates with an unpaired cranial bone described by this adjective. That bone protects a larger “cortex” described by this adjective, which contains the primary motor cortex.
ANSWER: frontal bone [accept frontal cortex; accept frontal lobe; accept prefrontal cortex]
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