FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 by Paul Paquet on Creators.com

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Rush Limbaugh's radio show begins with the bass guitar riff from "My City Was Gone," by a liberal punk band called The Pretenders. You may be wondering how Chrissie Hynde feels about this. She wasn't keen on it. However, she and Rush agreed that the royalties for his use of the song would fund the hard-core animal rights group PETA, which probably irks Rush. So that's there. Plus, the song itself is quite pro-environmentalist.

What Secretary of Commerce and future president wanted to ban ads on the radio?

A) George H.W. Bush

B) Bill Clinton

C) Herbert Hoover

D) Woodrow Wilson

Previous answer: Bob Dylan recorded the widely bootlegged "Basement Tapes."

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