| Hint | Answer |
| CIA agent at the center of a major scandal in which her identity was leaked by the Bush administration in retaliation for her journalist husband's criticism of the Iraq war. | |
| Senior advisor to President Bush known as 'Bush's Brain'. | |
| Wall Street investment firm whose bankruptcy helped trigger a global financial meltdown in September 2008. | |
| The Bush administration's massive bank bailout that prevented the collapse of the US financial system. | |
| Fed chief appointed by Bush who was criticized for his inaction relating to the housing bubble but credited with averting an economic depression. | |
| Powerful Speaker of the House who served as a liberal adversary to President Bush and a close ally of President Obama. | |
| Grassroots project started by the Obama campaign that played a major role in the 2008 presidential election. | |
| Barack Obama's trillion-dollar economic stimulus plan consisting of tax breaks, aid to states, public works, and investment in clean energy. | |
| Loosely affiliated populist conservative movement spawned in opposition to President Obama's agenda. | |
| European city that played host to the UN's 2009 climate change conference where President Barack Obama played a key role in brokering a deal. | |