How well do you know the candidates?

4. McCain.

5. John Edwards, who as a trial lawyer in 1997 received one-third of a $25 million settlement against a company for a defective pool drain cover.

6. None. Hillary Clinton mistakenly believed she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest, until she realized she was born in 1947 and Hillary didn't climb Everest and become famous until 1953.

7. Abraham Lincoln, in the 1860 campaign.

8. Mitt Romney, who, as COO in 1985 of the venture capital firm Bain Capital, took a gamble on a local Boston stationery shop owner who wanted to produce a mega-office supplies store. Three years later, Staples Inc. went public at $13 million.

9. Mike Huckabee.

10. Fred Thompson. As an actor, he was cast as the U.S. president in the 2005 HBO movie, "Last Best Chance."

11. Bill Richardson.

12. Giuliani.

13. Giuliani.

14. Barack Obama.

15. Richardson.

16. Huckabee.

17. McCain.

18. Rudy Giuliani, for his role as New York mayor in the aftermath of 9/11.

19. Edwards.

20. Huckabee.

21. Thompson, who signed on as the D.A. in "Law and Order" prior to the expiration of his term as senator from Tennessee.

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