Capital Eye's PolitiQuizz: Who are the Biggest of Big Oil Lobbyists? from Capital Eye

 by Dave Levinthal

This week's PolitiQuizz focuses on the energy industry, particularly because Congress is considering taking up climate change legislation in the coming weeks or months:

ExxonMobil spent more money in 2008 on federal lobbying efforts -- $29 million -- than any other oil/gas-related company or special interest group. In three guesses, name three of the next four top lobbying spenders last year from the oil and gas industry. 

The first person to correctly respond in this blog post's comments section will win a free copy of The Blue Pages: Second Edition, the new book for which the Center for Responsive Politics provides data and analysis. Answers will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday. Results will be posted as part of next Monday's PolitiQuizz. (Make sure to provide your e-mail address so we may contact you if you win!)

And with that, the answers to last week's question, which was: "There are 11 nations this year that have not recorded a single visit to the Center for Responsive Politics' Capital Eye blog. Correctly name two of them in only two guesses."

We received a number of excellent answers, but only one that provided two correct countries. The answers just so happened to belong to our first respondent, JohnJ, who correctly guessed Somalia and North Korea. Congratulations, JohnJ -- you'll receive a free copy of The Blue Pages: Second Edition.

And in case you're wondering what other countries haven't yet recorded a single visit to the Capital Eye blog, here they are: North Korea, Somalia, Angola, Chad, Paraguay, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Turkmenistan, Serbia and Montenegro, Liberia and Guinea.