As many regular readers of this blog know, the Extreme family shacks up in McLean, Virginia — on the poorer working-class Sephardic side of town.

But we always get civic pride when the other side of the tracks gets noticed. Typically it’s for their boundless treasure.

Witness today’s Washington Post story: “Clinton, McCain Lead Parties In Washington Area Cash Race: Democrats Raise More Than Twice as Much as GOP”:

• “McLean was the only Virginia Zip code in Clinton’s top 10 for the region.”
• “Former governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, who has been lagging in fundraising and the polls, raised $168,000, finding pockets of support in McLean…”
• “In Virginia, McCain has had access to the fundraising networks of Davis and Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.). He was most successful in raising money from residents of McLean …”
• “McLean ranked seventh in the region and 26th nationally, donating $1 million.”

Yes, this notoriety leads to even grander dreams of life outside the shtetl.

First, our last trivia answer:

They say to have her hair done, Liz flies all the way to France,
And Jackie’s seen in a discothque, doin’ a brand new dance.
And the White House social season, should be glitterin’ ‘n gay

“The Ghosts of Allen Dulles and John McCone” correctly offered the question: How does the Loretta Lynn song “One’s on the way” start?

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer:

The most visited winery in America.

What’s the question?

First, our last trivia answer:

The first CIA official to take the witness stand against another CIA official.

Richard was closest to the question by suggesting: Who is the guy who ratted out Clair George?

The actual correct question: Who is Alan Fiers?

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer:

They say to have her hair done, Liz flies all the way to France,
And Jackie’s seen in a discoth�que, doin’ a brand new dance.
And the White House social season, should be glitterin’ ‘n gay

What’s the question?

First, our last trivia answer:

mesothelioma

The correct answer we were looking for came from Charles Lattan: “The online ads promising a cure for what asbestos-induced disease fetch the highest Google search rates?”

We also enjoyed Richard’s response:  “What do the Baltimore Orioles owner and the Bureau of Engraving & Printing have in common?”

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer:

The first CIA official to take the witness stand against another CIA official.

What’s the question?

First, our last trivia answer:
Tom Lehrer’s reaction to the news that China exploded a nuclear bomb, called a device, and that Indonesia would get one soon.

Congratulations to Phineas J. Whoopee for the correct question:  What is “Who’s Next?”

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer:

mesothelioma

What’s the question?

First, our last trivia answer: The only U.S. aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.

Joe Luchok was first with the correct question:

What is the USS Kitty Hawk, at least until next year when it due to be decommissioned.

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer:

Tom Lehrer’s reaction to the news that China exploded a nuclear bomb, called a device, and that Indonesia would get one soon.

What’s the question?

First, our last trivia answer:  Jim Webb’s connection to the early 1980s hit song, “Believe it Or Not,” the theme to the TV show “Greatest American Hero.”

And the correct question:  Joey Scarbury, who wrote “Believe It Or Not,” was discovered by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb’s father.

Credit to Phineas J. Whoopee for this:

“Jim Webb — the songwriter, not the senator — known for such hits as “Up, Up, and Away,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” and “MacArthur Park” discovered Joey Scarbury or Scarborough, who sang the Greatest American Hero Theme.”

Also noteworthy was Richarda:

“Something about Mr. Katt’s (who played the Hero) father - William Tallman, who played Perry Drake on the old “Perry Mason” show (and had an interesting back-story of his own)?”

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer: The only U.S. aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.

What’s the question?

First, our last trivia answer, suggested by America’s foremost brilliant professor and loyal Extreme Mortman reader Lee Annis of Montgomery College: “A troubled man for troubled times.”

And the correct question, submitted by Phineas J. Whoopee:  What was the campaign slogan for almost-candidate and rock legend Alice Cooper back in the 1970s — and later the name of his 2007 national tour?

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer: Jim Webb’s connection to the early 1980s hit song, “Believe it Or Not,” the theme to the TV show “Greatest American Hero.”

What’s the question?

First, our last trivia answer: The first African American to govern a major U.S. city.

And the correct question: Who was Washington, DC’s first elected mayor, Walter E. Washington.

Washington’s election in 1974 made him the first elected mayor of the nation’s capital since the Civil War and the first black to head a major U.S. city, opening the door to contemporaries like Detroit’s Coleman Young, Tom Bradley of Los Angeles and Chicago’s Harold Washington.  He died in 2003 at age 88.

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer, and it comes to us from America’s foremost brilliant professor and loyal Extreme Mortman reader Lee Annis of Montgomery College.  The answer:  “A troubled man for troubled times.”

What’s the question?

First, our last trivia answer: The current U.S. Senator who studied contracts with Michael Mukasey at Yale.

And the correct question: Who is Joe Lieberman?

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer: The first African American to govern a major U.S. city.

What’s the question?