How much do you know about the Tea Party? A quiz.

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The tea party movement was a major player in the 2010 election, and will likely play a major role in the 2012 presidential race. Depending on who you ask, the Tea Party is the ultimate grassroots movement, patriotically focused on fiscal responsibility and reduction of the deficit – or it's a re-branding of conservative Republican Party candidates and policies, funded by the same old big money. How much do you know about the Tea Party?

1. The New York Times, the Atlantic, and NPR credit Keli Carender with planning the first modern tea party protest in what city?

Boston

Phoenix

St. Louis

Seattle

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