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Politics Trivia Quiz
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1. A person running for office can benefit financially from a super PAC, which sounds like a video game power-up but it's actually an acronym for what?

2. What 'O' term simply means government by the few, but is most often used to describe corrupt rule of a nation by a small and self-interested group?

3. Pioneer of political economy Adam Smith, best known for his work 'The Wealth of Nations,' was born in which country of the U.K?

4. What is the term for a Senate aide appointed and sponsored by a senator with a role that primarily consists of delivering correspondence and legislative documentation? These aides must be at least sixteen years old and attend school.

5. Despite a bellicose reputation, what US President won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a peacemaker in the Russo-Japanese War?

6. What British statesman and Whig MP wrote 'A Vindication of Natural Society' and 'Reflections on the Revolution in France', and is considered by many to be the philosophical founder of conservatism?

7. In 1917, Woodrow Wilson famously declared that 'the world must be made safe for' what form of political system?

8. The 2nd President of the US belonged to 3 different political parties during his life. Name 1 of them.

9. Which of the three branches of government in the United States is made up of courts to uphold the law in the name of the states?

10. Written as a Socratic dialogue in the 4th century BC, 'The Republic' is a treatise on what makes a just city-state, by what ancient Greek philosopher?

11. What was the unsurprising surname of the 1915-born politician who became the first mayor of DC in more than a century after winning the District's 1974 mayoral election?

12. The Communist Manifesto was co-authored by Karl Marx and which other German political theorist?

13. What ancient man wrote a work titled 'Politics' which included the idea that 'Every community established with a view to some good'?

14. Sarah Palin was mayor of which city, the fourth largest by population, before her election as the first female Governor of Alaska?

15. Thomas Barclay negotiated a treaty in 1786 that was then signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Muhammad III. This treaty is now the longest-standing US treaty. What nation (besides the US) was part of this 'Treaty of Friendship'?

16. Which later-assassinated president was the only sitting member of the House of Representatives to be elected to the presidency?

17. Which US President was a fashion model in his youth? Unsurprisingly, we're talking about a 20th-century president here.

18. What 'meaty' term is used to refer to the act when a politician appropriates government spending for localized projects? This is often considered a legal method for bringing money to a representative's district.

19. Anthony Downs' theory of which groups has them habitually moving toward the middle to win elections?

20. What nation has the world's highest minimum wage, at $21.38 AUD per hour (or a little more than fifteen U.S. dollars)?

21. Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, Tiger Woods and Rush Limbaugh received what prestigious medal by President Donald Trump during his presidential term?

22. As of 2018, the highest-ranking Asian-American in US history was the man who served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 2010 to 2012. What state did this man represent? Although he was a native son, the state he represented was not yet a state when this man was born. We're looking for a state, not a man's name.

23. Kenneth Arrow's famous 'impossibility theorem' holds that no form of what political activity can produce a truly successful result according to several criteria, including universality and Pareto efficiency? Gibbard's theorem concerns the 'strategic' form of this activity.

24. Rod Blagojevich, George Ryan, Dan Walker, and Otto Kerner have all been governors of the same state in the past 70 years. Coincidentally, each man has also served a prison term since leaving public office. Over what state did all of these men govern?

25. What form of government was referred to by Winston Churchill as 'the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried?'

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