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Politics Trivia Quiz
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1. Considered one of the innovators of creative nonfiction via New Journalism, what American author's best-known work 'The Executioner's Song' won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for fiction? This 'postal' author also ran in the Democratic primary for NYC's mayoral race of 1969 with a platform including the secession of New York City as the 51st US state.

2. 'Seward's Folly' was the contemporaneous nickname for The Alaska Purchase in 1867, which was technically a treaty with the Russian Empire later signed by what president?

3. David Malpass, Kristalina Georgieva, and Jim Yong Kim are the three most recent leaders of what international financial institution formed in 1945 with a current stated goal of 'reduction of poverty?'

4. Who was the only U.S. president to have a PhD in political science? He earned it from Johns Hopkins University in 1886.

5. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted D.C. citizens 3 electoral college votes?

6. Instant-runoff voting and single transferable vote are the two specific types of a more general voting system that is used in various jurisdictions in the United States. As of November 1, 2020, Maine is the only U.S. state which uses this voting system in all state primary, congressional, and presidential elections. What is the name of this system?

7. What current Prime Minister was born on Christmas Day 1971 in Ottawa?

8. 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?

9. The Minnesota DFL is a political party in its namesake state affiliated with the US Democratic Party. The D stands for Democratic. The L stands for Labor. What does the F stand for?

10. What author famously proposed the concept of the 'Veil of Ignorance' in his most famous work titled 'A Theory of Justice'?

11. The 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution enabled the direct election of what type of public official?

12. 'Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow' was a Super PAC founded by what US comedian who raised awareness of Super PACs in his late-night television program during 2012?

13. The Pittsburgh native Edith Spurlock Sampson was a lawyer and judge who served as the first Black U.S. delegate to what body in August 1950?

14. Ralph Bunche received his doctorate in political science from Harvard University in 1934. In 1950, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work mediating the Arab crisis in what newly formed Middle Eastern country?

15. Which amendment to the United States Constitution coincidentally (fitting) establishes a limit of two terms for the office of presidency?

16. In Article IV, the U.S. Constitution requires that convicted criminals caught in one state can be sent back to the state where the crime occurred. What is the 'E' term for this type of legal action?

17. On August 17, 2020, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that her country's national election would be delayed by four weeks. The cause? A new cluster of coronavirus cases after the country had previously gone months without a case of local transmission. What is this country?

18. There's a certain type of 'problem' popularly referenced in both political science and economics in which agents are motivated to act in their own best interests, which are contrary to those of either shareholders or citizens. This example of a moral hazard is typically referred to as the '______-agent problem.' What word fills in the blank?

19. 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?'

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

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

22. In the United States, what process must began with the lower house of a legislature bringing charges against a civil officer of government and is an analogous process to a grand jury bringing an indictment?

23. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison used the pen name 'Publius' to publish what set of 85 essays in New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788?

24. William Rehnquist was a 20th century American most famous for his long-serving role in which of the three branches of the federal government?

25. The first televised U.S. presidential debate was broadcast from Chicago's CBS Studios. With one guess, name either of the two men participating in the debate as a presidential candidate.

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