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1. Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae and Freddie Mac aren't long-lost relatives. They are quasi-federal agencies. What can they help you do?

2. Who would most likely use the Head Start program instituted by the federal government in 1965?

3. What did the Nineteenth Amendment make every state do?

4. Enlisted members of the US military are sometimes awarded hash marks. For what?

5. Hierocracy and ecclesiocracy are near synonyms for what other world?

6. In the US Army, Marines and Air Force, what is the lowest rank of commissioned officer?

7. Which president claimed 'We did not-repeat- did not trade weapons or anything else for hostages. Nor will we'?

8. Where can you see the US Constitution?

9. A 1782 resolution defined the meaning of some patriotic colors. Which of these was NOT defined in that resolution?

10. What is Senator John McCain's middle name?

11. Where was Nixon adviser Henry Kissinger born?

12. Which of the following generals is currently a member of the president's cabinet?

13. How many US Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?

14. Which presidential monument is an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington DC?

15. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed by Congress to protect the voting rights of whom?

16. Besides the Senate, what is the other chamber of the U.S. Congress?

17. Under which Department is the Citizenship and Immigration Service?

18. Moderate Republicans are sometimes nicknamed what, in honor of Gerald Ford's vice president?

19. Which president communicated with his wife in Chinese to keep the conversation private?

20. In 1798, Samuel Osgoode was the first of these, and in 1971, Winston Blount became the last to be in Cabinet, Who?