US Counties
Chicago is located in this county, named for an anti-slavery politician
What is Cook County?
This political party currently governs the UK
What is the Conservative Party?
This is the last election year where a Democrat won Indiana for President
What is 2008?
These are the two candidates for longest river in the world
What are the Amazon and the Nile?
This governor attempted to sell Barack Obama's senate seat to the highest bidder
Who is Rod Blagojevich?
This is the most populous county in America, with around 10 million people
What is Los Angeles County?
This third party holds a number of seats in the Vermont Legislature
What is the Progressive Party?
This is the last election year where Republicans won the popular vote for President
What is 2004?
These five countries constitute the Anglosphere (by general consensus)
What are the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand?
This governor ran twice for President, losing to Dwight D. Eisenhower both times
Who is Adlai Stevenson?
This is the only county in America named for a Portugese person
What is Queens County?
This political party controlled Minnesota politics during the New Deal era
What is the Farmer-Labor party?
This is the last election year where Republicans won Cook County (Chicago + inner burbs)
What is 1972?
South Africa completely surrounds this small nation
What is Lesotho?
Governor Otto Kerner was the son-in-law of this assassinated Chicago Mayor
Who is Anton Cermak?
This is the least populated county in America. It is located in Texas and has a very sweet name
What is Loving County?
The leader of this Canadian political party is Jagmeet Singh
What is the New Democratic Party?
This is the last election year when Biden's best state (Vermont) voted more Republican than his worst state (Wyoming)
What is 1960?
France's longest border is with this country
What is Brazil?
This pro-labor governor pardoned three defendants who participated in the Haymarket Riot
Who is John Peter Altgeld?
There are two counties with diacritical marks in their name - Doña Ana County and Coös County. They are located in these states (both have "New" in their names)
What are New Mexico and New Hampshire.
This political party briefly held influence in Illinois in the 1980s. It was named in order to court the state's sizeable Polish population
What is the Solidarity Party?
This is the last election where neither the Democratic Presidential candidate nor the VP candidate were from the South (as defined by the Census Bureau)
What is 1984?
This is the least densely populated country on Earth
What is Mongolia?
This is the most recent Democrat to serve 2 full terms as governor and not go to jail. A park in Irving Park and a housing project on the Westside are named for him
Who is Henry Horner?