The (blank's) mission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets and facilitate capital formation. It was founded in 1934 to restore the public's faith in capital markets.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
The (blank) serves as the nation's central bank. It consists of a seven member Board of Governors with headquarters in Washington, D.C., and twelve reserve banks located in major cities throughout the United States. The system is key to implementing the nation’s monetary policies.
Federal Reserve Bank
100
This group, comprised of finance ministers and central bank governors, has met annually since 1999 to promote dialogue between industrialized and emerging- market countries. The 19 member nations plus the European Union represent 90% of the world's gross national product.
G-20 (Group of Twenty)
100
Was the current Brookings President's full name?
John Rutherford Allen
100
This world leader captured headlines in December when she called then President-elect Trump. She is also the first female president of Taiwan.
Tsai Ing- Wen
200
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
Mandate
200
With a combined nominal GDP of close to $15 trillion, the “BRICS” are at the forefront of the world's emerging economies. "BRICS" is the acronym for?
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
200
In addition to China, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, this country is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
France
200
Name 5 research programs at Brookings
Economic Studies, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, Metropolitan Policy, Governance Studies
200
This Foreign Minister has the votes to be Austria’s new chancellor as well as their youngest leader.
Sebastian Kurz
300
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
Cooperative federalism
300
This Senior Fellow’s book “Dream Hoarders” examines how the American upper middle class is leaving everyone else in the dust.
Richard Reeves
300
Iran and this country, signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to improve border security.
Pakistan
300
Brookings International Office Locations
Doha, Tsinghua, India
300
Which president was the first to have his photograph taken while in office?
James Polk
400
Landmark case that held all interstate commerce will be regulated by the national government.
Gibbons v. Ogden
400
Refers to the use by government agencies of information technologies that can transform relations with citizens, businesses and other arms of government.
E-government
400
The Global Terrorism Index (GTI), compiled by the Institute for Economics & Peace, named this country as the most affected by terrorism.
Iraq
400
The Brookings Institution traces its beginnings back to what year?
1916
400
Which state by far has been home to the most Speakers of the House?
Massachusetts
500
An independent U.S. agency, the (blank) provides national security intelligence to senior US policy-makers. This agency collects and analyzes information to warn the president and government agencies of threats to national security, and conducts covert action deemed necessary by the president as a preemptive measure to these threats.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
500
This 2005 book applied economic theory to diverse subjects not usually covered by “traditional” economists and argued that economics is, at the root, the study of incentives.
Freakonomics
500
With China's 18th Party Congress now concluded, the new leadership has been announced and seven people were named to the (blank) Standing Committee.
Politburo
500
The number of presidents to lead Brookings in its 101- year history.
8
500
(Daily Double) This former U.S. President had a daily morning ritual of swimming nude in the Potomac River.