Policy Schmolicy
Colorado Trivia
The Bell at 25
Potpourri
100
In the 2020 election, Colorado voters approved this new benefit for workers across the state, with the passage of Proposition 118.
What is paid family and medical leave (or FAMLI)?
100
This Denver high school’s many notable alumni include the creator of Barbie, Academy Award winning actor / Marvel superhero Don Cheadle, the members of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Earth, Wind, and Fire, and World Champion hurdler David Oliver.
What is East High School?
100
This current Director of the Office of Just Transition was the first president of the Bell.
Who is Wade Buchanan?
100
This Denver poet, boxer, and activist was a pivotal figure in the Chicano movement in the 1960s and 70s.
Who is Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales?
200
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights prohibits a real estate transfer tax, a local income tax, and this type of income tax structure that asks the wealthy to pay more.
What is a graduated (or progressive) income tax?
200
This Saturday Night Live cast member and co-host of the “Las Culturistas” podcast was voted as “Most Likely to Be a Cast Member on Saturday Night Live” by his 2008 graduating class at Smoky Hill High School in Aurora.
Who is Bowen Yang?
200
In 2018, The Bell was one of the leaders on Proposition 111, which capped interest rates on these types of lending products?
What are payday loans?
200
This type of health insurance plan, best known for its three-letter acronym, generated great controversy during the 1990s.
What is an HMO?
300
Current Treasurer Dave Young has been one of the foremost evangelists for this worker benefit that the Bell championed, which finally passed through the legislature in 2020.
What is Secure Savings (retirement savings)?
300
Denver Water introduced this practice, which allows homeowners to keep an attractive lawn while conserving water, during a drought in 1981.
What is Xeriscaping?
300
One of the three “founding mothers” of the Bell, she was the first woman to become a Colorado Supreme Court Justice and served as the lead attorney in Romer v Evans, a landmark US Supreme Court ruling for LGBTQ rights.
Who is Jean Dubofsky?
300
This rate, used by county governments, determines the percentage of a property subject to tax.
What is an assessment rate?
400
Colorado has given over $1 billion in TABOR rebates this many times since TABOR was passed in the 1992 General Election.
What is 3 times?
400
Colorado sends the second most Olympians per capita of any US state, just behind this much smaller state.
What is Vermont?
400
This two-time James Beard award-winning author, barbeque judge, and culinary historian is known as the Soul Food Scholar – and also spent several years as the Bell’s General Counsel and Director of Outreach.
Who is Adrian Miller?
400
This popular lunch item is also used to describe the generation of adults raising children while also caring for their own aging parents.
What is a sandwich?