General Knowledge 1
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
Who is our current president?
Donald Trump
How many U.S Senators are there?
100
This was the current monarch of Britain during the Revolutionary period.
King George III
What type of machines are forestry officials in Mexico using to help reseed portions of the woods that were scorched by fires last year?
Drones
At a summit, world leaders from China and the United States met to discuss the fate of what island nation?
Taiwan
What was unique about the thief who stole chips from a British grocery store?
He was a seagull
What is the name of the person who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
Name two of the three unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
27
How old do you have to be to vote for president?
18+
How many members of the House of Representatives are there?
435
This term means something cannot be taken away.
Inalienable or unalienable
In what South American nation would you find the ancient Inca site Machu Picchu, where recent protests in September had stranded hundreds of tourists and had contributed to a travel warning?
Peru
February 9 marked exactly 201 years since the U.S. House of Representatives chose what president – the sixth American leader, who ran in the 1824 election?
John Quincy Adams
Recent data from Pew Research indicates that in recent decades – under Democratic and Republican leadership – fewer than 50 percent of Americans have had a great deal of trust in what?
The news
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What part of the Constitution creates the Judicial Branch of government?
Article III
Name two rights or freedoms from the First Amendment aside from Freedom of Speech?
Freedom of religion, Freedom of the press, Freedom of assembly, or freedom to petition the government
To what do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
flag, USA, our country
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
9
This is the term that means honest or truthful.
Candid
In what nation are locals in the High Atlas Mountains trying to preserve their “whistle language,” though its use is dwindling as the remote population shrinks?
Morocco
What U.S. state has become the scene of unrest after controversial events involving immigration agents, protesters, suspects and politicians?
Minnesota
What is the world’s largest island – a self-governing place that’s officially part of Denmark and that also has strategic importance to the U.S. and its rivals?
Greenland
What diplomat was publicly humiliated in front of British parliament, prompting him to join the Revolutionary cause?
Benjamin Franklin
What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was passed in 1971 and ratified in less time than any other, lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?
26th Amendment
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
"We the people"
We elect a U.S Senator for how many years?
6
How many positions are there in the U.S. cabinet?
15
This term means cruel, harsh, and unfair government or control by a person or small group who holds absolute power.
Tyranny
What country, which is both an ally of Russia and a trading partner of the U.S., is now subject to a 50% tariff on goods it sells in America because of its continued purchase of Russian oil?
India
What has recently gone on display in France’s Musée d'Orsay, decades after Nazis stole it from European Jews?
Orphaned artworks
A state in Australia is expanding conservation efforts for what animal, though the logging industry says the new protections will negatively impact hundreds of jobs?
Koalas
Who commanded the Green Mountain Boys?
Ethan Allen
What is the name of the Supreme Court case that created the concept of Judicial Review?
Marbury vs. Madison
What are the two parts of the US congress?
Senate, House of Representatives
freed the slaves
How many electoral votes does the state of Kansas have?
6
This term means that a government holds absolute, unlimited power and control, and it usually abusive in nature.
Despotism
What was the name of the hurricane that struck six U.S. states just over a year ago and had a devastating effect on parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, which saw heavy rain beforehand?
Helene
A suspected thief in the United Kingdom who recently tried to escape through a farm was surrounded and blocked by what animals, eventually leading to his arrest?
Llamas
On its list of vulnerable heritage sites, the World Monuments Fund recently included what location for the first time?
The moon
What group of mercenaries did Washington defeat after famously crossing the Delaware River on Christmas?
The Hessians
What part of the Constitution states that the Constitution cannot be called into question by any other law or entity?
Article VI or the Supremacy Clause