Political Science
Developed the notion of a ‘social contract’, whereby people surrender certain liberties in favor of order.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This University was the birthplace of the PPE discipline in the 1920s.
What is Oxford University?
When an increase in the security of one state leads to a decrease in the security of all other states due to uncertainty of intentions under international anarchy.
What is a security dilemma?
The first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
This professor was kicked out of a Psychology class as an undergraduate.
Who is Prof. Westra?
The body that chooses the next U.S. president if the vote in the Electoral College is tied
What is the U.S. House of Representatives?
I argued that capitalism alienates workers from their humanity, separating them from each other and from what they make.
Who is Karl Marx?
The economic principle that explains how countries can benefit from trade by specializing in the production of goods in which they have a lower opportunity cost.
What is comparative advantage?
She said, “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”
Who is Beyonce?
This professor lived in Berlin when the Berlin Wall fell down.
Who is Prof Bontcheva?
he Treaty of Tlatelolco, prohibiting nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, was prompted by this crisis.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
I inspired an essay illustrating just how miraculous it is that I came to exist, and how it is impossible that any one person could manufacture me, such that we should marvel at the free market.
What is the pencil? Or what is “I, Pencil”?
This US Air Force long-range, supersonic bomber is nicknamed the “bone.”
What is the B-1?
The Minnesota politician who wrote a senior thesis in college titled “Uncovering the Dome,” with over 250 pages on the decade of politics surrounding the Metrodome in Minneapolis
Who is Amy Klobuchar?
This professor has a one-on-one photo with Donald Trump, Jr.?
Who is Prof Sung Soo Lim?
The number of countries (within ten) that have unicameral legislatures.
What is 111-114?
This concept describes a situation in which a shared common resource is depleted and ruined by individual actions that can make sense from an individualist perspective but harm the overall common good.
What is the tragedy of the commons?
Two of the five countries with the largest populations living in extreme poverty as of 2025.
What is Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Tanzania?
The country that was the first to give women the formal right to vote.
What is New Zealand? (1863)
This professor fastened a lapel microphone onto the collar of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Who is Prof Watson?
This leader bestowed upon himself the Victorious Cross medal and the decoration of Conqueror of the British Empire.
Who is Idi Amin?
Players considering this type of game must grapple with both the international dynamics at play between countries AND the internal domestic realities that each country’s leaders must attend to.
What are two-level games?
Great Britain fought this major-power rival in the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
What is Spain?
The country that had the first female prime minister
What is Sri Lanka? (1960)
This professor ran the Chicago Marathon.
Who is Prof Hessler?