Constitution
Modern Politics
Presidents
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Botched Assassinations
100

This official serves as the President of the Senate and casts the deciding vote in the event of a tie.

Vice President

100

What section of the White House houses the offices of the senior executive staff?

The West Wing

100

Before becoming the 40th president, this former Hollywood actor would eat jelly beans to help him quit smoking pipes:

Ronald Reagan?

100

What Indiana law provides immunity for arrest for underage alcohol offenses in the case of a medical emergency?

The Lifeline Law

100

In 1835, a gunman attempted to assassinate President Andrew Jackson with two pistols. After both weapons misfired, the furious 67-year-old president attacked his would-be assassin with this object.

Cane

200

This is the only specific crime explicitly defined by the text of the U.S. Constitution.

Treason

200

To celebrate a college football championship during a 2019 government shutdown, the White House famously served a candlelight dinner consisting of 300 burgers from this restaurant.

McDonalds

200

He was the first president to live in the White House, moving in during the year 1800 before it was even fully finished:

John Adams

200

In 1897, the Indiana House of Representatives nearly passed a bill legally redefining this mathematical constant to exactly 3.2, because actual geometry was apparently too difficult.

Pi

200

In 1912, what president survived being shot in the chest because the bullet passed through his eyeglass case and 50 pages of his campaign speech?

Theodore Roosevelt

300

This amendment states that any powers not explicitly given to the federal government are reserved for the states or the people.

Tenth Amendment

300

What Netflix political drama stars Keifer Sutherland thrust into the presidency after a catastrophic attack?

Designated Survivor

300

Andrew Jackson's pet parrot, Poll, had to be removed from the president's 1845 funeral because it wouldn't stop doing this

Swearing

300

Despite possessing the unassuming demeanor of a mild-mannered accountant, this former Indiana governor was gifted by the action-movie nickname "The Blade" by George W. Bush for ruthlessly slashing federal budgets.

Mitch Daniels

300

In 1975, this president survived two separate assassination attempts by two different women in just 17 days.

Gerald Ford

400

These collective five freedoms are protected by the First Amendment.

speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition

400

Holding the official title of "Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office," this four-legged resident of 10 Downing Street moved in back in 2011 and has outlasted six British prime ministers.

Larry the Cat

400

This specific species of reptile was kept as a pet in a White House bathroom by John Quincy Adams, who reportedly used it to terrify unsuspecting guests

Alligator

400

It is a serious offense in Indiana if you use your bare hands to catch this fish because it removes them from their natural habitats and environment.

Catfish

400

In 1960 this dictator survived the CIA sneaking an explosive cigar into his personal supply, as well as 600 other odd, foiled attacks.

Fidel Castro

500

Ratified in 1992, the 27th Amendment prevents Congress from doing this until an intervening election has taken place.

 Raising their own salaries/pay

500

This hip-hop mogul spent over $12 million of his own money on a 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, picking a Wyoming "biblical life coach" as his running mate and netting roughly 60,000 total votes.

Kanye West

500

Which president and first lady spoke in complete Mandarin Chinese together in the White House to prevent any eavesdropping on their conversations?

Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover

500

Despite the state's famous "Hoosier Hospitality," a bizarre and rarely enforced Indiana law technically makes it illegal to do this to a policeman

Wear a fake mustache

500

In 1944, a briefcase bomb under a meeting table destroyed the entire room but left this notable figure only minorly injured.

Adolf Hitler

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