Law and Politics
Which amendment gives you the right to an attorney?
6th Amendment
What year did the Civil War start?
1861
Who wrote the musical Hamilton?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
What's the capital of Texas?
Austin
What 2023 movie broke records for being the highest grossing film directed by a woman?
Barbie; Greta Gerwig
What’s the difference between felony and misdemeanor?
Felony = serious crime w/ longer sentence, Misdemeanor = less serious
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton was the first person to hold what government position?
Secretary of the Treasury
On which continent can you find the Sahara Desert?
Africa
Which video game character is a plumber from Brooklyn who fights turtles?
Mario
What is the minimum age required to run for US President?
35
What scandal in the 1970s led to President Nixon resigning from office?
Watergate
Hamilton argued for a strong central government. What opposing leader wanted more power for the states?
Thomas Jefferson
Which U.S. city is known as the "Windy City"?
Chicago
In Stranger Things, what song brings Max back from Vecna’s curse?
“Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush
What's the difference between a verdict of "guilty" and "liable"?
Guilty: criminal court
Liable: civil court
Who was this so-called “Mad Monk” whose bizarre death became a symbol of the crumbling Russian monarchy?
Grigori Rasputin
In early 20th-century Russia, the mystic Grigori Rasputin wormed his way into the royal family by convincing Tsarina Alexandra that he could heal her hemophiliac son. Feared for his political influence and notorious for his drunken debauchery, Rasputin’s enemies finally plotted his murder. According to legend, they poisoned him with cyanide-laced cakes and wine — which he survived — then shot him multiple times, bludgeoned him, and finally drowned him in a frozen river, where his body was later found.
Which Schuyler sister famously sings, “You want a revolution, I want a revelation”?
Angelica Schuyler
The city of Istanbul lies in two continents, which are they?
Europe and Asia
What musician holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won of all time?
Beyoncé
What’s the only amendment in U.S. history that repealed another amendment?
21st Amendment repealing Prohibition / 18th
Which city did Jan van Leiden and the Anabaptists transform into their short-lived “New Jerusalem”?
Münster, Germany — The Münster Rebellion
In the 1530s, a tailor-turned-preacher named Jan van Leiden seized control of the German city of Münster with his Anabaptist followers. After driving out anyone who opposed him, he crowned himself the “King of New Jerusalem,” imposed polygamy (marrying more than a dozen wives himself), forced residents to hand over all their possessions, and carried out brutal executions to maintain order. His reign ended when Catholic and Lutheran armies besieged the city, captured him, and displayed his corpse in an iron cage.
The duel that killed Hamilton took place in which New Jersey town, now marked by a memorial?
Weehawken, New Jersey
What is the smallest country in the world, both by size and population?
Vatican City
This French basketballer is the current center for the San Antonio Spurs.
Victor Wembenyama