In this dystopian novel, Big Brother is watching you.
What is 1984?
100
Vene, vidi, vici!
What is "I came, I saw, I conquered"?
100
Two Washington Post journalists cover the Watergate story.
What is All the President's Men?
100
The Soviet Union and the United States clashed during this missile crisis.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
The man believed that is better for a ruler to be feared, than loved.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
200
This allegorical and dystopian novella by George Orwell features barn animals.
What is Animal Farm?
200
En banc
What is the entire bench?
200
This Ben-Affleck directed film depicts the events of the Iran hostage crisis and won an Oscar for Best Picture.
What is Argo?
200
This nation helped the Americans in the American revolution against the British.
Who are the French?
300
In the 1840s, this German wrote the communist manifesto.
Who is Karl Marx?
300
This 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. book covers a non-violent movement against racial segregation, specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign.
What is Why We Can't Wait?
300
Stare decisis
What is "let the decision stand"?
300
A California senator raps to get re-elected.
What is Bulworth?
300
What proxy war has never officially ended.
What is the Korean war?
400
This British philosopher was witness to the English Civil War which fueled a few of his writings including the Leviathan.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
400
This famous ex-patriot American writer wrote books including A Farewell to Arms and the Sun Also Rises.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
400
Habeas corpus
What is "have the body"?
400
Although Stanley Kubrick is known for films including The Shining and A Clockwork Orange, he first directed this political satire about dropping an atomic bomb.
What is Dr. Strangelove?
400
This attack also known as Operation Z was a surprise military attack against the U.S. in 1941.
What is attack on Pearl Harbor?
500
Back in 17th century England, he wrote two treatises on government, one of which contained his state of nature theory.
Who is John Locke?
500
These two books were written by Barack Obama.
What is The Audacity of Hope and Dreams of My Father?
500
Carpe diem
What is "seize the day"?
500
This 1939 American political drama has the infamous scene of Mr. Smith launching a filibuster in the U.S. Senate.
What is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?
500
Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed this overture based on this war.