Elections & Voting
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Potpourri
100
The New York Times states that President Trump paid this amount of money on his 2017 Federal Income Tax
$750
100
What is the name of the governor who was the target victim of a botched kidnapping plan?
Gretchen Whitamer
100
Relating to a particular political party; biased in support of a side; favoring one side of an issue
Partisan
100
In February of 2020, the US president congratulated Kansas for the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl Victory. What is the capitol of the state he should have congratulated?
Jefferson City, Missouri
100
Born in 1897, Margaret Rudkin was the founder of Pepperidge Farm and the first female board member at which soup company currently headquartered in Camden, NJ?
Campbell's Soup Company
200
About 100 years ago, the 19th Amendment was made which allowed this
Women's Suffrage
200
President Trump nominated this attorney to fill the seat of the late RBG for the US Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett
200
A person now holding an office
Incumbent
200
If you tell someone you'll see them in Hell, in which US state do they expect to rendezvous?
Michigan
200
Identify this painting by Grant Wood:
American Gothic
300
Every 4 years, the US Presidential Inauguration happens on what day?
January 20th
300
This rapper met with and endorsed President Trump for reelection this week after discussing what Trump will do for black voters.
Lil Wayne
300
Manipulate the boundaries of so as to favor one party or class
Gerrymandering
300
Double Jeopardy: This US state has the longest official name. What is the full name of this state?
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
300
Without a calculator, what is 111x111?
12321
400
How is the Presidential Election Day date determined?
First Tuesday after the first Monday in November
400
Earlier this week, hundreds were left out in the cold in this US city as a result of transportation issues at Donald Trump's rally.
Omaha, Nebraska
400
The constitutional right to vote, a synonym of suffrage
Franchise
400
At about 27,413 mi², the Navajo Nation is the largest Native American reservation. It is almost the size of this US State, which has an area of 24,038 mi².
West Virginia
400
Identify the name of the US monument formerly known to Sioux Native Americans as the Six Grandfathers before what some people regard as its desecration began in 1927?
Mount Rushmore
500
Daily Double: The first virtual presidential debate is regarded to have happened in what year, between VP Richard Nixon and Senator John F Kennedey?
1960
500
There are two current PANdemics going on, name both of them
HIV/AIDs and Covid-19
500
Negative, often personal, frequently inaccurate or exaggerated attacks of the opposition.
Mudslinging
500
Often considered a peninsula, the state dance of this state is the Square Dance. Also, the first drive in theater took place here.
New Jersey
500
Written by Robert Frost, what is the name of the poem whose first line reads, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"
The Road Not Taken