House-hold Knowledge
General Knowledge
Branches of the Executive
Misleading 70s/80s Movie Plots
Sports by terms
100

This state, sometimes known as the Codfish state, has only 9 seats in the House of Representatives.

What is Massachusetts?

100

What is the plural of the position at the head of the Department of Justice?

What are Attorneys General?

100

This person currently serves as the President of the Senate.

Who is Vice President Mike Pence?

100

This hit follows entrepreneurs Peter, Ray, and Egon as they start the first ever parapsychologist business in New York City, ultimately fighting to keep Zuul from emerging into the world.

What is Ghostbusters?

100

A triple-double in this sport signifies a great game by a particular player.

What is basketball?

200

The number of voting Members of the United States Congress.

What is 535? (Senate and House)

200

Formed through the merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company, this massive conglomerate has their symbol prominently displayed on the jerseys of the Boston Celtics.

What is General Electric?

200

This provision in the Constitution allows for the impeachment of the President of the United States.

What is the 25th Amendment?

200

This film trilogy tells the story of a young man who was separated from his sister as a newborn in order to protect them from their murderous father, and later the main character is indoctrinated into a religious cult that is bent on overthrowing everything the father had built.

What is Star Wars (original trilogy)?

200

A safety in this sport gains your team two points.

What is football?

300

How many states only have 1 Representative in the House?

What is 7? (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming)

300

This company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009 and required helped through the Troubled Asset Relief Program by the US Treasury to keep its engines running.

What is General Motors?

300

This is the day when each new Presidential Administration begins, a.k.a. Inauguration Day.

What is January 20th?

300

Befriending a disgraced nuclear scientist was just the beginning of the troubles the main character of this film faced, as his adventure leads to him having to make his mother and father fall in love again, or else be erased from existence.

What is Back to the Future?

300

Scoring in this sport is determined by the number of runs scored and the number of wickets lost by each team.

What is cricket?

400

The House requires this many votes to pass through a normal piece of legislation.

What is 218? (simple majority)

400

This person served as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and also helped plan the invasion at Normandy, and would later be the 34th President of the United States.

Who is General Dwight D. Eisenhower?

400
List the first two positions in the Presidential Line of Succession in order, and at least 3 of the next 5 in the Line of Succession (does not have to be in order).


What are the Vice President and Speaker of the House? What are the President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, and Attorney General?

400

An illegal alien crosses into California, and while fleeing the authorities, takes refuge by befriending small children who agree to hide them. The children then use Halloween to smuggle the alien out of the country, closely pursued by authorities throughout the film.

What is E.T.?

400

A burned stone in this sport means that a stone in motion was touched by a member of either team, or touched by their equipment.

What is curling?

500
Averaged out across all members of the House, this is about how many Americans each Representatives represents. (close approximations will be accepted)

What are 747,000 Americans?

500

This is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations, comprised of all 193 Member States of the UN.

What is the General Assembly?

500

Just name the current Secretary of Energy.

Who is Dan Brouillette?

500

An immigrant teaches a young man how to use violence to gain self-confidence in exchange for doing chores around his house. The immigrant then enters his disciple in a bloody tournament, only to have the disciple's main competition try to cripple him by sweeping the leg.

What is The Karate Kid?

500

Judging in this sport is often conducted in French, with the ref often saying "En garde! PrĂȘts? Allez!" to begin a round, resulting in the contestants trying to stab each other.

What is fencing?

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