New Conservative Era
Post-Cold War Era
Terrorism
Election Winners
100

Who was the new face of the Conservative Party?

Ronald Reagan

100

Was Clinton Pro or Anti Gay?

Pro

100

Who is the leader of Al Qaeda? 

Osama Bin Laden

100

Who won the 1980 election?

Ronald Reagan

200

When was Ronald Reagan shot?

March 6, 1981

200

Where was the shooting that took place in 1999 that led to the death of 12 classmates and one teacher?

Littleton, Colorado. 

200

How many planes did Al Qaeda take over?

4

200

Who were the two running candidates in the 1984 election?

Ronald Reagan and Walter F. Mondale

300

What is Reaganomics?

The economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity.

300

Clinton was the first Democratic president since ... ?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

300

Where did each plane land on 9/11?

Two into the twin towers, one into the Pentagon, and the last in Philadelphia. 

300

Who were the running candidates in the 1992 election?

William Clinton, George Bush, and Ross Perot

400

Who was the new Soviet Union leader?

Mikhail Gorbachev

400

What was Proposition 209?

Prohibition Against Discrimination or Preferential Treatment by State and Other Public Entities

400

Who are the Taliban? 

The Taliban emerged in 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the Afghan Civil War and largely consisted of students (talib) from the Pashtun areas of eastern and southern Afghanistan who had been educated in traditional Islamic schools, and fought during the Soviet–Afghan War.

400

Who were the running candidates in the 1996 election and what party did they represent. 

William Clinton (Democrat), Robert Dole (Republican), and Ross Perot (Reform)

500

What was one of the two major problems that occurred in the Reagan Administration?

  • Continuing captivity of a number of American hostages seized by Muslim extremist groups in bleeding Lebanon

  • Power of the left wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua

500

Name 5 countries that are in NATO for 200 points. Name 10 countries for 500. 

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

500

How many people died on 9/11? Within 50 people.

2,996

500

Who were the running candidates in the 2000 election, what party did they represent, and who won the election?

George W. Bush (Republican/Winner), Albert Gore Jr. (Democrat), and Ralph Nader (Green)