New Hires
Our new pollster, Sumati Thomas, attended undergrad in the same state in which she currently resides. She attended this university, located in the city of Hattiesburg.
University of Southern Mississippi
This US president was the first to pardon a turkey.
Hint: he's often referred to by his initials
JFK
Change Research helped Tim Greimel get elected mayor last month! Mr. Greimel is now the Mayor-elect of this Michigan city.
Pontiac, MI
Change Research supported the campaign of the newly-elected Mayor of Edison, New Jersey, Sam Joshi. We also polled, separately, for the Democratic Party of this county, which encompasses Edison.
Middlesex County
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell this week signaled the Fed’s bond-buying program could end sooner than expected because of this economic force.
(Hint: you also may have seen this force at play in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade)
Inflation
One question in the standard interview for the Progressive Talent Pipeline, which connected us with Jewel and Suzanne, asks respondents to identify these 5 states that have more than 400,000 unregistered eligible voters who are younger than 24. (Get 4 right)
CA, NY, FL, PA, TX
The internal organs of a store-bought turkey are usually found in a small bag inside the bird. This is the collective name for these organs.
Giblets
Change Research polled for this county party that contains the city of Syracuse, NY.
(Hint: starts with an O)
Onondaga County
This New Jerseyan served as United States Ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama
Governor Phil Murphy
Five adults and an 8-year-old boy were killed and more were injured after the driver of an S.U.V. plowed through onlookers during a holiday ritual in a suburb of this American city.
(Name the city or the suburb)
Milwaukee, WI (Waukesha)
This new hire currently has a fiancée (Oliver does not count as "new" here)
Anna Pokrovsky
This Native American tribe, depicted in the American story of the first Thanksgiving, had their lives and society were forever damaged after the English arrived in Plymouth. They are known as the W________ tribe
Wampanoag
Last month, Change Research won a major statewide RFP to conduct polling for a state legislative IE group in this state. (Hint: the consortium's initials are HRP)
Iowa
The Virginia House of Delegates has 100 seats. The Virginia State Senate has this many seats
(Answer must be 5 seats or fewer off for points)
40
Stephen Sondheim, one of Broadway history’s songwriting titans, passed last week at age 91. Sondheim wrote the lyrics for this famous musical in 1957, a play whose the story is inspired by one of William Shakespeare's most famous works.
West Side Story (Romeo & Juliet)
Kyla Ronellenfitsch's only retweet in 2021 shows Canada’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom meeting with Her Majesty The Queen over Zoom. Each was in a UK royal residence: the commissioner at Buckingham Palace, and the Queen at _______ Castle.
Windsor
This US State produces the most cranberries in the country, producing around 60% of the nation's annual crop
Wisconsin
The sales team is currently in negotiations with Scarlet Oak Strategies, a firm owned by one of our Change Agents, to do some polling in this mid-Atlantic state, where they are located.
Maryland
New Jersey has 12 US House seats. This number of those seats are currently held by Republicans.
2
This apparel company filed a lawsuit against the fitness company Peloton on Monday, accusing it of patent infringement over the designs of a new line of leggings and sports bras.
Lululemon
New Head of P+A and lifelong Hoosier Adam Kirsch used to lead the Democratic Party for this county, which encompasses the city Indianapolis, Indiana.
Marion County
Black Friday is the biggest day of the year for many retail stores, but is also consistently the most profitable day of the year for this blue collar trade.
Plumbing
One of Change Research's very first clients was Virginia's only declared socialist ever to win a seat in the House of Delegates. This is this now-private citizen's name.
Lee Carter
The first successful commercial crop of this plant was cultivated in Virginia in 1612 by Englishman John Rolfe. Within seven years, it was the colony's largest export.
Tobacco
On Nov. 29, it was announced that ____ ______ would be stepping down as chief executive of _______, the social media site he co-founded. (Must get both)
Jack Dorsey, Twitter