Illinois
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100

This Illinois Constitutional office is in charge of paying the State of Illinois' bills. It is currently held by Suzana Mendoza.

Comptroller

100

These are the Three Branches of Government

Executive, Legislative, and Judicial

100

These Presidents called Illinois home?

Lincoln, Reagan, Obama

100

This PAC has been at the forefront of good-faithed (and bad-faithed) debate about foreign PAC involvement in American elections.

AIPAC

200

This is the number of Representatives Illinois sends to the US House of Representatives.

17

200

This many electoral votes are needed to win the Presidency

270

200

These are the only two presidents to be elected twice non-consecutively.

Grover Cleveland & Donald Trump

200

This Washington D.C. building has been in the middle of a power struggle between the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court for the past year and a half. Today the Supreme Court ruled that it could not change the name of the building.

The Kennedy Center

300

This Illinois Governor is the only Governor without a portrait in the Illinois Capitol. (He was sent to Federal Prison, and then pardoned by Trump)

Rod R. Blagojevich

300

This Ugandan Immigrant took the internet by storm calling for a Rent-Freeze, Free Public Transportation, and proud calls for Democratic Socialism

Zohran Mamdani

300
One of the most infamous third party candidates in American Presidential Elections since 2012, who is known for showing up only during election years and disappearing from the public eye until the next one.

Jill Stein

300

This State's Republican Party voted for a candidate who dropped out of the race, over a Trump backed candidate. Seemingly because of Racism and Xenophobia.

Michigan

(Amir Hassan lost to Thomas Smith who got 50% of the vote after dropping out in July and only raising about $1,800 to Hassan's $700,000)

300

This  presidential candidate has a building named after him on EIU Campus, what was his name and who was his opponent (Name at least 1).

Lincoln (John Bell, George McClellan)

Stevenson (Eisenhower)

400

This Illinois Politician played professional basketball in Greece.

Alexi Giannoulias

400
A Senate rule required one Senator to pee in a bucket behind the door to the coatroom, to continue doing this

Fillibuster

400

This Third Party Presidential Candidate was shot in the middle of a campaign speech

Theodore Roosevelt

400

This senator spoke at a rally today focused on human control over AI. He has been one of the most vocal senate voices against AI and the path it could be taking.

Bernie Sanders

500

Name 4 people running for Chicago Mayor on the Democratic Ticket.

Matt Brewer, George Cardenas, Alexi Giannoulias, Mike Quigley, Brandon Johnson, Joe Holberg, John Kelly, Dr. Lisa Nee, Maria Pappas, Liam Stanton, Mark Su, Willie Wilson

500

Name the most Government Agencies (as listed on Wikipedia) you can. 

The team with the most not answered by the other team wins. 

Wrong Answers lose a point.

500

Name the most presidents you can that were shot, or shot at. 

The team with the most not answered by the other team wins. 

Wrong Answers lose a point.

Jackson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, FDR, Truman, Ford, Reagan, Clinton, Obama, Bush, Trump

Also Any president who was in a war

500

This many days until the Midterm Elections

49