Political Science Jeopardy

Political Science

100

What are the two major political parties in the US?

What are Republicans and Democrats?

200

What is the number of years of a Presidential term?

What is four?

300

What is the number of US House of Representatives seats that Kansas currently has?

What is 125?

400

Who was the only US President to resign?

Who is Richard Nixon?

500

What is the name of the current US Secretary of State?

Who is Antony Blinken?

Political Science

100

What is the current US President's name?

Who is Joe Biden?

200

What is the group that serves as the President's closest advisors?

What is Cabinet?

300

Which branch of the US Government holds the power to declare war?

What is the executive?

400

Who is the only US President who never lived in the White House?

Who is George Washington?

500

Name the current House Representative from your district.

Who is Ron Estes?

Political Science

100

What are the three branches of US government?

What are executive, judicial, and legislative?

200

What is the minimun age to become President?

What is 35?

300

What is the number of US Representatives that currently serve in the House?

What is 435?

400

What body has the final say on whether a law is constitutional?

What is the Supreme Court?

500

Name a current US Senator from Kansas.

Who is Jerry Moran or Roger Marshall?

Political Science

100

What are the two chambers of the legislative branch?

What are the House and Senate?

200

What political position has the authority to pardon any criminal?

What is the president?

300

Who was the youngest US President?

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

400

Who is America's biggest foreign ally?

Who is the United Kingdom (England)?

500

What supreme court case declared state laws that allowed separate public schools for Whites and Blacks illegal?

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

Political Science

100

What party currently holds the majority in the US House of Representatives?

What is the Democratic Party?

200

What is the part of the Constitution that specifically lists citizens' rights?

What is the Bill of Rights?

300

Who is third in line to the Presidency of the US?

Who is the Speaker of the House?

400

What US President made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

Who is Harry Truman?

500

What Middle Eastern country most recently protested and is experiencing a change in government?

What is Egypt?