Playing the Field
Before Gerald Ford served as a 12-term Congressman, Vice President, and President, he was a star football player at this school, leading them to back-to-back national championships:
What is Michigan?
This former Congressman from Illinois was the youngest member of Congress elected in 2009 and resigned in 2015 amid allegations he used campaign and official funds to pay for lavish vacations, Super Bowl tickets, and massages:
Who is Aaron Schock?
This Pennsylvania Congressman was the first Speaker of the House, elected in 1793:
Who is Frederick Muhlenberg?
This former Senator from Vermont appeared in multiple Batman movies:
Who is Patrick Leahy?
The Editorial Board of which major newspaper wrote an editorial this year titled "Mike Johnson, Leader of the Free World":
What is the Wall Street Journal?
This former two-term Congressman from Ohio played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected 32nd overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2007 NFL Draft:
Who is Anthony Gonzalez?
George Santos, the less-than-one-term Congressman from New York, was expelled from Congress in December, a surprisingly rare occurrence. How many other members have been expelled from Congress in its history?
What is 5?
This former Speaker holds the title of the shortest tenured Speaker, holding the gavel for one singular day in 1869:
Who is Theodore Pomeroy?
This 1939 satirical film tells the story of an idealistic young man appointed to the U.S. Senate because the Governor of his state believes he'll be easy to manipulate:
What is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?
What is Caddo Middle Magnet?
Burgess Owens, a sophomore Congressman from Utah, is the only Member of Congress to also have a Super Bowl Ring, which he won in 1972 playing for this NFL franchise:
Who are the Oakland Raiders?
Following a dispute over the abolition of slavery, in 1856, Preston Brooks, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina, brutally caned Charles Sumner on the floor of the Old Senate Chamber. Charles Sumner represented this U.S. state in the Senate:
What is Massachusetts?
This Speaker of the House and future Senatorial giant helped John Quincy Adams secure the only contingent presidential election in U.S. history:
Who is Henry Clay?
This sitting Congressman has multiple film credits, namely for the 2012 war movie Act of Valor:
Who is Derrick Van Orden?
During his time at LSU, Speaker Johnson was the President of this organization:
What is the Interfraternity Council (IFC)?
Tommy Tuberville is a first-term U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama, but before his ascent to Washington, D.C, he was a D1 College Football Head Coach for four different schools. Name three:
What is Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech, or Cincinnati?
This former Congressman represented multiple districts in Arizona and resigned in 2017 after the House Ethics Committee investigated allegations he offered $5 million to a female staffer to impregnate her:
Who is Trent Franks?
The only Speaker to ascend to the office with less time served in office than Speaker Johnson was this Democratic Congressman from Kentucky:
Who is John G. Carlisle?
The Campaign is a 2012 comedic film featuring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as Congressional candidates fighting to represent this U.S. state in Congress:
What is North Carolina?
Three members of Congress voted present on the internal Conference ballot electing Mike Johnson as Speaker, name two:
Who are Thomas Massie, French Hill, or Mark Amodei?
This former Congressman from Oklahoma played 14 seasons at Wide Receiver for the Seattle Seahawks from 1976-1989:
Who is Steve Largent?
This former Ohio Congressman who left office in 2011 claimed he had no knowledge of a male-brothel being held at his Eastern Market row house while in office:
Who is Barney Frank?
This former Maine Congressman and Speaker of the House is credited with elevating the power and influence of the Rules Committee, leading to it's moniker as the "Speaker's Committee":
Who is Thomas Brackett Reed?
This now-deceased, provocative daytime talk show host was the former Mayor of Cincinnati and a Democrat candidate for Ohio's 2nd Congressional District in 1970:
Who is Jerry Springer?
In 2016, Mike Johnson defeated four other Republicans in a 8-person race to represent Louisiana's 4th Congressional district. Name them all:
Who are Trey Baucum, Oliver Jenkins, Elbert Guillory, and Rick John?