UK Political Parties
How many seats did Labour win in the 2024 election?
411
Which Prime Minister signed the Good Friday Agreement in 1998?
Tony Blair
Who was President of the USA when they withdrew from Afghanistan?
Joe Biden
What is the process by which Congress overrides a presidential veto?
Veto override - two thirds majority vote needed
What article of the constitution contains the powers of Congress?
Article 1
What political party won 72 seats in 2024?
Which Prime Minister triggered Article 50 to begin the Brexit process?
Theresa May
Which U.S. President signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law?
George W. Bush
How many Senate seats are up for election every two years?
33 or 34
List one source of the UK constitution outside of Acts of Parliament.
Conventions, works of constitutional authority
Who led the Conservative Party from 1975-1990?
Margaret Thatcher
How long was Liz Truss Prime Minister?
45 days
Which U.S. President won the Electoral College while losing the popular vote by the largest margin in history?
Donald Trump
What constitutional clause gives Congress the power to make laws “necessary and proper”?
The elastic clause
What does the supremacy clause of the US constitution state?
Federal law is supreme over state law
Who led the Liberal Democrats during the 2010–2015 coalition government with the Conservatives?
Nick Clegg
Who was Prime Minister during the financial crisis of 2008?
Gordon Brown
Which two presidents have both sat two terms non consecutively?
Donald Trump and Grosvenor Cleveland
What type of bill must originate in the House of Representatives?
Revenue/money bills
Roughly how many amendments to the US constitution have been suggested and how many have passed?
11,000, 27
Which political party was historically linked with the trade union movement?
The Labour Party
Which Prime Minister invoked the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 to call an early general election?
Theresa May
Which President implemented DACA?
Obama
Define a cloture motion.
Used to end debate on a bill or nomination and bring it to a vote, most often used for a filibuster.
Name one author of a work of constitutional authority used in the UK constititon.
Walter Bagehot, Erskine May, A V Dicey