Women in Politics
First woman to be a presidential nominee of a major party
Hillary Clinton
Shasta's counterpart
Sasha
Number of seats in Texas Senate
31
Number of seats in the U.S. Senate
100
First president to live in the White House
John Adams
First woman Vice President
Kamala Harris
UH's U.S. Congressperson
Sheila Jackson Lee
Who can call a special session of the Texas Legislature?
Governor of Texas
Number of Justices on the Supreme Court
9
Youngest president elected (hint: he was 42)
Theodore Roosevelt
UH alumna who ran in the 2020 Democratic Party Presidential Primary
Elizabeth Warren
Number of times UH has been in Final Four of March Madness
6
Two candidates will be facing off in the runoff election to be the Democratic nominee for Texas Attorney General, name one
Rochelle Garza and Joe Jaworski
Which longtime incumbent U.S. Representative did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeat in 2018?
Joe Crowley
Shortest president
James Madison
Houston’s first openly gay mayor
Annise Parker
There are 3 places UH Dems usually table, name one.
PGH Breezeway
SCS
Butler Plaza
The longest-serving Texas Senator (also known as Texas’ Dean of the Senate)
John Whitmire
Two Democratic U.S. Senators were elected to represent Georgia in 2021, name one
Jon Ossoff and Rafael Warnock
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Number of presidents who have won a grammy award
3
First Black woman to run for President
Shirley Chisholm
UH Alumn with 4 Emmys and a Golden globe for best actor in tv series comedy; hint: Big Bang
Jim Parsons
31-year incumbent representative for District 147 (which includes UH) who retired in February 2022
Garnet Coleman
Number (or proportion) of states needed to ratify a constitutional amendment in order for it to be passed
38 states (or 2/3 of states)
*DAILY DOUBLE*
How many states have produced a U.S. president?
21