Senate
House of Representatives
Reapportionment
People, Places, and Other Stuff
Misc./Fun Facts
100

Who is the President of the Senate?

The VPOTUS

100

What are party leaders called in the House of Representatives 

Floor Leaders


100

What happens every 10 years?

The census


100

Who is the current youngest person serving in the Congress

Maxwell Alejandro Frost

100

What happened to Steve Scalise

He was shot in the hip while playing a baseball game in VA

200

When is the only time the VPOTUS shows up to the Senate?

When the 100 senators have a tie. (50/50)

200

How long is a term in the House of Representatives?

2 years


200

What is drawing congressional district called?

Redistribution 

200

Who was the youngest man ever to serve in Congress?

William Charles Cole Claiborne

200
What was Dash's original quote from the beginning of Unit I?

to make babies and stuff

300

How long is each term in the Senate?

6 years


300
What is the Speaker of the House?
A representative chosen by the majority house to represent the House of Representatives
300

What is a Congressional District

an area that a member of the House represents 

300

How many members of the House of Representatives are there?

435 Representatives

300

How many years apart were our favorite two members of the House of Representatives?

(JD & DD)

27 years

400

What is the ruling 'President' of the Senate when the VPOTUS isn't around and what makes them the ___.

President Pro Tempore; 

The most senior Senator of the majority party

400

Who is the current Speaker of the house?

Mike Johnson 
400

What is Gerrymandering and what was the origin of the word?

1) Gerrymandering - drawing congressional districts to the advantage of the political party that controls the state legislatures.

2)  Gov. Elbridge Gerry and his salamander-like districts

400

How many people are there in the Congress?

535 Senators and Representatives


400

About how much percent of Congress is college educated?

(found from Web)

96% of people in the Congress are college educated, and about 23% attended Ivy League schools.


500

Who is the current President Pro Tempore and what state and party are they from?

Current President Pro Tempore:

Patty Murray (D-WA)

500

What is the minority floor leader called and who is the current one?

(bonus, what state and party)

House Minority Leader - Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

500

True or False:

congressional districts usually stay the same over many years because the land is still the same

False - congressional districts are redrawn constantly to make sure there is the right number of average people living in each district

500

Who was the oldest member of Congress? And when did he die?

(Hint: he was 100 years old)

Strom Thurmond, 2003


500

Where did the word congress come from?

(language, suffix, and prefix)

from Latin congressus, from congredi ‘meet’, from con- ‘together’ + gradi ‘walk’.