Georgetown Trivia
The year Georgetown was founded
What is 1789?
The first document that governed the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The number of judges on a US Court of Appeals
What is three?
The mutual defense treaty containing the United States and much of Europe
What is NATO?
The album that Carleigh stated was her favorite (though she isn't really sure)
What is Red (Taylor's Version)?
The building in which we had our main lecture
What is White Gravenor?
What the Constitution framers were afraid of
What is a tyrant?
The doctrine that previous cases and decisions should stand
What is stare decisis?
The house of the legislature that must provide its advice and consent for the US to become party to a treaty
Carleigh is going into this year of college
What is sophomore year?
The founder of Georgetown
Who is John Carroll?
The system that excludes certain powers from each branch of government
What are checks and balances?
What the Supreme Court must issue to hear a case
What is a writ of certiorari?
The international institution devised by Woodrow Wilson and not joined by the United States
What is the League of Nations?
In class on Monday, Carleigh demonstrated this during the student panel.
What is Irish dance/Riverdance?
The number of floors of the ICC
What is seven?
"the least dangerous branch" of government
What is the judiciary?
Types of cases for which the US Supreme Court has original jurisdiction
Disputes between states
Bonus: disputes between high-ranking ambassadors and ministers
The number of times the United States has officially declared war
What is five?
The beverage Carleigh was drinking at the beginning of discussion on Monday
What is an iced tea?
Bonus: unsweet black tea
The languages in which Georgetown's first course catalog was printed
What are English, French, and Spanish?
States that are served by four federal district courts
What are California, New York, and Texas?
The council whose permanent members include the US, UK, France, Russia, and China
What is the UN Security Council?
What is dark teal?