Politics Trivia Questions
- A 1933 legal ruling regarding the novel Ulysses determined that a book must be judged as a whole rather than by isolated passages to meet the legal definition of what?
- According to the US Constitution, what is the only instance in which the Vice President may cast a vote in the Senate?
- How many justices currently sit on the United States Supreme Court?
- How many members are there in the U.S. Electoral College?
- How many members serve in the United States Senate?
- How many permanent members sit on the United Nations Security Council?
- In a representative democracy, what is the term for a system where the same person is both the head of state and the head of government?
- In international relations, what six-letter term beginning with A describes a formal agreement between nations?
- In political science, what is 'soft power'?
- In politics, what is 'bipartisanship'?
- In the French government, what is the title of the head of government, who is appointed by the President?
- In the U.S. Senate, what is the tactic used to delay or block a vote by speaking for an extended period?
- In the UK Parliament, what is the name of the session where Members of Parliament pose oral questions to government ministers?
- In the UK political system, who is the formal head of state?
- In the UK, what is the title of the head of government?
- In the UK's Westminster system, what is the group of senior spokespeople from the Official Opposition who mirror the government's cabinet?
- In the United States government, how many years is a single term for a Senator?
- In the U.S. presidential line of succession, who comes next after the Vice President?
- How many voting seats are apportioned among the 50 states in the U.S. House of Representatives?
- In the US, what is the minimum number of electoral votes needed to win the Presidency?
- In the US, what is the term for a proposal for a new law?
- In U.S. federal campaign finance, what is the common term for a nonconnected political committee that raises contributions and makes expenditures to influence elections?
- In the US, what is the term for the annual speech the President gives to a joint session of Congress?
- Besides 'battleground state,' what common term describes a U.S. state where both major political parties have similar levels of voter support?
- In US politics, what term historically referred to donations to political parties that were largely exempt from federal contribution limits?
- In which building is the seat of the U.S. Congress located?
- In which city is the headquarters of the United Nations?
- In which city is the International Court of Justice located?
- In which city is the most famous Russian fortress known as the Kremlin located?
- Ratified in 1788, which country's constitution is the oldest written national constitution still in use?
- Refusing an evacuation offer during the 2022 Russian invasion, Volodymyr Zelensky famously stated, "I need [blank], not a [blank]." What are the two missing words?
- Under the 22nd Amendment, what is the maximum number of years a person can serve as President of the United States?
- Under the U.S. Constitution, which official has the power to sign a bill into law?
- Under the U.S. Constitution, who has the power to nominate judges to the Supreme Court?
- Under the US Constitution, which body of Congress must approve a treaty by a two-thirds vote for it to be ratified?
- What are commercial and financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a targeted self-governing state, group, or individual?
- What are the international treaties that establish standards for the humanitarian treatment of victims of war?
- What are the names of the three branches of the US government?
- What body enforces EU competition law?
- What branch of government interprets laws in the U.S.?
- What does the abbreviation NATO stand for?
- What does the Latin phrase 'Veto' literally translate to in English?
- What far-right, authoritarian political ideology is characterized by dictatorial power and forcible suppression of opposition?
- What first name was shared by the two main rival candidates, Yushchenko and Yanukovych, in Ukraine's 2004 'Orange Revolution' election?
- What form of government features a king or queen as the head of state?
- What form of government is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives?
- What form of non-monarchical government is defined by a constitution that limits the power of the state and protects individual rights?
- What form of representative democracy operates under the principles of classical liberalism, protecting the rights of minorities and the individual?
- What fraction of states is required to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
- What French term refers to a sudden, violent overthrow of a government?