Reply #20: Honest anscers.

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Current Government:
1. Give the name, political party, and listed residence of the President of the United States

Obama, Democrat, listed residence? You mean the WH?

2. Name the Vice President of the United States

Joe Biden.

3. Nancy Pelosi is from which state and serves what role in the Congress?

Don't remember, don't care, totally irrelevant.

4. Harry Reid is from which state and holds what position in the Congress?

See above.

5. Who is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

One of the conservatard Bush appointees. Either the one that fell down the stairs because he's fucked in the head, or the other.

6. Name 2 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court

Does associate mean their not chief? Thomas and Sotomayor.

Constitution:
7. The Constitution was written in:

Ink. English. At some point before it was adopted in 1787.

8. There are ___ Amendments, the first ___ of which are called the Bill of _____

About seventeen or eighteen important. 10. Rights.

9. How many Articles are in the Constitution?

Half a dozen or so.

10. The Constitution creates a system of _______ and _______ in order to regulate against the power of any one branch of government.

balances and checks.

11. What are the three branches of government?

Executive, judicial, legislative.

12. Federalists and anti-Federalists disagreed about the scope of?

Federalism.

History:
13. In what case was the principle of judicial review established?

Marbury v. Madison

14. The Spanish American War is famous for what kind of journalism?

Bad journalism.

15. Name the two generals who negotiated the end of the Civil War, the armies they respectively served in, and the location of the negotiations

Lee and Grant, South and North. Appomatox.

16. World War I was ignited by what event?

Supposedly the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

17. ______ 11 was commanded by Neil ____________ and was the first manned mission on the _______

Apollo. Young. Nash.

18. The killing of 5 people in what event sparked the US Revolution?

Supposedly the Boston Massacre.


Economics:
19. Income tax is: direct/flat, indirect/progressive, direct/progressive, indirect/fair

direct/progressive

20. Adam Smith wrote which book that dealt with the division of labor?

Shouldn't this be in the history section? Wealth of Nations.

21. FDR greatly expanded the power of __________ unions during his ____ _____ policies in response to the _______ ________

labor, new deal, great depression

22. There are two major market forces that determine price, what are they?

Supply, demand, location, location, location.

23. The U.S. Treasury buys and sells what kind of assets?

Monetary.

24. The Bretton Woods conference led to the creation of what international economic regime?

Dunno.

Grab Bag:
25. Federalist 10 deals with what problem?

Huh?

26. Who is credited with writing the Constitution?

Thomas Jefferson, usually.

27. What case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and what issue did it resolve?

Brown v. BoE, segregation, specifically separate but equal bullshit.

28. The election of Harry Truman was a surprise, who did he beat?

Dewey

29. What did George Washington warn against in his farewell address?

Termites.

30. What Presidents have their faces on Mount Rushmore?

Washington. Lincoln. Jefferson. TR.

Bonus:
1. Name the current Federal Reserve Chairman

Bernanke

2. Who wrote the book Democracy in America?

Dunno, don't care.

3. What are the first 5 words of the First Amendment?

Paul is dead something something

4. What Amendment applied the Constitution to the States?

One of the unimportant ones. I mean, it's pretty obvious. Did it really need its own amendment? No.

5. What Constitutional roles does the Vice President play?

The president's understudy in case he croaks. President of the Senate in a tie.