Reply #25: Pretty good basic knowledge quiz

[Earl Grey]

But, some of the questions seemed more trivia than system related. That being said, it is very sad that so many college grads know so little about the basic functioning of their government.

My answers:

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

Barack Obama, Democrat, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington D.C.

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?

California, Speaker of the House

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

Nevada, Majority Leader of the Senate

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

John Roberts

6. Name 2 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court

Thomas, Ginsberg


Constitution:
7. The Constitution was written in:

1787

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

27, 10, Rights

9. How many Articles are in the Constitution?

7

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

Checks, balances

11. What are the three branches of government?

Executive, legislative, judicial

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

Federal government

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?

yellow

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

Grant, Lee, Union, confederate, Appomattox

16. World War I was ignited by what event?

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

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

Apollo, Armstrong, moon

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

Boston massacre



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

Direct/progressive at the federal level

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

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

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

Bonds or securities

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

IMF?

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

Influence of groups on government

26. Who is credited with writing the Constitution?

James Madison

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

Brown v. Board of Education

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

Thomas Dewey

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

factions

30. What Presidents have their faces on Mount Rushmore?

Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt

Bonus:
1. Name the current Federal Reserve Chairman

Bernake

2. Who wrote the book Democracy in America?

?, I should know this one!

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

Congress shall pass no law…

4. What Amendment applied the Constitution to the States?

14th

5. What Constitutional roles does the Vice President play?

President of the Senate