Politics Trivia

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Who was the youngest person ever elected President of the United States?

7

What political system features a single ruler with absolute power, often inherited?

12

What is the minimum age requirement to be elected President of the United States?

8

In what year did South Africa hold its first multiracial democratic elections?

7

What political ideology advocates for collective ownership of the means of production?

9

Who was the first African American to serve as US Secretary of State?

9

What is the term for redrawing electoral district boundaries to favor a particular political party?

9

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

14

What political term describes a long speech given to delay legislative action?

4

Who was the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives?

13

If, after the Presidential election, no candidate would have a majority of the electoral votes, how would the President be determined?

10

At the end of World War II, the victorious allies divided Berlin, the German capital, into what four sectors?

14

In what year was Edward Kennedy first elected Senator from Massachusetts?

20

Which European adversaries signed a 1998 treaty to end a long-standing bloody conflict?

2

His presidential inauguration speech in winter, 1841 took well over an hour to read, during which time he caught a chill that led to pneumonia and death a month later. Name this ninth President who had the shortest term of office.