Politics Trivia

18

Who were Richard Nixon's two Vice Presidents?

20

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

10

Dick Cheney served in what position on the cabinet of President George H. Bush?

5

Who were the last three major party candidates to lose the election of President of the United States?

3

In 1958, Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, but negative Soviet reaction forced him to refuse the honor. For which novel was Boris Pasternak awarded the Nobel Prize?

4

Cable TV channel C-SPAN recently sponsored a survey to rank the US Presidents. According to the opinion of 58 scholars, which three Presidents ranked highest? standards: leadership, authority, administration, moral standings, etc.

15

Which political party were each of these Presidents? a. Abe Lincoln? b. Theodore Roosevelt? c. Herbert Hoover?

10

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

16

After his country gained independence from Britain in 1980, Robert Mugabe became the first Prime Minister of what nation?

12

According to the constitution, what determines the exact number of electoral votes permitted to each state?

2

What is the name for the type of Japanese verse form having three lines with 5, 7, and 5 syllables?

16

This southern Russian republic declared its independence four years ago, but had to defend itself against Russian military troops this year in bloody fighting. Which region is this?

3

The longest-serving leader of any Asia country lead Indonesia from 1967 until 1999, when forced out of office by the citizens. Who is he?

14

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

13

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.