Government & Politics Study Guide

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Ronald Reagan 27x 3.7% stumper $500 avg J:11 DJ:16

J $200 1996 Rep. Patricia Schroeder was the first to use "Teflon-coated presidency" to refer to this man

DJ $500 DD 1993 After 16 years in Congress, Margaret Heckler was appointed secretary of HHS by this president

DJ $1,200 2005 Bennett, Baldridge, Meese

New York 22x 16.7% stumper $539 avg J:5 DJ:13 FJ:4

J $200 2005 Al Smith, Mario Cuomo

DJ $600 2001 George Clinton

J $1,000 2010 Thomas Dewey,1943-1954

Franklin Delano Roosevelt 19x 10.5% stumper $668 avg J:6 DJ:13

DJ $200 1994 At the 1932 Democratic Convention, he became the first nominee to make an acceptance speech in person

DJ $600 1986 When radio was our media hearth, his Fireside Chats comforted a troubled nation

DJ $2,000 2006 Daniel Roper, Harry Hopkins, Jesse Jones & Henry Wallace were Commerce Secretaries for this president

Massachusetts 16x 20.0% stumper $600 avg J:6 DJ:9 FJ:1

DJ $200 2001 John Hancock

DJ $800 2006 In office from 2003:Mitt Romney

J $1,000 2012 Elbridge Gerry from this state refused to sign the Constitution because in it "liberties... were not secured"

Richard Nixon 16x 35.7% stumper $864 avg J:5 DJ:9 FJ:2

J $200 2006 He lost a presidential election & a gubernatorial election before winning the White House in 1968

J $600 2013 "I am not a crook"

J $1,000 2002 Perhaps this president wanted to fiddle with the Constitution

Virginia 15x 33.3% stumper $1,120 avg J:2 DJ:13

J $100 1985 State whose past governors include Patrick Henry, James Monroe & Thomas Jefferson

DJ $800 2009 This state's former governor Mark Warner donned his senatorial cap in 2009

J $1,000 2021 Tim Kaine, who ran for vice president; remember that?

Harry S. Truman 15x 20.0% stumper $587 avg J:7 DJ:8

J $400 2021 The first White House bowling alley was built for this president in 1947

DJ $800 1989 Proposed in 1947, the 22nd amendment to 2 terms but exempted him

DJ $2,000 2011 Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall

the Secretary of State 15x 21.4% stumper $579 avg J:6 DJ:8 FJ:1

J $200 2007 The Great Seal of the United States is under the custody of this highest-ranking cabinet officer

DJ $600 1993 This Cabinet member is the official custodian of the Great Seal of the U.S.

DJ $1,200 2012 The first Cabinet secretary in the line of presidential succession

the Speaker of the House 14x $1,129 avg J:2 DJ:12

J $200 1995 Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was the first to hold this top congressional post

J $600 2007 There being no VP, the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 made Joseph Martin, who held this job, first in line to succeed

DJ $1,000 DD 1987 Joseph W. Martin, who last served from 1953-55, was last Republican to hold this position

Jimmy Carter 12x 11.1% stumper $656 avg J:1 DJ:8 FJ:3

DJ $200 1987 Lester Maddox was governor of Georgia, then became Lt. governor under this future president

J $500 1984 Recent president who appointed more women to his cabinet than any other

DJ $1,000 1990 This president's attorneys general were Griffin Bell & Benjamin Civiletti

Barry Goldwater 12x $417 avg J:2 DJ:10

J $100 1990 One of the symbols used in his campaign was "AuH2O"

DJ $600 1997 This longtime Arizona senator retired from Congress after the 1986 session

DJ $1,000 1998 In 1964 this GOP candidate weakened Democratic hold on the South when he took 5 Southern states

the Department of the Interior 12x 9.1% stumper $1,118 avg J:4 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $300 1986 In 1982, James Watt proposed changing this dept's seal from a buffalo facing left to one facing right

J $600 2007 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

J $3,200 DD 2022 In 1849 Congress passed "an act to establish the Home Department" creating this current cabinet department

the Vice President 12x 10.0% stumper $370 avg J:4 DJ:6 FJ:2

DJ $200 1995 TV cameras were admitted to the Senate chambers in 1974 when N. Rockefeller was sworn into this job

DJ $800 2021 Article I, Section 3 says this official "shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided"

FJ 1985 The only elected official in the fed. gov't. with duties in both the executive & legislative branches

Texas 11x 9.1% stumper $873 avg J:4 DJ:7

J $200 2018 The 48th governor of this state, Greg Abbott, looks kind of like the 46th, George W. Bush

J $600 2005 Beauford Jester, John B. Connally, Jr.

DJ $1,200 2003 Ann Richards

Illinois 11x $682 avg J:6 DJ:5

J $100 2000 In 1960 Richard Daley's political machine gave JFK a narrow, disputed win in this state

DJ $600 1995 In 1970 Adlai E. Stevenson III won this state's Senate seat vacated by Everett Dirksen

J $1,000 2010 Before he ran for president, Adlai Stevenson served a term as governor of this state

Hawaii 11x 9.1% stumper $455 avg J:4 DJ:7

J $100 1994 This state has had only 4 governors: William Quinn, John Burns, George Ariyoshi & John Waihee

DJ $600 1993 This state's entire Cong. delegation is Democratic, including Rep. Patsy T. Mink & Sen. Daniel Akaka

DJ $1,200 2006 George Ariyoshi &Ben Cayetano

California 11x 18.2% stumper $582 avg J:4 DJ:7

J $200 1995 This state's controversial Prop 187 concerning illegal immigrants passed

J $600 2007 Born in Baltimore, the gal seenhereserves this state as Speaker of the House of Representatives

DJ $1,000 1988 At only 12, Wm. Knowland made speeches to elect Harding &, at only 37, was appointed sen. from here

Arkansas 11x 27.3% stumper $1,245 avg DJ:11

DJ $400 2002 (Bill Clinton in a seated position.) I was 32 years old when I was first elected governor of this state in 1978, becoming the youngest governor in the nation

DJ $600 1993 Dale Bumpers was this state's governor from 1971 until 1975, when he entered the U.S. Senate

DJ $1,000 1991 At $35,000 a year, this state's Bill Clinton is the USA's lowest-paid governor

George Washington 11x 30.0% stumper $710 avg J:3 DJ:7 FJ:1

DJ $200 1996 He's the only U.S. president inaugurated in New York City

J $500 1996 He signed the Constitution as "President and deputy from Virginia"

DJ $1,000 1996 A former marine zoologist, Dixy Lee Ray served as this state's governor from 1977 to 1981

Bob Dole 11x $891 avg J:1 DJ:10

DJ $200 1997 Bill Clinton awarded this political rival the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1997

J $600 2006 In 1996 Sam Brownback was elected to complete the term of this Kansas senator who ran for president

DJ $1,200 2008 1985 to 1987 & 1995 to 1996: a war hero

the Attorney General 11x 20.0% stumper $1,120 avg DJ:10 FJ:1

DJ $200 1992 During his brother's presidency, Robert Kennedy held this cabinet post

DJ $600 DD 2000 Taking the speedy trial requirement literally, we assume, Lincoln appointed James Speed this in 1864

DJ $1,200 2019 1993:Janet Reno dances into the Cabinet

Andrew Jackson 11x 18.2% stumper $709 avg J:5 DJ:6

J $300 2000 After his wife Rachel died, his niece took over her duties; after she died, a daughter-in-law was summoned

J $600 2004 Though not in the best of health, in 1840 he went to New Orleans to celebrate his battle victory's 25th anniversary

DJ $1,000 1994 Although he won the popular & electoral votes in 1824, the House chose John Quincy Adams as president

Robert Taft 11x 9.1% stumper $873 avg J:2 DJ:9

DJ $400 1999 Bob, a member of this best-known Ohio political family, won the governorship in 1998

J $600 2020 Theodore misses his old place & thinks a 3rd term is the perfect solution but this incumbent has other ideas about TR's house hunting

J $1,000 2004 In February 1930 illness forced him to resign as U.S. Chief Justice; he died a month later

Florida 10x 20.0% stumper $740 avg J:5 DJ:5

J $200 2008 In 2007 Charlie Crist took over for Jeb Bush in this state

J $600 2007 Represented by John Mica, the 7th district in this state is home to St. Augustine, the USA's oldest city

DJ $1,600 2003 Lawton Chiles

Alaska 10x 25.0% stumper $700 avg J:2 DJ:6 FJ:2

J $200 2003 It's larger than France, Spain & Poland combined

J $600 2006 Seen here at the 11th Annual Kenai River Classic, Lisa Murkowski of this state shows off her 63-pound king salmon catch

DJ $1,200 2017 Senator Lisa Murkowski of this state has a pipeline to the nation's energy needs & natural resources as well

Ted Kennedy 10x $380 avg J:4 DJ:6

J $200 2005 Hewas only 30 when he won his U.S. Senate seat in 1962

DJ $600 1993 In 1962 he was 30, the minimum age necessary, when elected to the U.S. Senate from Mass.

J $200 2004 The tribe has spoken to the 8 Republicans who have run against this Massachusetts senator since 1962

Theodore Roosevelt 10x $440 avg J:6 DJ:4

J $200 2006 Hewrote, "I do not believe that anyone else has enjoyed the White House as much as I have"

DJ $800 2002 JFK was the youngest man elected president & this man was the youngest to serve as president

DJ $1,000 1995 This Republican had just served under 2 terms as New York governor when elected vice president in 1900

John McCain 10x $500 avg J:7 DJ:3

DJ $400 2017 This ex-Navy flier & P.O.W. leads the Senate Committee on Armed Services

J $800 2006 This Arizonan penned the bestseller "Faith of My Fathers"

DJ $1,200 2024 The "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019" was named for this senator & vet who passed in 2018

the House of Representatives 9x 22.2% stumper $333 avg J:1 DJ:8

J $200 2021 Article I says this "shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states"

DJ $600 1986 This body alone can bring charges of impeachment on a federal level

DJ $200 1997 This body of Congress has the power to draw up impeachment charges against federal officials

Strom Thurmond 9x 11.1% stumper $867 avg J:3 DJ:6

DJ $400 1997 In 1997 he set a record, becoming the longest-serving senator in U.S. history

J $800 2008 This statesman who lived to the age of 100 was governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951

J $1,000 2020 He served South Carolina as a senator from 1954 to 2003, dying short of his 101st birthday

Sam Rayburn 9x $867 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:3

J $300 1985 House office building is named for this Texan who served longer as Speaker than anyone

DJ $600 1991 In recognition of his 48 years in the House of Representatives, he was known affectionately as "Mr. Sam"

J $1,000 2006 LBJ gives this fellow Texan & Speaker of the House seenherea peck on his birthday

Newt Gingrich 9x 11.1% stumper $611 avg J:3 DJ:6

J $400 2017 Here's this 1990s Speaker of the House, funny pages style

J $500 1990 Georgia Republican who began whipping all those House Republicans in March 1989

J $1,000 2017 Inhissenior year at his Columbus, Georgia high school, he was voted most intellectual

Louisiana 9x 11.1% stumper $711 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $200 2006 Rose McConnell Long served as a U.S. senator from this state after the 1935 murder of her husband

J $600 2008 On August 26, 2005 this state's Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency

J $1,000 DD 2005 Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback

John Glenn 9x 11.1% stumper $467 avg J:2 DJ:7

DJ $200 1994 This Ohioan entered the U.S. Senate on December 24, 1974 & he's been there ever since

DJ $600 1999 1976:Ohio senator

J $200 1987 In 1962 he went into space; in 1975, he went into the Senate

George Wallace 9x $500 avg J:3 DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $200 1994 In 1982 he was again elected governor of Alabama after 3 years out of office

DJ $600 1989 He was the 1968 presidential candidate of the American Independent Party

J $1,000 2012 In 1963 this Alabamian said there'd be "no more liquor drinking in your Governor's Mansion"

Dan Quayle 9x 12.5% stumper $450 avg J:3 DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $200 1994 As VP, George Bush broke ties in the Senate 7 times; this successor, never

J $800 2009 After a tour of Latin Amer., this VP regretted not studying Latin enough so he "could converse with those people"

J $1,000 2017 Rather than draw a caricature, Garry Trudeau used a feather in place of this one-term vice president

the Department of Commerce 9x 42.9% stumper $786 avg J:2 DJ:5 FJ:2

DJ $5 DD 1990 The National Institute of Standards and Technology is part of this cabinet department

DJ $600 DD 1985 Executive dept. in charge of the Bureau of the Census & U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration

J $1,000 2007 The National Institute of Standards & Technology is administered by this cabinet department

James Madison 9x 33.3% stumper $689 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $200 2000 This fourth president was largely responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights

J $600 2012 This "Father of the Constitution" told delegates they "would decide forever the fate of republican government"

DJ $1,000 1991 This future president was both the chief architect of the Bill of Rights & the Father of the Constitution

Bill Bradley 9x $528 avg J:2 DJ:7

DJ $150 1983 Former Rhodes scholar and basketball star now senator from New Jersey

J $600 2012 His resume--Rhodes scholar, N.Y. Knick for 10 years, U.S. senator for 18

J $1,000 2005 Hewas elected Senator from New Jersey in 1978, 1984 and 1990

Abraham Lincoln 9x $467 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $100 1985 "Don't swap horses crossing a stream" was his re-election slogan in 1864

J $500 2000 Last name of Evelyn, JFK's personal secretary

DJ $2,000 2008 When this U.S. president suspended habeas corpus, some critical reporters went to jail

Switzerland 8x 20.0% stumper $640 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:3

J $400 2022 Due to its neutrality, this country didn't join the U.N. until 2002

DJ $600 1988 More U.N. agencies are headquartered in this non-member country than any other single country

DJ $1,000 1986 This country, over 250 times its size, looks after Liechtenstein's foreign affairs

slavery 8x $388 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $100 1996 While the 13th Amendment banned this practice, it still allows involuntary servitude for convicts

J $600 2021 The Crittenden Compromise of 1860 suggested 6 amendments to protect this institution

J $100 1995 Before the Civil War a doughface was a Northerner who favored this practice

Rhode Island 8x 28.6% stumper $657 avg J:4 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 1993 This little state was told to ratify the Constitution or be treated as a foreign nation in commerce

DJ $800 1997 In 1994 Ted Kennedy's son Patrick was elected to the House from this state, not too far from Mass.

J $1,000 2007 Woonsocket & Pawtucket are served by Patrick Kennedy of this state's 1st district

Ohio 8x 25.0% stumper $662 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $400 2010 From 1999 to 2007 Bob Taft, great-grandson of President Taft, was the governor of this state

J $500 1995 Robert A. Taft II, great-grandson of President Taft, was re-elected this state's Secretary of State

J $1,000 2007 2006 House Majority Leader John Boehner

New Jersey 8x $925 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $200 2021 Cory Booker

J $800 2008 In 2007 this state's Jon Corzine broke several bones in a car crash--he wasn't buckled in

J $1,000 2020 So far, Christine Todd Whitman, in office from 1994 to 2001, has been this state's only female governor

impeachment 8x 37.5% stumper $788 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1987 In both 1923 & 1929, governors of Oklahoma were removed from office via this process

J $600 2019 Under Article 1 of the Constitution, the U.S. House "shall have the sole power of" this against a federal official

J $1,000 2022 At one point the House of Representatives got sole power of this, with no trial in the Senate

Adlai Stevenson 8x 12.5% stumper $1,038 avg J:1 DJ:7

J $200 1985 Until the 1st of his 2 unsuccessful tries for the White House, he was governor of Illinois

DJ $600 1994 In 1956 a vote for his running mate came down to John Kennedy & Estes Kefauver, who got it

DJ $1,000 1991 In 1948 he was elected governor of Illinois by the largest majority in the states history

the Department of Agriculture 8x 71.4% stumper $929 avg J:3 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $400 2007 Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration

DJ $800 1990 The Forest Service is an agency of this department, not the Department of the Interior

DJ $2,000 DD 1991 The Forest Service isn't part of Interior, but this Cabinet department

Nancy Pelosi 8x $450 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $200 2014 Formerly Speaker, she represents most of San Francisco in the House

J $600 2022 In 2018, using a privilege for House leadership, she gave an 8-hour speech in support of the "Dreamers"

J $1,000 2016 Her website bio says she led legislation to turn the Presidio into an urban national park

Lyndon Johnson 8x $1,100 avg DJ:8

DJ $200 1993 Virginia senator Charles Robb is married to this president's daughter Lynda Bird

DJ $800 2005 Fowler, Kennedy,McNamara

DJ $1,600 2023 This future pres. won a tight 1948 Texas primary after uncounted votes were "discovered" 6 days after the election

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Tip O'Neill 7x 14.3% stumper $457 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1992 This U.S. Speaker of the House got the nickname "Tip" from a baseball player of the same last name

J $800 2014 He's the late House Speaker speaking to reporters here

J $1,000 2011 When JFK gave up his House seat to run for Senate in 1952, this man who said, "All politics is local" won it & kept it until 1987

Thomas Jefferson 7x 16.7% stumper $433 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $200 2018 This man who wrote "Notes on the State of Virginia" was governor of the state until 1781

DJ $600 1998 When ratified in 1791, the Bill of Rights was proclaimed to be in full force by this secretary of state

DJ $1,000 1988 He accepted appointment as our 1st Secretary of State "with real regret"

Thomas Dewey 7x 40.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:2

DJ $600 1987 He decided against an opera career & later opposed Truman in 1948

DJ $1,000 1994 In 1937 this future GOP governor was elected District Attorney in New York County

FJ 1988 He was the last major party presidential candidate to lose 2 elections to 2 different men

the Senate 7x $300 avg J:2 DJ:5

DJ $200 1989 This legislative body gives its advice & consent to treaties made by the president

J $200 1984 Only five women have been elected for full terms to this Congressional body

DJ $200 1984 The upper house of Congress

John Adams 7x 16.7% stumper $383 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $100 1998 The White House wasn't yet finished in 1800 when this second president moved in

DJ $600 1991 Adopted in 1791, the Bill of Rights bears the signatures of the Speaker of the House & this Vice Pres.

DJ $1,000 DD 1994 The Bill of Rights was signed by the Speaker of the House & this president of the Senate

Huey Long 7x 14.3% stumper $543 avg J:2 DJ:5

DJ $200 1994 The ironwork on his home in Shreveport, Louisiana still bears the monogram "HPL"

DJ $600 1997 Russell B. Long, who was chairman of the Senate Finance committee from 1966 to 1981, was the son of this politician

DJ $400 1994 On taking office he allegedly said, "I looked around at the little fishes present, and said, 'I'm the Kingfish'"

Hillary Clinton 7x $400 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $200 2015 As senator, she was appointed to the Armed Services panel, the first New Yorker to serve on the committee

J $600 2024 Condoleezza Rice's successor as Secretary of State, she visited more than 100 countries during her tenure

DJ $400 2014 The only first lady ever elected to public office, she's also a Grammy winner

Education 7x $714 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $200 2007 Kansas' 10-member Board of this has made news for its doubts about Darwin

DJ $800 2021 Once joined with Health & Welfare, it became its own department under President Carter

DJ $1,200 2007 Rod Paige, onetime "Jeopardy!" contestant Margaret Spellings

Cuba 7x 14.3% stumper $814 avg J:1 DJ:6

DJ $400 1993 Miami mayor Xavier Suarez came to the U.S. as a refugee from this country in 1960

J $600 2016 (David Muir presents.) Marking an abrupt change after decades, the normalization of relations with this country was the subject of an exclusive interview I conducted with President Obama in December of 2014

DJ $1,000 1989 On United Nations Day in 1962 U Thant suggested ways to quell the trouble on this island

Commerce 7x 16.7% stumper $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $400 1988 This cabinet department is responsible for establishing weights & measures

DJ $600 1997 This Cabinet department registers trademarks & issues patents

J $1,000 2003 Under Teddy Roosevelt, George Cortelyou was the first Secretary of this "& Labor"

Alexander Hamilton 7x 33.3% stumper $850 avg J:1 DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $400 2003 As the first treasury secretary, he helped create the First Bank of the United States

DJ $800 DD 1996 He was the only signer representing New York

DJ $1,000 1990 In the Federalist Papers, this statesman argued that a bill of rights was "unnecessary" & "dangerous"

the Treasury 7x $667 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $400 1996 Postage stamps are printed by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, a division of this cabinet dept.

J $800 2017 This department's website says its Secretary Andrew Mellon made the Great Depression worse

DJ $1,600 2007 Paul O'Neill, John Snow, Henry Paulson, Jr.

the Department of Transportation 7x 28.6% stumper $771 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $200 2007 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

DJ $600 1989 In 1967 the Coast Guard was transferred from the Treasury Dept. to this new Cabinet dept.

DJ $2,000 DD 1994 The Coast Guard, once part of the Treasury, falls under the jurisdiction of this dept. during peacetime

Mario Cuomo 7x 14.3% stumper $400 avg DJ:7

DJ $200 1994 As of 1994 this governor had served over 11 years, longer than any other Democrat in the state's history

DJ $1,000 1996 In 1992 he gave the speech nominating Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention

DJ $400 1995 On June 9, 1990 the son of this then New York governor married the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy

a filibuster 7x $414 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $300 1990 According to Guinness, Sen. Wayne Morse, who spoke nonstop for 22½ hrs., holds the record for this

DJ $800 1985 Long-winded senators use this practice of extended debates to block bills

J $400 2007 This term for a type of obstructionist comes from the Dutch for "freebooter" or "pirate"

two-thirds 6x $500 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $200 2020 If a president vetoes a piece of legislation, Congress may override it with a vote of this size in both houses

DJ $600 DD 1987 Action to expel a member of either house of Congress must carry by this fraction

J $200 1994 To expel a member, Article 1, Section 5.2 says that this fraction of the House must vote yes

the Supreme Court 6x $480 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $400 2014 A former assistant U.S. attorney, Scott Harris became clerk of this body in 2013

DJ $800 1985 Since 1975, this powerful federal body has replaced only 1 member

FJ 1999 In its history this government body has had a total of 108 members, 106 of them men

South Carolina 6x 20.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $400 2013 J. Strom Thurmond Lake lies on the border of Georgia & this state represented by Senator Thurmond for 48 years

DJ $800 2023 The daughter of Indian immigrants, Clemson graduate Nikki Haley was this state's first female governor

DJ $1,000 2001 Thomas Pinckney

Secretary of the Treasury 6x 16.7% stumper $400 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $200 2000 The U.S. Mint issues medals showing holders of this post, including Lloyd Bentsen & William Simon

DJ $600 1996 Financier Andrew Mellon served in this post under 3 presidents: Harding, Coolidge & Hoover

J $400 2019 Don't get them mixed up--Joe Manchin is a West Virginia senator while Steve Mnuchin has this cabinet position

Secretary of the Interior 6x $4,367 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $400 2018 Bruce Babbitt spent Clinton's 2 terms in this post, bringing the gray wolf & bald eagle back from the endangered list

DJ $1,000 1989 Prominent in the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall held this cabinet post

DJ $1,200 DD 1997 Famous people in this post have included Albert Fall, Stewart Udall & James Watt

Pennsylvania 6x $833 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $400 2016 The name of this state hosting the Constitutional Convention is misspelled on the document: one "N" was left out

DJ $600 1996 William Scranton was governor of this state from 1963 to 1967 & later served as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

DJ $2,000 DD 1997 Congress has met in more than 10 different capitol buildings, at least 5 of them in this state

New Hampshire 6x $867 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 2006 In 2005, Judd Gregg, a millionaire Senator from this "Granite State", won $853,492 in the Powerball lottery

DJ $600 1989 This state holds the nation's 1st presidential primary; in 1988 both Bush & Dukakis won there

DJ $1,200 2014 Jeanne Shaheen & Maggie Hassan tried to bring concord to Concord while governing this state

Nebraska 6x 20.0% stumper $1,760 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $800 2021 Ben Sasse, of the western Midwest

J $1,000 2006 Charles Bryan, brother of William Jennings, was governor of this state from 1931 to 1935

FJ 1999 With only 49, this state's government has the fewest legislators

Minnesota 6x 16.7% stumper $600 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 1999 This state's 3rd district is a major shopping district; the Mall of America is there

J $1,000 2005 Karl F. Rulvagg, Floyd Bjornsterne Olson, Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus

DJ $200 1992 Hubert Humphrey III is attorney general of this state

Maine 6x 16.7% stumper $533 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1985 Traditionally speaking, as this state goes, "so goes the nation"

J $800 2022 In 1994 Angus King ran as an independent & won the governorship of this state, defeating Susan Collins

DJ $1,000 1998 Represented by Olympia Snowe & Susan Collins, it's the only state with 2 female GOP senators

John Anderson 6x 20.0% stumper $1,600 avg DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $400 1985 Independent candidate who received nearly 6 million votes in '80 presidential election

DJ $600 1989 In '80 Pres. Carter refused to debate Ronald Reagan if this Independent candidate participated

DJ $1,000 1991 In the 1980 pres. election, this independent candidate received about 7% of the popular vote

Jesse Ventura 6x 16.7% stumper $733 avg J:3 DJ:3

DJ $200 2000 This Minnesota governor's 1999 inaugural festivities included a potluck lunch on a farm

J $600 2007 He's the ex-governor seenhereon "The X-Files" along with another familiarface

DJ $1,600 2022 After high school, hebecame a Navy SEAL; he'd grapple with some bodywork, act a bit, & get to governing after that

Jeb Bush 6x $567 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $200 2014 He's the ex-First Brother pictured here

DJ $600 2001 The famous brother seen here; he was on the spot to deliver Florida to the Republicans

J $400 2012 "Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine it would be this close", said this Fla. Gov. about election night 2000

Homeland Security 6x 16.7% stumper $1,200 avg DJ:6

DJ $400 2021 Established after 9/11, it's the newest cabinet department

DJ $800 2004 Border & Transportation Security is 1 of the 5 divisions of this department headed by Tom Ridge

DJ $1,200 2023 Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge went on to be the first head of this Cabinet department

Elizabeth Dole 6x 33.3% stumper $700 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $400 1996 She held the post of Secretary of Transportation 1983-87

J $600 2005 Once a Democrat, this senator switched parties before her 1975 marriage

J $1,000 DD 2017 Married to a Kansas senator, she was Secretary of Labor for H.W.

Earl Warren 6x 16.7% stumper $1,750 avg J:3 DJ:3

DJ $200 1985 Supreme Court Chief Justice from '53 to '69, who the right wing wanted impeached

J $500 1997 This 1948 running mate of Thomas Dewey later became chief justice

J $1,000 2006 His headstone at Arlington mentions he had been governor of California & Chief Justice of the U.S.

China 6x $480 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 2023 Its preamble includes the "Chairman" who "in 1949, overthrew the rule of... bureaucratic capitalism"

DJ $600 1985 With about 40 million members, this country's Communist Party is world's largest

FJ 1988 The use of civil service examinations began over 1000 years ago in this country

Agriculture 6x 33.3% stumper $667 avg DJ:6

DJ $400 2012 Farm security & home economics are among the concerns of the House Committee on this, founded in 1820

DJ $600 1996 National grasslands are administered by the Forest Service, an agency of this cabinet department

DJ $1,000 DD 2001 The National School Lunch Program is one of many assistance programs run by this cabinet department

the whip 6x 16.7% stumper $1,550 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 2000 This term for the assistant to the majority or minority leader in the House will get you cracking

J $2,200 DD 2018 In 1913 James Hamilton Lewis became the first senator in this job of counting votes & rounding up members

J $400 2007 In Congress, this person who keeps members in line has the highest leadership job after Majority & Minority Leader

the Lincoln Bedroom 6x $450 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $300 1995 Formerly a study, this bedroom displays the only signed & dated copy of the Gettysburg Address

J $600 2024 Fittingly, an original copy of the Gettysburg Address is on display in this upstairs guest room

DJ $400 1992 Traditionally, male guests of honor stay in this "presidential" bedroom

the Senate Judiciary Committee 6x 33.3% stumper $700 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $400 2016 (I'm Senator Al Franken.) As a non-lawyer, I'm in the minority on this Senate committee that's much in the news for its key role in the Supreme Court confirmation process

DJ $600 1994 A function of this committee is to recommend to the Senate whether to confirm Supreme Court nominees

J $1,200 DD 2022 In 2006 this committee voted 10-8 to send the Alito nomination to the full Senate

the District of Columbia 6x 33.3% stumper $600 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1995 This district elected a nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House in 1971, Walter E. Fauntroy

J $600 2025 The 23rd Amendment gave presidential voting rights & Electoral College votes to this U.S. place

J $1,000 2021 An amendment replacing the 23rd Amendment with a grant of statehood to this area expired in 1985

the postmaster general 6x $480 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 2022 Winton Blount was the last of these alpha mails appointed by the president--it ceased to be a cabinet position in 1971

DJ $800 1988 Post held by Arthur Summerfield from 1953-1960, when it was still part of the Cabinet

DJ $1,000 1988 In 1971 Winton Blount left the cabinet though he kept this job

Health and Human Services 6x 50.0% stumper $983 avg J:3 DJ:3

DJ $800 2018 The first Arab American to hold a Cabinet post, Donna Shalala headed this department abbreviated HHS

DJ $2,000 DD 2004 The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is an agency of this department

J $500 1991 In 1979 Health, Education & Welfare was split into the Dept. of Education & this department

Arnold Schwarzenegger 6x $400 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2012 At the 2004 Republican Convention, this governor told critics, "Don't be economic girlie men"

J $800 2007 This gov.'s website:His "election as the state's chief executive follows a distinguished career in business & entertainment"

DJ $400 2009 "The Running Man","Predator", Governor of Caw-lee-for-nee-uh

Woodrow Wilson 6x 16.7% stumper $767 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $400 1994 In February 1993 he declared that California's 6-year drought was officially over

DJ $800 2024 3 weddings took place during his administration: daughter Jessie in 1913, daughter Nellie in 1914 & niece Alice in 1918

DJ $2,000 DD 1990 He was the first Democrat to become president in the 20th century

the surgeon general 6x $400 avg DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $200 1994 In 1993 Dr. Joycelyn Elders replaced Antonia Novello in this post

DJ $800 2012 Formerly director of Arkansas' department of health, in 1993 Joycelyn Elders was appointed to this higher post

FJ 2014 A committee chaired by the official in this job released the influential 1964 report "Smoking and Health"

the Department of State 6x $383 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $100 1991 On September 15, 1789 the Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to this

DJ $600 1996 In 1789 the name of the Department of Foreign Affairs was changed to this

DJ $400 2001 On September 15, 1789 the Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to this

John F. Kennedy 6x 16.7% stumper $600 avg DJ:6

DJ $200 1986 In 1960, he was elected president by narrowest margin since 1912

DJ $1,000 DD 1985 Conservative Supreme Court Justice Byron White was appointed by this president

DJ $400 2001 Abraham Ribicoff, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara

Wyoming 5x 40.0% stumper $960 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $400 2003 (Sarah of the Clue Crew draws a map.) I've drawn a map of this state... Want a little more help? Colorado's down here

J $800 2010 John Barrasso of this "Cowboy State" is Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

DJ $2,000 DD 2000 In 1998 this state's Jim Geringer was the only governor to win election with under 100,000 votes

West Virginia 5x $820 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $700 DD 1994 John D. Rockefeller IV was once governor of this state; now he represents it in the U.S. Senate

DJ $1,000 1990 When Robert Byrd flies the Senate coop & heads for home, he goes to this state

J $800 2015 As a senator from this state, 1985-2015, Jay Rockefeller pushed for health & safety measures for coal miners

Utah 5x 20.0% stumper $800 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $600 2021 Mitt Romney, but it's not the state he governed

J $1,000 2007 The senator seenhereserves this state & is part of the Finance & Judiciary Committees

J $600 2012 Orrin Hatch began representing this state in the U.S. Senate in 1977

the Fifth Amendment 5x 20.0% stumper $720 avg J:3 DJ:2

DJ $200 1993 This amendment says no one can "be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"

J $800 2022 The final draft added the phrase "be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" to this

J $2,000 DD 2019 Key phrases in this amendment: "Witness against himself" & "twice put in jeopardy"

the EPA 5x $440 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2022 In 1992 this U.S. agency began working with dry cleaners to keep communities free from chemicals

J $800 2018 Scott Pruitt's controversial tenure heading this agency ended in July

DJ $400 2023 Head of this agency from 1973 to 1977, Russell Train wrote "Politics, Pollution, and Pandas"

the Department of Labor 5x 40.0% stumper $700 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $400 2019 In 2017 Alexander Acosta became its new head: DOL

J $500 1994 The Occupational Safety & Health Administration is part of this cabinet department

DJ $1,000 1991 This Cabinet department publishes many periodicals, including the Consumer Price Index

San Francisco 5x $700 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 2025 In the spring of 1945, representatives of 50 countriesmetin this California city to draft the UN's charter

DJ $2,000 2010 The signing of the U.N. Charter took place in this West Coast city in June 1945

FJ 1986 City in which the United Nations Charter was signed in 1945

Robert Kennedy 5x $675 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $200 1993 He was JFK's attorney general

J $500 1985 He won the California presidential primary in 1968

DJ $1,600 2017 By June 4, 1968 this senator from New York had won 5 out of 6 presidential primaries

Philadelphia 5x $520 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1995 Before moving to Washington, Congress met in this city's Congress Hall from 1790 to 1800

DJ $600 1990 This city has a Goode mayor, W. Wilson Goode

J $1,200 DD 2020 In 1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act & established the first U.S. Mint in this city

Oliver North 5x 20.0% stumper $380 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1995 In 1994 this Iran-Contra figure received the GOP senatorial nomination from Virginia

DJ $600 1992 The Tower Report revealed that this man at the center of "Contragate" used the alias William P. Goode

J $300 1995 In Virginia Charles Robb fought off the attack of this former Marine, the Republican nominee

Labor 5x $1,620 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 2000 Raymond Donovan, Reagan's first secretary of this, was the first cabinet secretary ever indicted while in office

DJ $1,200 2010 Woodrow Wilson put William B. Wilson to work as the Secretary of this

DJ $1,500 DD 1995 Most of this Cabinet department's offices are located in the Frances Perkins Building

Janet Reno 5x $320 avg DJ:5

DJ $200 1996 As Miami's state attorney, she developed a reputation as a tough enforcer of child-support laws

DJ $200 1995 At Cornell this future Attorney General was president of the women's student government association

DJ $400 2018 Justice wasn't always a dance party with her as Attorney General

Indiana 5x 60.0% stumper $1,140 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $400 2016 More recently a senator, Evan Bayh was 33 & the nation's youngest governor when he took office in this state in 1989

J $600 2012 State once governed by the Bayh, Evan Bayh

DJ $2,000 2007 In 1996 this state's governor Evan Bayh delivered the keynote address at the Democratic Convention

Howard Baker 5x 25.0% stumper $425 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $300 1988 This Tennessean replaced Donald Regan as Reagan's Chief of Staff

DJ $600 1987 Son-in-law of a previous Minority Leader, he became Senate Majority leader in 1981

FJ 1988 He was the 1st Republican popularly elected to the Senate from Tennessee

Herbert Hoover 5x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $400 1999 Although he "crashed" in the election of 1932, he later led 2 commissions to reorganize the executive branch

DJ $600 1990 He used the expression "Rugged Individualism" while running for president in 1928

FJ 1986 Born in 1874 during Grant's administration, this President died in 1964 during Johnson's

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DJ $400 1985 Dividing voting districts unfairly, named for Eldridge Gerry's salamander-shaped district

J $500 1999 North Carolina's long, meandering "I-85 District" has been called an example of this tactic named for a politician

DJ $1,600 2020 Pennsylvania's 7th district, shaped like "Goofy kicking Donald Duck", got nixed by a court in 2018 for going too far in this process

Georgia 5x 20.0% stumper $540 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1998 Amid 1994 GOP gains, Democrat Zell Miller won his second goober-natorial election in this state

J $600 2007 Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich

DJ $1,200 2010 Sonny Perdue

Gary Hart 5x $260 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1985 '84 Presidential primary contender & Colorado senator

J $200 1999 In 1984 this Colorado senator was runner-up to Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention

DJ $200 1988 He dropped out of the presidential race in May 1987 & surprise! Dropped in 7 months later

Bill Clinton 5x 20.0% stumper $300 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1993 In 1979 this Arkansas attorney general became the youngest governor in the U.S.

J $600 2016 FOB refers to supporters & acquaintances of this politician

J $200 2017 Thispresident, with a healthy appetite and rapidly changing views, was a symbolic foodstuff

Barack Obama 5x $1,080 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $400 2011 Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

DJ $800 2014 Democrats, 2004:This Illinois senatorial candidate

J $1,000 2005 Illinois made this self-described "skinny kid with a funny name" the fifth black senator ever elected

assemble 5x $500 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1990 The 1st Amendment gives people the right to do this peacefully

DJ $600 1993 The First Amendment gives people the right to do this as long as they do it "peaceably"

J $1,000 2025 The freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment include "the right of the people peaceably to" do this

Arizona 5x 33.3% stumper $767 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $500 DD 1994 Morris Udall & his brother Stewart have represented this state in Congress

DJ $1,000 1995 Carl Hayden, who represented this state in the House & Senate, served in Congress the longest—57 yrs.

FJ 2019 It's the only state to have had 4 female governors, 3 of whom served consecutively between 1997 & 2015

Andrew Johnson 5x $420 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1999 Returning to the Senate in 1875, he served with senators who had voted "Guilty" at his impeachment trial

DJ $800 1986 After a controversial presidency, he once again became a Tennessee senator in 1875

J $200 1995 Congress overrode 15 of this post-Civil War president's vetoes, a record number

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the General Services Administration 5x 20.0% stumper $560 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 1996 This independent agency, the GSA, manages the U.S. government's equipment & property

DJ $800 1996 This agency, the GSA, stockpiles strategic materials & disposes of surplus property

DJ $800 1993 This agency, the GSA, operates the Federal Communications & Computer Systems

a trial 5x $360 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $200 2020 The Sixth Amendment grants the right "to a speedy and public" this

DJ $800 2013 The Constitution says everyone accused is entitled to a "speedy & public" one of these

DJ $400 1992 "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy & public" one of these

Ulysses Grant 5x 20.0% stumper $580 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1987 In his last years, he was so desperate for money that he had to offer up his Civil War swords

J $600 2014 In 1878, a year after leaving office, he admitted, "The truth is I am more of a farmer than a soldier"

DJ $1,500 DD 2007 The Whiskey Ring scandal & William Belknap, his Sec. of War, impeached? No wonder this Republican didn't get a third term!

Tom Daschle 5x $1,040 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $400 1999 In 1998 Tom Harkin & this Tom, the Senate's Democratic leader, chaired a hearing on hog prices

J $800 2005 In South Dakota, John Thune unseated this Senate leader whom he accused of obstructionism

DJ $1,600 2008 2001 to 2003:A Democrat from the Dakotas

Wisconsin 4x 50.0% stumper $1,200 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 2001 Tommy Thompson

DJ $1,000 1997 Philip F. LaFollette served as governor of this state both as a Republican & as a Progressive

DJ $1,000 1986 In 1903, this Midwest state was 1st to enact law for a direct primary

William Jennings Bryan 4x $1,050 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 1994 The Silver Republicans met in July 1900 & picked this man, also the Democrats' choice for president

DJ $1,000 1993 This statesman argued for a bimetal monetary policy at the 1896 Democratic National Convention

DJ $800 1993 This Democrat died in 1925, less than a week after winning the Scopes "Monkey Trial"

veto 4x $325 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1992 Latin for "I forbid", it's the president's power to reject legislation

DJ $800 1988 The 1st time the U.S. ever did this in the Security Council was in 1970

J $200 2000 [Former President Jimmy Carter speaking from the Carter Center in Atlanta] From Latin for "I forbid", it's what I did to 31 very bad bills passed by Congress

Veterans 4x 25.0% stumper $900 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 1997 Their "affairs" are the concern of secretary Jesse Brown

J $800 2022 Cabinet Secretary Denis McDonough has sworn to "uphold our promises to" them, "whether they came home decades ago or days ago"

DJ $1,200 2018 "The republic of Poland shall take special care of" these, "particularly war invalids"

Vermont 4x 66.7% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $600 1995 From 1985 to 1991 Swiss-born Madeleine Kunin was governor of this New England state

J $1,000 2002 It ratified the Constitution in 1791, 2 months before it became the 14th state

FJ 1987 State that's gone Republican more times than any other in Presidential elections is this 1 in New England

unicameral 4x $650 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 2014 Like Nebraska's, Guam's legislature is described with this adjective, meaning it consists of a single chamber

J $600 2018 Nebraska has this type of state legislature meaning "one chamber"

J $800 2007 (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln, NE.) I'm in the nation's only 1-house state legislature known by this 1-word term; Nebraskans chose it by popular vote in the 1930s

Trent Lott 4x $1,000 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $800 2005 This Mississippi congressman has seen his "hair share" of controversy

J $1,000 2007 In 2002 this Mississippian quit his post as Senate Republican Leader

J $1,000 2004 The Strom Thurmond birthday challenge went badly for this Miss. lawmaker & he lost his majority leader immunity

treason 4x 25.0% stumper $575 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1993 Article III, Section 3 partially defines this as giving "aid and comfort" to enemies of the U.S.

J $500 1993 Per Article III, Section 3, you can only be convicted of this crime if you confess or there are 2 witnesses

J $1,000 DD 2004 With the Senate in session, a senator can be arrested only for a felony, breach of peace or this, "so make the most of it"

the State of the Union Address 4x $300 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $100 1991 Within days of a new session of Congress, the president delivers this address

DJ $600 1985 Speech delivered by the President each Jan. to a joint session of Congress

FJ 2013 Donna Shalala, Alberto Gonzales & Tom Vilsack have each served as the "designated survivor" skipping this event

the Republicans 4x $325 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1994 The Old Guard are conservative members of this Grand Old Party

DJ $600 1992 Mugwumps were members of this party who abandoned James G. Blaine to support Cleveland in 1884

DJ $200 1992 Since the 1880s it's been nicknamed the "Grand Old Party"

The Pentagon 4x 25.0% stumper $1,050 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1994 The Office of the Secretary of the Navy is in this famous building

J $800 2011 Even though it's in Arlington, Va., the address for this building is 1400 Defense Pentagon, Washington D.C. 20301

J $2,700 DD 2004 Phrases from this "Puzzle Palace" include "flexible response" & "credible deterrent"

the Oval Office 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1995 Originally in the center of the West Wing, this office of the president is now in a corner

J $600 2015 Photos taken in this D.C. space that's 36 by 29 feet (well, roughly) may not be used in political campaigns

DJ $1,200 2011 This distinctively shaped room was designed by Nathan C. Wyeth at the order of President Taft in 1909

the Library of Congress 4x $575 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1991 The Office of Registrar of Copyrights is a division of this library

J $600 2018 There's lots to check out there:LOC

DJ $1,200 2008 Created by law in 1800, this institution maintains the Dewey Decimal System

the Interior 4x $1,150 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $600 2017 Coloradans Ken Salazar & Gale Norton are recent Secretaries of this

J $1,000 2013 The Bureau of Reclamation & the National Park Service are on the organizational chart for this department

DJ $1,000 2000 John Usher was secretary of this in 1863, 2 years after Albert Fall, a later secretary, was born

the Department of Justice 4x $767 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1991 Though the first Attorney General was appointed in 1789, this department wasn't established until 1870

DJ $800 1992 The Office of Attorney General was created in 1789, but this department wasn't established until 1870

DJ $1,200 2014 It's the only Cabinet department headed by an official whose title isn't secretary

the CIA 4x $700 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $600 2003 It's no secret that William Colby, William Casey & William Webster have all headed this agency

DJ $600 1991 In May 1991 President Bush appointed R. Gates to replace Wm. Webster as head of this agency

DJ $800 2018 Nominated to be the first woman to head this agency, Gina Haspel said she excelled at dead drops & back-alley meetings

the Census 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1989 The USSR is taking this type of survey in 1989 that the U.S. government will take in 1990

J $1,000 2004 The first of these was to be held within 3 years of the first meeting of congress; then every 10 years

J $400 2021 Every 5 years, not 10, the National Agricultural Statistics Service takes this count of farms & farmers

the Articles of Confederation 4x $850 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $800 2012 The original intent of the convention was to revise this first constitution

J $1,000 2004 Ostensibly meeting to revise these, the delegates to the 1787 convention said we're starting over

J $800 2008 This document served as our basic charter of government from 1781 until the Constitution in 1789

Sonny Bono 4x $650 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2018 In the '90s this ex-husband of Cher was mayor of Palm Springs & a 2-term Republican congressman

DJ $600 1997 At a Washington fundraiser, this Republican congressman sang his hit "The Beat Goes On"

DJ $1,200 2009 "Hairspray"(the 1988 one),"Troll", Mayor of Palm Springs, U.S. rep. from California

Secretary of Defense 4x $700 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1987 Secretary of HEW under Nixon & Ford, Caspar Weinberger currently holds this position

DJ $800 2023 "Known and Unknown" is by Donald Rumsfeld, who served Gerald Ford & George W. Bush in this job

J $1,000 2018 James "Please don't Call Me Mad Dog" Mattis

Sam Ervin 4x $700 avg DJ:4

DJ $600 1989 This "plain old country lawyer" of Watergate fame attended plain old Harvard Law School

DJ $600 1984 Harvard-educated country lawyer who led the Senate Watergate Committee

DJ $800 1995 This chair of the Senate Watergate Committee first entered the House to complete his brother's term

Republican 4x 50.0% stumper $825 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1986 Other than during Reconstruction, Mississippi has never had a governor of this major party

DJ $1,000 1993 Article IV, Section 4 guarantees every state this form of government

DJ $200 1993 The Stalwarts of this political party opposed President Garfield's civil service reforms

Prohibition 4x $375 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1987 Only amendment ratified by conventions, not state legislatures, was the 21st, repealing this

J $800 2002 Rhode Island never ratified this amendment even after it went into effect on January 16, 1920

J $200 2025 2 amendments ratified 15 years apart both dealt with this issue; one to enact it & one to repeal it

Patrick Henry 4x $850 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2011 This "liberty or death" guy turned down an invite to be a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, saying he "smelt a rat"

DJ $800 1997 In 1776, 2 years after the House of Burgesses was dissolved, this orator became the state's first governor

J $2,000 DD 2018 In June 1776 Virginia became an independent commonwealth & this famed orator was elected its first governor

Oklahoma 4x 25.0% stumper $1,250 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $600 2001 Frank Keating

DJ $2,800 DD 2024 Frank Franz served as an Indian agent of the Osage Agency before becoming this territory's last governor in 1906

J $800 2018 Mary Fallin, first female gov. of this state, was lt. gov. when the Federal Bldg. was bombed & helped rebuild its day care center

North Carolina 4x 25.0% stumper $900 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1985 In '84, Jesse Helms won costliest senate race in U.S. history in this state

J $1,000 2015 Like Ruben Studdard, Renee Ellmers of this state made Clay Aiken a runner-up

DJ $400 2013 In January 2009 in Raleigh, Beverly Perdue took the oath of office as the first woman governor of this state

Nelson Rockefeller 4x $700 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1989 In politics it was this man, not Sylvester Stallone, who was known as "Rocky"

DJ $600 1984 In 1974, became 2nd vice president to be appointed, not elected

DJ $1,600 2023 He was the center of attention as New York's governor from 1959 to 1973 & a year later, was selected to be vice president

NASA 4x $450 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 2001 The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. has been under the jurisdiction of this agency since 1958

DJ $1,200 2010 (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookhaven National Laboratory.) Department of Energy scientists at Brookhaven are prepping cell samples for a lab that simulates the environment of space in partnership with this government agency

DJ $200 1996 The Office of Space Flight is a division of this U.S. agency

Mitt Romney 4x $750 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2012 He governed Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007

J $600 2022 In 2015 he said the health care program he began as governor of Massachusetts was the forerunner of Obamacare

J $1,000 2015 In 2006 Deval Patrick was elected to succeed this man as governor of Massachusetts

Lloyd Bentsen 4x $900 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 1996 In 1993 Texas state treasurer Kay Bailey Hutchison won the Senate seat vacated by this Treasury Sec'y

DJ $600 1991 Election '88 candidate who is currently chairman of the Senate Finance Committee

DJ $2,000 2004 Bill Clinton's first Treasury secretary was this Texan who had served as Michael Dukakis' running mate in 1988

Jesse Helms 4x $1,300 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 1998 Harvey Gantt, Charlotte's first black mayor, has twice lost to this man for a North Carolina senate seat

DJ $600 1993 This North Carolina senator introduced a 1981 bill to outlaw abortion

DJ $1,200 DD 1992 In 1972 he became North Carolina's first Republican Senator in the 20th century

Jeannette Rankin 4x 33.3% stumper $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $1,000 2024 In 1941 this congresswoman said, "As a woman I can't go to war, & I refuse to send anyone else"

FJ 2005 Elected in 1916, she was the subject of a 1995 biography called "Bright Star in the Big Sky"

DJ $1,000 1995 A statue of this congresswoman in the U.S. Capitol represents the state of Montana

James Monroe 4x 25.0% stumper $650 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 1999 In 1823 he declared that the Americas were no longer "subjects for future colonization" by European powers

DJ $800 2003 Before succeeding Madison as president, he was Madison's secretary of state

DJ $1,000 1990 He was the first president to live in the White House after it was burned down & rebuilt

Ireland 4x 25.0% stumper $675 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $300 1991 White House architect James Hoban was born in Callan in this country circa 1762

DJ $1,600 2018 This country, a passage repealed in 2018:"The state acknowledges the right to life of the unborn"

DJ $400 2022 The 160-seat Dáil Éireann is the lower house of this country's parliament

India 4x $533 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 1992 P.V. Narasimha Rao took over this country's Congress (I) party after Rajiv Gandhi's death

DJ $600 1986 In 1975, kingdom of Sikkim, where American Hope Cooke was queen, was annexed by this country

FJ 2020 In 2014 this democratic nation broke the record for total turnout in a single election with more than 500 million voters

Hubert Humphrey 4x 25.0% stumper $700 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1985 He was the 1st Democrat ever elected to the Senate from Minnesota

DJ $2,000 2012 His widow Muriel became Minnesota's first female senator when she filled his vacant seat in 1978

J $200 1985 Carter called him "Hubert Horatio Hornblower" at the 1980 Democratic Convention

Henry Kissinger 4x $733 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $200 1991 In May 1991 this former Sec'y of State turned up as a weatherman on "CBS This Morning"

DJ $1,600 2012 (Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents the clue.) According to a 1792 law, a presidential resignation is addressed to the Secretary of State; Richard Nixon's resignation became effective only when this man initialed it

FJ 2010 He was the last Secretary of State to serve in the post under 2 presidents

Grover Cleveland 4x $850 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $600 1987 Of 9 presidents who served from 1870 to 1912, he was the only Democrat

J $1,000 2021 He's still the only president to have had his wedding in the White House, marrying young Frances Folsom in 1886

DJ $800 1996 Carl Schurz was a leader of the Mugwumps, Republicans who left the party in 1884 to support this Democrat

France 4x 25.0% stumper $475 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1988 Jacques Chirac

DJ $1,000 1985 S. Pacific's New Caledonia, w/25% of world's nickel supply, is in revolt against this country's rule

DJ $400 2008 Before his life sentence for Nazi collaboration, Philippe Petain of this country got a parade in N.Y. for heroism in WWI

Everett Dirksen 4x $1,075 avg DJ:4

DJ $1,000 1996 This Illinois Republican served 8 terms in the House, & in 1959 became Senate Minority Leader

DJ $1,000 DD 1989 While Senate Minority Leader, he made the Billboard Top 40 in 1967 with the following:"Down through the years..."

DJ $1,000 1986 '60s Senate Minority Leader whose record "Gallant Men" made Billboard Top 40 & won a Grammy

Ethiopia 4x 25.0% stumper $1,550 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 1989 Country whose president is Mengistu Haile Mariam & whose p.m. is Fikre Selassie Wogderess

DJ $800 1985 Soviet ally in East Africa that has formally turned Communist

DJ $1,000 1988 In February 1987, Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam announced a Marxist constitution for this country

Ella Grasso 4x $900 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $800 1991 From 1975-1980 she served as Connecticut's first woman governor

J $1,000 2006 This governor of Connecticut was fondly known as "Mother Ella"

DJ $800 1989 This Nutmegger was the 1st woman elected governor who didn't succeed her husband in the office

Dick Cheney 4x $700 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2017 After his fifth heart attack, he co-wrote a book with his doctor called "Heart: An American Medical Odyssey"

J $1,000 2008 About being a distant cousin of this politician from Wyoming, Barack Obama said, "That's a heartbreak"

J $400 1990 He was Wyoming's U.S. representative & GOP House Whip when he was nominated for Sec'y of Defense

Connecticut 4x $750 avg DJ:4

DJ $600 1994 In 1980 ill health forced Ella Grasso to resign as governor of this state

DJ $1,000 1998 On April 19, 1939, this "Nutmeg State" became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the Bill of Rights

DJ $600 1991 Lowell Weicker is the 1st independent governor there since 1856

Chris Christie 4x $750 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2020 "The Power of In-Your-Face Politics" is part of the subtitle of "Let Me Finish" by this recent New Jersey governor

J $600 2018 Then a New Jersey prosecutor, this future governor helped jail Jared Kushner's father in 2005

DJ $2,000 2011 Inaugurated in 2010 as New Jersey's governor, this ex-prosecutor is tough on spending

Benjamin Harrison 4x 50.0% stumper $1,250 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $1,000 2024 The tradition of having a decorated Christmas tree in the White House began with this president & grandson of another in 1889

DJ $1,000 1987 After his 1st wife died in the White House in 1892, this 23rd President married her niece

DJ $1,000 1985 President in between Grover Cleveland's 2 terms

Ann Richards 4x $1,050 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 2023 Holland Taylor wrote & starred in "Ann" , a Tony-nominated play about this Texas governor

DJ $1,000 1999 1988:Texas state treasurer

DJ $800 1994 This Texas gov. who livens up Democratic conventions was born Dorothy Ann Willis in Lakeview, Texas

435 4x $600 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 1991 Though the House gained two additional members in 1959, it returned to this many in 1962

DJ $600 1999 When Congress first met in 1789, the House of Representatives had 65 members; today there are this many

DJ $1,200 2008 (I'm Bill Schneider.) Add up the Republicans & the Democrats in the U.S. House for the 110th Congress & you get this total that's been standard for almost a century

(John) Kerry 4x $1,400 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2010 This 2004 presidential nominee chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

J $600 2008 George W. Bush is related to Marilyn Monroe, Princess Di & this senator, Bush's 2004 opponent

DJ $4,000 DD 2023 He talked about being a Vietnam vet, 5-term senator & Secretary of State in the memoir "Every Day is Extra"

The United States 4x 33.3% stumper $600 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $400 2006 An amendment becomes law when 3/4 of these approve it

J $1,000 2007 Bavaria & Brandenburg are 2 of Germany's 16 these

FJ 1985 Country with the oldest written constitution still in use

the lieutenant governor 4x $500 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 2015 In 1974 Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected to this job whose husband hadn't once held the job

J $800 2007 (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln, NE.) As in Washington, the vice president presides over the Senate, in Nebraska, this official presides over the unicameral legislature

DJ $400 2002 Maine's only publicly elected executive officer; if he dies the state senate president succeeds him

the IRS 4x $250 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1994 Appropriately, this agency's toll-free number ends with the number 1040

J $400 2006 You can click on "Where's My Refund?" on this federal agency's website

DJ $200 1996 This agency of the Treasury Department enforces the tax laws

the Interstate Commerce Commission 4x 33.3% stumper $767 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1988 In 1887, the U.S. gov't established this commission to regulate transport & trade between states

DJ $1,000 1986 Trucks for hire that travel between states are regulated by this agency

FJ 1996 On Jan. 1, 1996 this oldest government regulatory agency, established in 1887, closed

the House of Commons 4x $600 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1993 The United Kingdom is divided into 651 constituencies & each one sends an MP to this house

J $800 2014 The lower & effectively ruling chamber in the U.K. Parliament

DJ $1,200 2022 There are 338 members in this branch of Canada's parliament

the Green Party 4x $650 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 2022 Ecological wisdom is one of the "Ten Key Values" of this U.S. political party

DJ $600 1999 In 1996 Ralph Nader did best in Oregon where he got 4.1% of the popular vote running with this party

DJ $1,000 1997 Petra Kelly, who helped found this party, was elected to the West German parliament in 1983

ratify the Constitution 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2020 Acts of Parliament & other conventions & court decisions make up what is called Britain's "unwritten" this document

DJ $1,000 DD 1988 The last article of the Constitution calls for 9 states to do this

DJ $400 2002 With this document just 2 years old, the First Congress promptly came up with 12 amendments to it

John Foster Dulles 4x $700 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2008 A Northern Virginia airport was named in honor of this Secretary of State

DJ $800 1987 Eisenhower's Sec'y of State, his grandfather was Benjamin Harrison's Sec'y of State

DJ $1,600 2006 In 1959 Christian Herter didn't "make a fool of himself over" this man; he just replaced him as Secretary of State

Dwight D. Eisenhower 4x 25.0% stumper $725 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2000 His 1956 victory was the first time in over a century that the party of the presidential winner didn't control Congress

DJ $2,000 2025 After the White House, he kept an office at Gettysburg College, where he wrote his memoirs & held meetings

J $300 2001 An avid golfer, he scored a hole-in-one during a round in Palm Springs in 1968

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