Q 01/05

Which Schoolhouse Rock! song, first aired on ABC in 1976, follows a piece of legislation hoping to become law?

A) Conjunction Junction

B) I'm Just a Bill

C) Interplanet Janet

D) Elbow Room

Answer · why

B) I'm Just a Bill

I'm Just a Bill was written by Dave Frishberg and sung by Jack Sheldon. The bill in the cartoon would make school buses stop at railroad crossings.

Q 02/05

Which practice of drawing voting districts for party gain is named after a salamander-shaped Massachusetts district?

A) Gerrymandering

B) Logrolling

C) Redlining

D) Malapportionment

Answer · why

A) Gerrymandering

Gerrymandering blends 'salamander' with the name of Elbridge Gerry, who signed the 1812 map into law. The word first appeared in the Boston Gazette th...

Q 03/05

The Eighteenth Amendment, the only amendment ever repealed, banned the production, transport and sale of what?

A) Tobacco

B) Firearms

C) Alcohol

D) Opium

Answer · why

C) Alcohol

Alcohol was not illegal to possess or drink under the amendment itself, only to make, transport or sell. The Twenty-first Amendment ended the ban in D...

Q 04/05

Which two words did Congress add to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, at the height of the Cold War?

A) Of America

B) With liberty

C) And justice

D) Under God

Answer · why

D) Under God

Under God was added on Flag Day in 1954 and signed into law by Dwight Eisenhower. Supporters wanted to set the United States apart from the state athe...

Q 05/05

Which president's four election victories led to the Twenty-second Amendment and its two-term limit?

A) Theodore Roosevelt

B) Franklin Roosevelt

C) Dwight D. Eisenhower

D) Ulysses S. Grant

Answer · why

B) Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt is the only president elected to a third and fourth term. He died 82 days into that fourth term, and the amendment took effect in 1...