Q 01/05

Which pop star broke a long political silence in 2018 to oppose Marsha Blackburn's run for the Senate?

A) Taylor Swift

B) Miley Cyrus

C) Kacey Musgraves

D) Carrie Underwood

Answer · why

A) Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift told her Instagram followers she would vote for the Democrat instead, a decision later shown in her documentary Miss Americana.

Q 02/05

Asked by Marsha Blackburn to define the word woman, Ketanji Brown Jackson replied she was not a what?

A) Philosopher

B) Biologist

C) Theologian

D) Lexicographer

Answer · why

B) Biologist

Biologist was the job Jackson said she lacked when declining to answer at her 2022 hearings; Blackburn went on to vote against her confirmation to the...

Q 03/05

Which TV science presenter debated Marsha Blackburn about climate change on a Sunday political talk show in 2014?

A) Michio Kaku

B) Adam Savage

C) Bill Nye

D) Brian Greene

Answer · why

C) Bill Nye

Bill Nye, the Science Guy of children's television, met her on NBC's Meet the Press, where the host corrected Blackburn's claim that scientists had re...

Q 04/05

Which 2023 film did Marsha Blackburn criticize over a cartoon map said to show China's disputed sea claims?

A) Elemental

B) Wonka

C) The Flash

D) Barbie

Answer · why

D) Barbie

Barbie shows a doodled world map that critics said traced the nine-dash line, China's contested claim to the South China Sea; the studio called it a c...

Q 05/05

In 2026, Marsha Blackburn became the first woman to win Tennessee's Republican nomination for which office?

A) Lieutenant governor

B) Governor

C) Attorney general

D) Secretary of state

Answer · why

B) Governor

Governor was the prize: her August 2026 primary win made her the first woman nominated for the office by Tennessee Republicans, a year to the day afte...