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1. How many U.S. presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize?
2. This question has two parts: When was the Republican Party first organized? And who was the first Republican president? 3. What party has the nickname "GOP"? And what does that acronym stand for? 4. In the world of politics, what does the expression "lame duck" mean? 5. What is the minimum number of electoral votes a state can have? And why? 6. Name the oldest U.S. political party. 7. Under the Constitution, the U.S. president is designated as commander in chief over which specific forces? 8. When World War I broke out, what U.S. military branch consisted of a corps of only 50 soldiers? 9. Which current political party officially adopted an animal as its symbol? Name both the party and the animal. 10. True or False: The United States is a federal constitutional republic and not a democracy. Answers: 1. Four. Theodore Roosevelt (1905), Woodrow Wilson (1919), Jimmy Carter, Jr. (2002), Barack Obama (2009). 2. The Republican Party was founded in 1854, and Abraham Lincoln was the party's first president. 3. GOP is a common term used for the Grand Old Party or Republican Party. Originally known as the "Gallant Old Party," the GOP began in the mid-1850s. 4. In current practice, a lame duck session is any Congress meeting after Election Day but before the following Jan. 3. 5. Three electoral votes. The electoral votes are based on representation in Congress, which means two senators and at least one House member. 6. The Democratic Party is the oldest U.S. political party. 7. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution: "The President is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and of the Militia of states when called into actual service of the United States." 8. The U.S. Air Force consisted of only 50 soldiers at the beginning of World War I. 9. The Republicans adopted the elephant as their official symbol. If you answered the Democrats, they have never officially adopted the donkey as a party symbol. 10. True.
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