Let the Games Begin
If you were unable to make it to last night’s voting variety show at The Cabot, we are sharing the trivia contest questions (and answers) for you to play with friends and family! Keep the conversations about elections and civic involvement going!
Questions
When did women get the vote in the US?
What was the last European nation to give the vote to women?
What was the first European country to give women the vote?
How does the US rank in voter participation out of the top 172 nations? Top 10 percent? Top 40 percent? Bottom 50 percent? Bottom 20 percent?
What did George Washington spend all his campaign money on?
When is the US federal Voting Day?
Why was Voting Day set for early November?
Who did the Constitution give voting rights to?
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?
What did the Dawes Act of 1887 do?
What is the 15th Amendment?
What country has the highest voter participation?
Why was the Electoral College formed?
During Reconstruction, who could vote in the US?
Why don’t some people like the term suffragette?
What is the voting status of Native Americans?
How many amendments have been added to the US Constitution?
Is there a fee to apply for US citizenship? If so, how much?
Is the voting age the same in every state?
What’s the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
How many people signed the Declaration of Independence?
Which current state used to be part of Massachusetts?
Which are the three branches of the US government designed to create a balance of power so that no group can have total control?
What’s the biggest argument against having the Electoral College?
Answers
In 1920, with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, white women got the right to vote.
Lichtenstein in 1984.
Finland in 1906.
Bottom 20 percent.The
160 gallons of liquor for potential voters.
The first Tuesday of every November.
Because it was after the harvest and before it got too cold and discouraged people from coming out to vote.
No one. Voting rights came from the states, not from the federal government.
Denies anyone of Chinese ancestry from becoming a naturalized American citizen.
Granted citizenship to Native Americans if they dissociated from their Indian Nations.
Granted the emancipated enslaved the right to vote, but the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow laws all but ended that.
Somalia with 99.86%.
The creators of the Constitution needed to compromise with states with large populations, many of them in the South, who wanted to protect slavery.
Black and white men.
It was coined in 1906 as a derogatory, diminutive, and belittling term for women who supported a woman’s right to vote. Suffragist is the preferred term.
Native Americans, as all citizens, can vote in federal, state, and local elections. They can also hold dual citizenship in their tribal nations and the United States.
Twenty-seven. This is considered the hardest question on the citizenship test.
Yes, there is a fee to apply for US citizenship; $710 if you apply online, $760 if you apply in person.
The voting age in the US is 18, but some states allow people to register at age 17 and to vote in a primary election if they will be 18 before the general election. In some states you can pre-register to vote at age 16.
The Declaration of Independence describes the ideals on which the nation was founded and the reasons for separating from Great Britain. The Constitution defines the framework of the Federal government and how it will work. In other words, the Declaration of Independence describes why, and the Constitution defines how.
Fifty-six.
Maine.
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial or President, Congress, and Supreme Court.
Their results too often do not represent the choice of the majority of voters.
Last night’s event was also filmed, and we will post a link on our website and our social media channels as soon as possible.
And while you are at it…
If you are going to be in the Berkshires, we highly recommend seeing the one-man show, “Eisenhower, This Piece of Ground,” at the Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, Mass. John Rubinstein, as the former Republican president, talks about the importance of country over party and the need for leadership to always choose the hard right over the easier wrong.
Eisenhower reluctantly chose a party himself, only because it’s the system we have, but he stood with Democrats and Republicans alike who advocated for civil rights, worked for peace, and sought to avoid war. He advised that Americans “should never be content with half-truths when the whole truth can be ours,” and that “truth is the bulwark of freedom,” while “suppression of the truth is the weapon of dictators.” In discussing free speech Rubinstein as Eisenhower tells the audience that people from other countries have come to our libraries because they know writers here can write what they want and their books will remain on the shelves.
The audience on the day we attended, no doubt heavily from New York and of the Democratic persuasion, couldn’t help but interrupt the performance to clap at some of the pronouncements that contrasted broadly with what tries to pass for Presidential these days.
The show runs through Saturday, September 26. See it if you can. It reminds us of what statesmanship and unity can look like.
Now, enjoy a game of trivia.