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Congressional Scavenger Hunt

Answer the questions below on a separate piece of paper. In order to get “extra credit” a student must either correctly answer each question before everyone else OR have the most correct answers after all papers have been collected at the end of the period. Good luck in your search!!!

  1. In what war was the Capital Building burned?
  2. Define gerrymander.
  3. Senator Preston Brooks (R-SC) beat what anti-slavery Senator in 1856?
  4. Senator Joseph McCarthy was from what state?
  5. The longest filibuster on record occurred on what date?
  6. Who proposed the “Virginia Plan” at the Constitutional Convention?
  7. Who proposed the “New Jersey Plan” at the Constitutional Convention?
  8. Who proposed the “Great Compromise”?
  9. Name the article and section of the Constitution that creates a bi-cameral legislature.
  10. Senators serve terms of…
  11. Representatives serve terms of…
  12. Pro tem (latin) means…
  13. Name, besides the Capital, where most of the Senate offices are located.
  14. What is the name of the Metro station that services the Capital Building?
  15. Define rider.
  16. Name all three of Delaware’s Congressmen.
  17. Who is the current Speaker of the House?
  18. Who is the current House Whip for the Republicans?
  19. Who is the current minority leader in the Senate?
  20. Who is the current minority leader in the House?
  21. Who is the current majority leader in the Senate?
  22. How many Presidents of the Senate have there been?
  23. How many Senators have successfully been elected U.S. President?
  24. How many Representatives have successfully been elected U.S. President?
  25. Give one of the two recipes for Senate Bean Soup.
  26. What two Delawareans are found (in statue form) in the Capital Rotunda?
  27. What committees does Joe Biden (D-DE) belong to?
  28. Who currently has the most seniority in the Senate?
  29. Who currently has the most seniority in the House?
  30. What age was the youngest Congressman?
  31. Who was the first woman to serve in Congress?
  32. How many wars has Congress declared?
  33. What is the “hopper”?
  34. If coming at the Capital Building from the White House, to get to the Senate would you turn left or right when you entered the building?
  35. What does C-SPAN stand for?
  36. The Congressional Newspaper is called what?
  37. How many Representatives are from Texas? (Remember: Don’t mess with them)
  38. What was the longest session of Congress?
  39. What was the shortest session of Congress?
  40. In 1789, how many Senators were there?
  41. In 1789, how many Representatives were there?
  42. Info on Daniel Webster…
  43. Info on John C. Calhoun…
  44. Info on Henry Clay…
  45. Info on Robert Taft…
  46. Info on Henry Cabot Lodge…
  47. Are there assigned seats in the House of Representatives?
  48. Who was the first African-American to serve in the House of Representatives?
  49. Population requirement to gain a representative.
  50. What is the deal with the “Senate Gavel”?
  51. When was the Capital Dome completed?