Bonus Test (1) Flashcards
President of
AFGHANISTAN
ASHRAF
GHANI
2nd President is named
John Adams
How many Amendments are there?
27
Alamo fought
1836
Year of U of H was founded
1927
Name the one of the Justices of the SCOTUS
- Alito, Samuel
Name 2 presidents born in Texas
- Dwight Eisenhower 2. Lyndon Baines Johnson
Name 3 biggest rivers
- Rio Grande 2. Red River 3. Brazos River
Which Amendment outlawed slavery?
13th Amendment
What year was Houston established?
1836 - August 30, 1836
In what year did women get the right to vote?
1920
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
How long is the term of the House of Representatives?
2 years
Name the one of the Justices of the SCOTUS
- Breyer, Stephen
Ashraf Ghani
President
of Afghanistan
first year Texans played
2002
Which Amendment limits the term of the President?
22nd Amendment
Which Amendment sets the voting age?
26th Amendment
out of the 50 states entered into the union what number is Texas
28th state
In which amendment is the right to bear arms?
2nd amendment
Name the one of the Justices of the SCOTUS
- Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
What is the minimum age of the President?
35 years old
Which amendment is about quartering soldiers
3rd amendment
How long is the term of the President?
4 years
How many Presidents have been assassinated while in Office?
4 Abraham Lincoln 1865 James Garfield 1881 William McKinley 1901 John F. Kennedy 1963
Name the one of the Justices of the SCOTUS
- Kagan, Elena
Name the one of the Justices of the SCOTUS
- Kennedy, Anthony
Which Amendment offers protection against self-incrimination
5th Amendment
How long do the members of the Senate serve?
6 years
Name the one of the Justices of the SCOTUS
- Scalia, Antonio
Which Amendment guarantees trial by jury?
6th Amendment
Name the one of the Justices of the SCOTUS
- Sotomayor, Sonia
Name the one of the Justices of the SCOTUS
- Thomas, Clarence
3rd in line after the VP
Speaker of the House
(Paul Ryan)
4th in line to President
President of the Senate
Pro Tempore
(Mitch McConnell)
5th in line to be President
Secretary of State
(John Kerry)
6th in line after the President
Secretary to the Treasury
(Jack Lew)
King of SAUDI ARABIA
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Former Mayor of Houston
Anise Parker
Secretary of Transportation
Anthony Foxx
Small Mammal
armadillo
Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan
Secretary of Defense
Ashton Carter
Second major baseball team
Astros
Department of Justice
Atty General Loretta Lynch
Capital of Texas
Austin
President
Barack Hussein Obama
Name the 44th President
Barack Obama
Flying mammal
bat
What battle won our Independence from Mexcio?
Battle of San Jacinto
Prime Minister of ISRAEL
Benjamin Netanyahu
Name of the 42nd president
Bill Clinton
Flower
Bluebonnet
Chancellor of GERMANY
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Houston City Controller
Chris Brown
What religion is President Barack Obama?
Christian
Houstons first professional baseball team
Colt 45s
Houston Champion WNBA Team
Comets
Fiber
Cotton
Mascot of U of H
cougar
Unforeseen problems lead to wide use of artificial turf
could not get the grass to grow
Shrub
Crepe Myrtle
What team did the Texans first play in Reliant Stadium?
Dallas Cowboys
What is the name of the womens soccer team?
Dash
Prime Minister of CANADA
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of UNITED KINGDOM
David Cameron
Mens soccer team
Dynamo (there is no “s”)
Queen of UNITED KINGDOM
Elizabeth II
President of MEXICO
Enrique Pena Nieto
Ernest Moniz
Secretary of Energy
Who wrote the words to the National Anthem?
Francis Scott Key
President of FRANCE
Francois Hollande
Motto
Friendship
President of IRAQ
Fuad Masum
Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Gena McCarthy
Name the 41st President
George H. W. Bush
Name the 43rd president
George W. Bush
Who was the 1st president?
George Washington
U of H College of Architecture
Gerald D. Hines College of Archicture
Fruit
Grapefruit
governor
Greg Abbott Texas Governor
Fish
Guadalupe bass
Harry Reid
President of IRAN
Hassan Rouhani
President of SOMALIA
Hassan Mohamoud
First capital of the Republic of Texas
Houston
Largest city in Texas
Houston
Houston’s first minor league baseball team
Houston Buffalos or the Buffs
First Professional Basketball team
Houston Mavericks
first NLF team
Houston Oilers
What does the acronym HERO stand for?
Houston Equal Rights Ordinance
Secretary of the Treasury
Jack Lew
President of SOUTH AFRICA
Jacob Zuma
Name of the 4th President
James Madison
Name the 5th President
James Monroe
Mother of Texas
Jane Long
Janet Yellen
Head of Federal Reserve
Current Secretary of Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson
Joaquin Castro
Texas Represenative
Vice president of United States
Joe Biden
John Brennan, CIA
John Cornyn
Senate Majority Whip
U.S. Department of State / Secretary of State
John Kerry
Prime Minister of NEW ZEALAND
John Key
Name the Chief Justice of the SCOTUS
John Roberts, Chief Justice
President of PANAMA
Juan Carlos Varela
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Julian Castro
Who was elected as Canada’s Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau
Supreme Leader of NORTH KOREA
Kim Jong-un
Chief Executive of HONG KONG
Leung Chun-ying
Reptile
Lizard
Large Mammal
Longhorn
President of the Republic of China of TAIWAN
Ma Ying-jeou
President of PAKISTAN
Mamnoon Hussain
President of SPAIN
Mariano Rajoy
Prior Homeland Security Secretary
Michael Chertoff
Mitch McConnell
Majority Leader of the Senate
State bird
mockingbird
Insect
monarch butterfly
U of H school of Music
Moore’s School of Music
Nancy Pelosi
Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Prime Minister of INDIA
Narendra Modi
President of VENEZUELA
Nicolas Maduro
U of H Law Library
O’Quinn Law Library
Tree
Pecan
Secretary of Commerce
Penny Pritzker
Plant
Prickly pear
President of CUBA
Raul Castro
President of TURKEY
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
President of ISRAEL
Reuven Rivlin
Secretary of Department of
VETERANS AFFAIRS
Robert A. McDonald
who was the 40th president
Ronald Reagan
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Sally Jewell
President of EL SALVADOR
Salvador Sanchez Ceren
First President of the Republic
Sam Houston
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Samantha Power
Samantha Power
U.S. Ambassador to the UN
President of ITALY
Sergio Mattarella
Name of U of H mascot
Shasta