Pennsylvania Quiz

[J. J.]

1. Name the current governor of Pennsylvania.  Tom Corbett (Space Cadet)
2. What party is he a member of? Republican
3. What year was he elected in? 2010
4. Name the capital of Pennsylvania.  Harrisburg, PA
5. Name the largest city. Philadelphia, PA
6. Name every state that borders Pennsylvania. NJ, DE, MD, WV, OH, NY (technically shares a water border with ON)

7. Name Pennsylvania's 2 senators and their respective parties.  Robert Casey, Jr., (D) Pat Toomey (R)
8. Who was the most recent senator whose term ended in 2011?  Arlen Specter
9. Name the previous governor of Pennsylvania and his political party. Edward Rendell (D)
10. The father of Pennsylvania's senior senator was the ______.  Governor, Auditor General, and a State Senator.

[J. J.]

1. Spell that goddamn county that's north of Berks that nobody can friggin' spell (and no Wiki) Lakawana?
2. Name 4 counties that border the Susquehanna. Union, Dauphin, York. Lancaster
3. Which county trended the most towards the Democrats in 2008?  Montgomery?
4. Which county was McCain's strongest in 2008?  Forest?
5. How did the small town of Columbia, in Lancaster County, get its name?  Named after Columbus?
6. Which state was part of Pennsylvania until around the Revolutionary War?  Delaware?
7. What is the largest shopping mall in the US, and which county is it located in? King of Prussia, Montgomery.
8. Until Specter became a Democrat, Pennsylvania's 2 senators were unique in that___(looking for a political issue position)  There was a pro-life and prochoice person in the same party?
9. Which county did Sestak win in 2010 that Obama did not?  Lancaster? 
10. Who did Ronald Reagan intend to choose for VP had he won the nomination in 1976?  Richard Schweiker

[J. J.]

The ones that have been correctly answered:

3. Which county trended the most towards the Democrats in 2008?-has not been correctly answer

Centre ?

[J. J.]

The ones that have been correctly answered:

3. Which county trended the most towards the Democrats in 2008?-has not been correctly answer

Centre ?

Screw it. It was Lancaster (remember, trending D=/=voting D).

Still have 1, 4, and 5.

That was my first answer. 

[J. J.]

Looking back, you seem to have said Montgomery.

By bad, I was thinking of Susquehanna boundaries.

Would Forest be McCain's strongest county?  I think it has a population of less than 7000.

[J. J.]

MEDIUM:


6. In which county was the Battle of Gettysburg fought? Adams

8. Name 2 counties which voted for Bush in 2004 and Obama in 2008. Centre, Cambria
9. What is the least populated county in Pennsylvania? Forest
10. Name 10 counties in Pennsylvania Butler, Armstrong, Bedford, Erie, Lawrence, Union, Montour, Lycoming, Tioga, Clinton

[J. J.]

Difficult:

1.  Philadelphia, Fulton, Union, and Pike all have this geographic feature that no other Pennsylvania counties have.  What is it?

2.  Without looking, what Pennsylvania counties share a name with a State?

3.  What is the titles of peace officers in Pennsylvania that are elected?  Hint:  There are two different classes.

4.  There are six different classes of municipal government in Pennsylvania; what are they?

5.  In the case of a vacancy in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.  Who becomes lieutenant governor when that office is vacant?

6.  Who was the last person impeached in Pennsylvania?

7.  What is the formal courtesy title used by the governor of Pennsylvania?

8.  During his military career, George Washington lost three battles in Pennsylvania where he was the overall commander; what where they?

9.  In 1987, the State Treasurer tenure ended in an unusual way, that was different from any State Treasurer before or since.  How did his tenure end?

10.  In 2005, the Centre County District Attorney  tenure ended in an unusual way, that was different from any district attorney in the US since.  How did his tenure end?

[J. J.]

1.  Philadelphia, Fulton, Union, and Pike all have this geographic feature that no other Pennsylvania counties have.  What is it? Two rivers run through the county*

Wrong.

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50% right.

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50% right.

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Right.

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Name and/or position.

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Correct.

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Right and right.

[J. J.]

2. Indiana, Delaware, Wyoming, and Washington

Right.  Wyoming state was actually named after the valley located in the county. 

[J. J.]

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50% right.

Does PA have elected sheriffs?

Yes.

And that was the second. 

Okay, we now have:

1.  Philadelphia, Fulton, Union, and Pike all have this geographic feature that no other Pennsylvania counties have.  What is it?

4.  There are six different classes of municipal government in Pennsylvania; what are they?

6.  Who was the last person impeached in Pennsylvania? (And I answered this on another thread.)

8.  During his military career, George Washington lost three battles in Pennsylvania where he was the overall commander; what where they?



10.  In 2005, the Centre County District Attorney  tenure ended in an unusual way, that was different from any district attorney in the US since.  How did his tenure end? Disappearance
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[J. J.]

8.  During his military career, George Washington lost three battles in Pennsylvania where he was the overall commander; what where they?

Seven Years War:
Fort Necessity - A post where he was attacked and defeated.  He had placed the fort in a low position, and left the treeline within firing range of the fort. The attack on him was in response to an attack by Washington and Native Americans on a French force, where a French diplomat was killed. These two battles began the war.

Revolution:
Brandywine - where he performed somewhat better than on LI, but he choose to beleive the wrong intel that the British weren't marching up the river and he left his flank unguarded from such a move.

Germantown - One of the first instances where Washington was able to stage what could have been an effective counteract, after losing Brandywine and then Philadelphia. He intially gained the upper hand, but lost the momentum when he ran into the heavily defended mansion, known as Cliveden, which he could not assail after repeated assualts.

Very good.  He was almost outflanked at at Brandywine.  At Germantown, one of the commanders was drunk,  and his troops (The Pennsylvania Continental Line) never found the British line on Indian Queen Lane.

[J. J.]

6.  Who was the last person impeached in Pennsylvania? (And I answered this on another thread.) Budd Dwyer?

He wasn't impeached. It was some judge.

Correct, it was a judge and Dwyer was never impeached or a judge.

Which judge, position and/or name?

[J. J.]

1.  Philadelphia, Fulton, Union, and Pike all have this geographic feature that no other Pennsylvania counties have.  What is it?

Hint:  It deals with political geography within each county.

[J. J.]

1.  Philadelphia, Fulton, Union, and Pike all have this geographic feature that no other Pennsylvania counties have.  What is it?

Hint:  It deals with political geography within each county.

They have a Ward structure?

No, I don't think Fulton, Union and Pike have any municipality divided into wards, while Cambria does have at least three, and Westmoreland has at least one (and possibly a few others).  Also Lower Merion does have wards in Montco. 

Wards are a political subdivision within a municipality.  For some, they are councilmanic/commissioner districts, though in others, they are just a grouping of precincts (division), that elect a constable.

Though the 1990's assessors were also elected on ward levels (the office was abolished in 2007 or 2009), in 4-8 class counties.  I was elected to the post, though not from a ward, in 1987.  The post needed to be abolished. 

[J. J.]

Wards are a political subdivision within a municipality.  For some, they are councilmanic/commissioner districts, though in others, they are just a grouping of precincts (division), that elect a constable.

Yes. Thank you. I know. 

Philadelphia's "wards" are meaningless, except as groupings of precincts, because the city does not elect constables, nor elect councilmembers on the basis of wards.  In some units of municipal government, they are specific jurisdictions that serve as a full constituency.  It can get confusing for people other than you. 

I'll give another hint:

1.  Philadelphia, Fulton, Union, and Pike all have this geographic feature that no other Pennsylvania counties have.  What is it?

Hint:  It deals with political geography within each county.  It deals specifically with municipal political geography in each of these counties.

Edit:  Let me add Monroe County to that list.

[J. J.]

4. Township, City, Borough, Town, Village, and... Consolidated City-County Government or some such?

Borough is right.  Be more specific with City and Township.  Town is technically wrong, though there is one borough incorporated as a town. 

Village is wrong.  It has no municipal government. Consolidated City-County Government is wrong.

[J. J.]

Philadelphia's "wards" are meaningless, except as groupings of precincts, because the city does not elect constables, nor elect councilmembers on the basis of wards.  In some units of municipal government, they are specific jurisdictions that serve as a full constituency.  It can get confusing for people other than you.  

Well, not totally meaningless if you consider the political influence (remember who you're speaking with here on the issue of Wards).  But, yes, aside from the grouping of precincts, they don't have any other official function. I was acknowledging that we fall into your latter point that they're just a group of precincts (unless you were also saying that the Wards you were referring to elect constables).

In boroughs, the wards are councilmanic districts, so they can possibly.  In other types of municipalities, like Philadelphia, they are just historical divisions.  Even politically, there are some wards that might included a half dozen precincts and a few thousand voters.  There are others with just one precinct and possibly less than 100 voters.

Questions still out:

4.  There are six different classes of municipal government in Pennsylvania; what are they?

6.  Who was the last person impeached in Pennsylvania? (And I answered this on another thread.)

For the next one, I'll add some hints:

1.  Philadelphia, Fulton, Monroe, Union, and Pike all have this geographic feature that no other Pennsylvania counties have.  What is it?

Hint A:  It deals specifically with municipal political geography in each of these counties.

Hint B:  But for the following municipalities, each county listed would be on this list:

Beaver Meadows, Carbon County

East Lansdowne, Delaware
 
Tionesta, Forrest  County
 
Thompsontown, Juniata  County
 
Roaring Brook, Lackawanna County
 
Alburtis, Lehigh County
 
Washingtonville, Montour County
 
Chapman, Northampton  County
 
Coudersport, Potter County
 
Bethany, Wayne County
 
Nicholson, Wyoming County

In other words, if these municipalities didn't exist, Cabon, Delaware, Forrest, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Montour, Northampton, Potter, Wayne, and Wyoming would be on the list.

[J. J.]

More specific than City and Township? God, Pennsylvania is weird!

Not really, especially if you are familiar with the differences. 

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Correct!  Now that is the really weird part of PA of Pennsylvania, the commonness of enclaves.  Though not listed, some townships are not contiguous.