Pennsylvania Quiz

[Keystone Phil]

EASY:

1. Name the current governor of Pennsylvania. - Tom Corbett
2. What party is he a member of? - Republican
3. What year was he elected in? - 2010 as Governor. 2004 and 2008 as Attorney General.
4. Name the capital of Pennsylvania. - Harrisburg
5. Name the largest city. - Philadelphia (population wise)
6. Name every state that borders Pennsylvania. - New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio
7. Name Pennsylvania's 2 senators and their respective parties. - Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D) and Patrick J. 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. - Ed Rendell (D)
10. The father of Pennsylvania's senior senator was the ______. Governor

[Keystone Phil]

MEDIUM:

1. What county hosts the capital city (Harrisburg?) - Dauphin
2. Who was the 2006 gubernatorial candidate put up by the Republicans? - Lynn Swann
3. Name two positions held by Ed Rendell before he was elected governor. - District Attorney and Mayor of Philadelphia
4. Who was the last Republican to win the state of Pennsylvania in a presidential election? - George H.W. Bush
5. Who was the last to win it by more than 10%? - Richard Nixon
6. In which county was the Battle of Gettysburg fought? - York
7. Name a county which voted for Kerry in 2004 and McCain in 2008. - Fayette
8. Name 2 counties which voted for Bush in 2004 and Obama in 2008. - Cambria and Luzerne
9. What is the least populated county in Pennsylvania? - Mifflin
10. Name 10 counties in Pennsylvania (and you can't re-use the ones from prior questions) - Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Northampton, Erie, Luzerne, Lackawanna and Monroe


I think I got two and a half wrong there on the county questions. 

[Keystone Phil]

HARD (and I'll continue as long as I feel like doing this):

1. Spell that goddamn county that's north of Berks that nobody can friggin' spell (and no Wiki) - Schyuchill 
2. Name 4 counties that border the Susquehanna. - Dauphin, Lebanon, Adams and York
3. Which county trended the most towards the Democrats in 2008? - Monroe*
4. Which county was McCain's strongest in 2008? - Potter*
5. How did the small town of Columbia, in Lancaster County, get its name? - Columbus*
6. Which state was part of Pennsylvania until around the Revolutionary War? - Maryland*
7. What is the largest shopping mall in the US, and which county is it located in? - I thought this was in Minnesota. I'm guessing you mean the King of Prussia Mall (which I thought was the largest on the East Coast) and it's in Montgomery county.
8. Until Specter became a Democrat, Pennsylvania's 2 senators were unique in that___(looking for a political issue position) - The Republican was Pro Choice and the Democrat was Pro Life.
9. Which county did Sestak win in 2010 that Obama did not? - None. You might be thinking of one of the Southwestern counties that was originally called for Sestak but after all of the votes came in, Toomey barely won it. I think this was the case in Fayette and Green.
10. Who did Ronald Reagan intend to choose for VP had he won the nomination in 1976? - Senator Richard Schweiker


*Total guesses

[Keystone Phil]

9. Which county did Sestak win in 2010 that Obama did not?-Greene (maybe Phil is right, but every source seems to indicate that Sestak literally won it by like 6 votes or something)

Not the Atlas or the Department of State. 

[Keystone Phil]

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*

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

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

4.  There are six different classes of municipal government in Pennsylvania; what are they? Not sure

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? President Pro Temp of the State Senate

6.  Who was the last person impeached in Pennsylvania? Some state judge

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

8.  During his military career, George Washington lost three battles in Pennsylvania where he was the overall commander; what where they? Not sure

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? Suicide on national television

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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50% right.

Does PA have elected sheriffs?

Yes.

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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.

[Keystone Phil]

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?

[Keystone Phil]

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. 

[Keystone Phil]

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).