Statistics for U.S. Congress and Capitol General Knowledge

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Question	Answer	% Correct
How many Senators are there in the Senate?	100	94%
Who presides over the House of Representatives?	Speaker of the House	94%
Who is invited to speak to a joint session of Congress every year at the Capitol (often known as the State of the Union)?	The President	85%
Who is the President of the Senate?	Vice President	83%
Where is the Capitol building?	Washington, D.C.	81%
If all Senators are voting, what is the minimum number of votes needed to pass a bill in the Senate?	51	77%
How long does a Congress last?	Two years	73%
How many voting representatives are there in the House of Representatives?	435	69%
What is most of the Capitol exterior made out of?	Marble	58%
Who is the current Speaker of the House?	Kevin McCarthy	46%
Who was the first President sworn in at the Capitol?	Thomas Jefferson	42%
Who is in charge of security on the floors of the chambers?	Sergeant at Arms	23%
Who is the President Pro tempore of the Senate, (fourth in line to the presidency)?	Patty Murray	21%
Who served in congress for only four years, but voted against entering both World Wars?	Jeannette Rankin	13%
What is the name of the statue on the top of the Capitol dome?	Statue of Freedom	10%
What material is the Capitol dome made out of?	Cast Iron	4%
Who painted the corridors on the Senate side of the Capitol?	Constantino Brumidi	2%
Who is the first person to have lain in state in the Capitol Rotunda?	Henry Clay	2%
Of all the many statues in the Capitol, whose is painted white?	Jack L. Swigert	0%