Question 1

How many people in the USA lived in extreme poverty in 2021, with less than $2 per day?

Question 2

How many people in the USA consider climate change a threat to their country?

Question 3

70% of Europeans said they were planning to switch to a more environmentally friendly energy provider to fight climate change, in 2020. What was this number in the US?

Question 4

In May 2023, 54% of United States senators were aged 65 and over. What share of the US population was aged 65 and over?

Question 5

In how many US states were there attempts to ban books in libraries and schools in 2022?

Question 6

How many new federal prisons has the US Bureau of Prisons built in the past 10 years?

Question 7

At the end of 2022, how many of the 750,000 people whose asylum cases were waiting to be heard by judges in US immigration courts were detained?

Question 8

In 2022, what share of American students at Ivy League colleges were White?

Question 9

In the European Union, for every 100,000 babies that are born, around six women die during pregnancy, while giving birth or shortly after. What is this figure in the United States?

Question 10

How many of the US major-league sports venues built after 1990, that are still being used today, were built using some government funds?

Question 11

Compared to 2008, there are 34,000 fewer local newspaper journalists in the U.S. today. How many journalists are there for local news websites compared to 2008?

Question 12

Since 1868, how many public officials have been removed from office under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Question 13

Toward the end of the Cold War, the United States represented more than 40 percent of all the world’s military spending. What is that number today?

Question 14

What share of all firearm deaths in the United States are the result of mass shootings?

Question 15

What share of the US population was born in a different country?

Question 16

Close to 3% of US-born men under 40 are incarcerated. What is this figure for foreign-born men living in the United States?

Question 17

What was the top US service export to China in 2021?

Question 18

How many jobs in the US are supported by exports to China?

Question 19

According to existing US government drug classifications, Schedule I drugs are those with no accepted medical use and the highest potential for abuse. Which one of these is not classified in that highest category?

Question 20

In June 2023, there were around 6 million unemployed workers in the United States. How many job openings were there?

Question 21

Before the coronavirus pandemic, what share of children in the United States missed so many school days each year they were considered 'chronically absent'?

Question 22

Compared to chicken, the price of plant-based meat in a store in the US in 2022 was:

Question 23

Of the US children that had to study remotely during the Coronavirus pandemic, what share either didn’t have a computer or good enough internet access to allow them to learn online?