People To Know Quiz

Xavier Becerra

Democratic nominee for California governor, ____ is a Sacramento-raised son of Mexican immigrants who spent 24 years in Congress before serving as California attorney general and U.S. secretary of health and human services.

Steve Hilton

Republican nominee for California governor, _____ is a London-born former strategist for British Prime Minister David Cameron and Fox News host who has never held elected office.

Mojtaba Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader since March 2026, _______ succeeded his father despite never holding elected office and has longstanding ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's longest-serving prime minister, _______ is a former diplomat and soldier who has repeatedly focused on Iran's nuclear program and has faced criminal charges over alleged bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Democratic congresswoman representing the Bronx and Queens, ________ became the youngest woman elected to Congress in 2018 and has opposed U.S. funding for Israel while challenging both parties on war powers and progressive priorities.

Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexico's first woman president, ________ is a physicist and former Mexico City mayor who rose through Andrés Manuel López Obrador's political movement and has maintained relatively high approval while managing relations with the Trump administration.

Mitch McConnell

Kentucky's longtime Republican senator and former Senate leader, _______ has shaped the chamber's politics for decades but has been absent from Senate votes since a June 2026 fall and subsequent rehabilitation.

Darline Graham

A South Carolina senator appointed after her adopted brother Lindsey _______’s death, _______ had never held elected office and is seeking to retain the seat through a subsequent election.

Pete Hegseth

Secretary of Defense, _______ is a former Fox News host and National Guard major whose tenure has included controversy over military communications, senior-leadership removals, and promotion decisions involving women and Black officers.

JD Vance

Vice President of the United States, _______ presides over the Senate and is first in the presidential succession while serving as one of Donald Trump's most prominent defenders after previously criticizing Trump.

Garrett Langley

CEO of Flock Safety, _______ leads the company behind widespread automated license-plate readers that have faced growing scrutiny over privacy, surveillance, and alleged misuse of collected data.

Todd Blanche

U.S. attorney general since August 2026, ________ is a former Trump defense lawyer and deputy attorney general whose handling of Epstein-related files and other Justice Department matters has drawn congressional and judicial scrutiny.

Xi Jinping

China's president and Communist Party leader since 2012, _______ has consolidated power, overseen military purges, and maintained that Taiwan should eventually come under Chinese control while managing a major economic rivalry with the United States.

Gavin Newsom

California's outgoing governor, ________ has presided over substantial economic growth alongside persistent housing affordability and population-loss concerns and has increasingly positioned himself as a prominent national Democratic figure.

Dolly Parton

American singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist, _______ built a six-decade career and the Imagination Library while supporting HIV/AIDS research and LGBTQ rights without publicly endorsing presidential candidates, and died in August 2026.

Osama bin Laden

Founder and leader of al-Qaeda, ________ approved and funded the September 11 attacks that killed 2,977 people before being killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan in 2011.

George W. Bush

President of the United States during the September 11 attacks, _______ launched the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and oversaw major expansions of counterterrorism, surveillance, and national-security institutions that shaped U.S. policy for decades.

Welles Crowther

A 24-year-old equities trader and volunteer firefighter on September 11, 2001, _______ repeatedly returned to the South Tower's upper floors and helped evacuate numerous people before dying in the building.

Balbir Singh Sodhi

A Sikh immigrant and Arizona gas-station owner, ______ was murdered four days after September 11 in a hate crime despite having no connection to the attacks and having donated to victims that same morning.

Jon Stewart

Comedian and former Daily Show host, _______ became a prominent advocate for 9/11 first responders by publicly pressuring Congress to fund their medical care and compensation.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

The alleged principal architect of the September 11 attacks, ____________ was captured in Pakistan in 2003, subjected to CIA torture, held at Guantanamo Bay, and has remained without a completed trial for more than two decades.

Jonathan Aguiar

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