2025 News Quiz: NYC Mayoral Race & Trump Naming Controversies

NYC Mayoral Race Trivia

• 💡 Eric Adams was not a candidate in the June mayoral primary debate because he had already dropped out to run as an independent.
• 🎯 Six candidates were on the stage for the Democratic mayoral primary debate, including Zeron Mumdani, Brad Lander, and Andrew Cuomo.
• 🔑 Adrien Adams was identified as one of the six other candidates in the Democratic mayoral primary debate.
• 🚀 The Brad Lander campaign ad was shot in Coney Island, featuring the Cyclone and a hot dog.
• 🤝 Zeron Mumdani and Brad Lander were the first two candidates to cross-endorse each other in a ranked-choice primary election.
• 🗣️ Jessica Ramos surprisingly endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the primary.
• 🎤 Zeron Mumdani went by the rap name Mr. Cardamom.
• 🎶 Curtis Sliwa cited Chain Smokers and the club Under the K Bridge (under the Kosciuszko Bridge) as his favorite music venue and artist.
• 🚫 Eric Adams planned to run on the anti-semitism party and the safe and affordable party ballot lines.
• ⚖️ Andrew Cuomo proposed a law called Zoron's Law to address wealthier New Yorkers obtaining rent-stabilized apartments.
• 🗣️ Zeron Mumdani cited Mario Cuomo in his victory speech, stating, "While you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose."

Trump Naming & Statements Quiz

• 🏛️ True or False: President Trump renamed the Kennedy Center the Donald J. Trump F. Kennedy Center. False.
• 👶 True or False: President Trump named a new kind of baby bond for newborns Trump accounts. True.
• 🕊️ True or False: President Trump renamed the National Institute of Peace the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. True.
• 💳 True or False: President Trump created a new kind of visa called the Trump Gold Visa. True.
• 💊 True or False: President Trump announced a new program for lower-cost prescription drugs named Trump RX. True.
• 🎂 True or False: President Trump cancelled free entry to national parks on MLK Day and replaced it with free entry on his own birthday. True.
• 🚢 True or False: The new ballroom he's building in the White House will be called the Trump Ballroom. True.
• ⚓ True or False: He is expected to announce a new class of Navy battleships called the Trump class. True.
• 🎁 True or False: Donald Trump said parents worried about the economy should just buy fewer Christmas gifts, explaining children don't need "$37". True.
• 📈 True or False: President Trump said he was cutting prescription drug prices by 600% and later cited numbers like 1,200% and 1,500%. True.
• 🧠 True or False: President Trump implied that Rob Reiner's killer was motivated by Reiner's criticism of Trump. True.