Take DailyMail.com's 2022 politics quiz on 2024 runs, gaffes and Supreme Court ... trends now
Twelve months in politics can seem like a lifetime, and 2022 was no different.
Bills were signed, the Supreme Court handed down historic decisions, millions of Americans headed to the ballot box and President Joe Biden finished off his second year in the White House.
Republicans and Democrats went to battle in the midterms while the nation dealt with historic inflation and the world got to grips with the fallout of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
2023 looks set to be just as hectic, with eyes on the candidates who could announce their 2024 runs for president and the GOP taking over the House.
So, while you prepare, DailyMail.com has a series of questions to test your knowledge of the last 12 months in the corridors of power.
1) What did President Joe Biden do this year that no president has done in history?
a) Adopt a puppy
b) Turn 80 in office
c) Drive a car
d) Fall down airplane steps
2) In September, Biden called out the late Rep. Jackie Walorski in a speech after she was killed in a car crash. In which state was her congressional district?
a) Wisconsin
b) Indiana
c) Ohio
d) Illinois
Joe Biden arrives to speak at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in Washington. At one point he calls out for late Rep. Jackie Walorski
3) Who was married at the White House this year?
a) Hunter Biden and Melissa Cohen
b) Naomi Biden and Peter Neal
c) Ashley Biden and Howard Krein
d) Valerie Biden and John Owens
4) …and after this couple banned reporters from the ceremony, which magazine featured them on the cover?
a) Vogue
b) Vanity Fair
c) Elle
d) Harper’s Bazaar
5) What were the results of the 2022 midterm elections?
a) The Republicans won the House and the Senate
b) The Democrats maintained control of Congress
c) The Democrats maintained control of the House and the Republicans won the Senate
d) The Republicans won the House and the Democrats maintained the Senate
6) At the November Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia, Biden thanked this nation instead of the host in a blunder
a) Canada
b) Colombia
c) Costa Rica
d) Cameroon
7) This is the name of the Supreme Court case that overturned abortion rights in the United States
a) Roe v. Wade
b) Planned Parenthood v. Casey
c) Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
d) Griswold v. Connecticut
8) After the above ruling, which state's voters rejected an August ballot measure that would removed protection for abortion rights in its constitution?
a) Kentucky
b) Kansas
c) West Virginia
d) Michigan
9) This former president returned to the White House to have his official portrait unveiled
a) Donald Trump
b) Bill Clinton
c) Barack Obama
d) George W. Bush
10) Who did House Democrats select to become the new leader of the caucus once House Speaker Nancy Pelosi steps down?
a) Rep. Jerry Nadler
b) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
c) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
d) Rep. Jim Clyburn
Nancy Pelosi makes her farewell address to the House as she announces she is stepping down as Speaker in November
11) What prominent member of Congress had their election go to an automatic recount because it was so unexpectantly close?
a) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
b) Rep. Lauren Boebert
c) Rep. Ilhan
