The quiz is the product of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute which says about itself
- Founded in 1953, ISI works "to educate for liberty" to identify the best and the brightest college students and to nurture in these future leaders the American ideal of ordered liberty. To accomplish this goal, ISI seeks to enhance the rising generation's knowledge of our nation's founding principles limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, the rule of law, market economy, and moral norms.