Constitution Trivia #1 /#

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Bill of Rights– 10 Points

“Reason Americans can own personal firearms”

Bill of Rights– 20 Points

“Amendment that permits Americans to essentially

say, write, or do whatever they want in protest

(Provided they are not creating a public disturbance…)”

Bill of Rights– 30 Points

“The Bill of Rights consist of 10 of these…(changes

to the Original Constitution)”

Insert Text for QuestionBill of Rights– 40 Points

“The 1st amendment provides that there shall be no establishment of a national _____________”

Bill of Rights– 50 Points

“Double Jeopardy provides a citizen may

not be tried for the same offense more than once and is mentioned in this

amendment….”

Congress– 10 Points

“Congress is the government body that is

used by the ________________ Branch

to create laws”

Congress– 20 Points

“The House of Rep.s is reapportioned once for

every ______ years”

Congress– 30 Points

“President of the Senate”

Congress– 40 Points

“Illinois has 18 Congressmen serving in the House of Rep.s. How

many Electoral Votes does Illinois receive?”

Congress– 50 Points

“Name both Illinois congressmen serving in

the Senate”

Random– 10 Points

“Leading goal-scorer on this years STM boys

soccer team”

Random– 20 Points

“Leading goal-scorer on 2013 STM girls soccer

team”

Random– 30 Points

“All-time leading goal-scorer for boys soccer at

STM”

Random– 40 Points“Who was the defensive MVP of this years boys

soccer team?”

.Random– 50 Points

“Name the defensive MVP of the 2013 girls

soccer team”

Zindars– 10 Points

“The founding fathers didn’t like how Great

Britain had kept soldiers in American homes so

they created this amendment”

Zindars– 20 Points

“The US Constitution replaced this/these laws in order to form a more

perfect union”

Zindars– 30 Points

“# of US states that had to ratify Constitution

before it became law”

Zindars– 40 Points

“Say at least the first 6 words of the Constitution

Preamble.”

Zindars– 50 Points

“This is the name of the process by which a

governor of one state can ask another state to

return a fugitive to the state where he is

accused of a crime”

Misc.– 10 Points

“How many amendments are there in total?”

Misc.– 20 Points

“How many members of Congress are there in

total?”

Misc.– 30 Points

“To win the Presidency, you must win at least _____ of out _________ total Electoral College

votes.

Misc. – 40 Points

“Name of the last minor party Presidential

candidate who won Electoral College Votes

Misc.– 50 Points

“Name the first 5 Presidents of the U.S”

FINAL JEOPARDY: Make your Wager!

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List and Briefly describe as many of the 27 amendments that you can. If your group shows understanding of at least 16/27 you get the Final Jeopardy question “correct” and earn you’re the dollars from your wager.