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Trivia Challenge

Match the correct answer with these facts relating to the Constitution. Good Luck!

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1. Which state ratified the Constitution first?

  1. Florida
  2. Delaware
  3. California
  4. New York
 

2. What was the last of the original 13 states to ratify the Constitution?

  1. Hawaii
  2. New Jersey
  3. Rhode Island
  4. North Carolina
 

3. Which of the following is a definition of “Capitol,” not “capital”?

  1. city where a national or state government resides
  2. the top of a column
  3. building where a government resides
  4. money invested in Wall Street
 

4. How many members are in the House of Representatives?

  1. 50
  2. 435
  3. 100
  4. 2000
 

5. Who represents Washington, D.C. in the House of Representatives?

  1. Adrian Fenty
  2. Eleanor Holmes Norton
  3. Barack Obama
  4. Geroge W. Bush
 

6. How many members are in the Senate?

  1. 100
  2. 50
  3. 650
  4. 1000
 

7. How many total members are in Congress?

  1. 100
  2. 3000
  3. 700
  4. 535
 

8. Which state has the most representatives in the House of Representatives?

  1. California
  2. Texas
  3. Alaska
  4. Rhode Island
 

9. How many years is the term of office for a member of the House of Representatives?

  1. 8
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 1
 

10. How many years is the term of office for a U.S. Senator?

  1. 6
  2. 4
  3. 8
  4. 1
 

11. After what building was the Rotunda in the U.S. Capitol modeled?

  1. The Capitol of Rome
  2. The Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis
  3. The Pantheon in Rome
  4. The Temple in Jerusalem
 

12. How many non-voting delegates are there in the U.S. House of Representatives?

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 11
 

13. Who was the first President to live in the White House?

  1. George Washington
  2. John Adams
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. Barack Obama
 

14. Which of the following Presidents “affirmed” rather than “swore” the Presidential oath of office?

  1. Franklin Pierce
  2. Millard Fillmore
  3. Calvin Coolidge
  4. James Madison
 

15. Who sang at the Lincoln Memorial after she had been denied the opportunity to sing at Constitution Hall?

  1. Dolley Madison
  2. Rosa Parks
  3. Denyce Graves
  4. Marian Anderson
 

16. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president during what important world history events?

  1. The Depression and World War II
  2. The Civil War and Reconstruction
  3. World War I and the Progressive Era
  4. The American Revolution and the Federal period
 

17. Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

  1. Clarence Thomas
  2. Martin Luther King
  3. Thurgood Marshall
  4. Eleanor Holmes Norton
 

18. What important Supreme Court decision helped to desegregate the schools?

  1. Roe vs. Wade
  2. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
  3. Dred Scott vs. Sandford
  4. Plessy vs. Ferguson
 

19. What Supreme Court Decision allowed student to wear arm bands in school as a protest during the Vietnam War?

  1. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
  2. Dred Scott vs. Sandford
  3. Plessy vs. Ferguson
  4. Tinker v. Des Moines
 

20. What are the 3 most important documents displayed at the National Archives?

  1. The Emancipation Proclamation, the “I Have A Dream” speech, and the Gettysburg Address
  2. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
  3. The Inaugural Address of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Declaration of World War II, and the Preamble to the Constitution
  4. The Articles of Confederation, the Second Amendment, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address