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Let's Test the President!
Daily Republican ^

Posted on 02/12/2012 12:04:03 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum

This version of the Test is currently in use by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

I have highlighted and/or commented on some questions.

Additionally, there were 100 questions. I added 101 for probative value.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS:
1. What are the colors of our flag?
2. How many stars are there on our flag?
3. What color are the stars on our flag?
4. What do the stars on the flag mean?
5. How many stripes are there on the flag?
6. What color are the stripes?
7. What do the stripes on the flag mean?
8. How many states are there in the Union?
9. Why do we celebrate the Fourth of July?
10. What is the date of Independence day?
11. Independence from whom?
12. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War?
13. Who was the first President?
14. Who is president today?
15. Who is vice president today?
16. Who elects the president of the United States?
17. Who becomes our president if the president should die?
18. For how long do we elect the president?
19. What is the Constitution?(We have a Constitution?)
20. Can the Constitution be changed?(Just by pass it. Yeah, that' the ticket)
21. What do we call a change to the Constitution?( Currently,tyranny)
22. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?
23. How many branches are there in our government?
24. What are the three branches of our government?
25. What is the legislative branch of our government?
26. Who makes federal laws?
27. What is Congress?
28. What are the duties of Congress?
29. Who elects Congress?
30. How many senators are there in Congress?
31. Can you name the senators from your state?
32. For how long do we elect each senator?
33. How many voting members are in the House of Representatives? 34. For how long do we elect the representatives?
35. What is the Executive branch of our government?
36. What is the Judiciary branch of our government?
37. What are the duties of the Supreme Court?
38. What is the supreme law of the United States?
39. What is the Bill of Rights?
40. What is the capital of your state?
41. Who is the governor of your state?
42. Who becomes president if both the president and the vice president die?
43. Who is chief justice of the Supreme Court?
44. Can you name the 13 original states?
45. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"?
46. Which countries were our allies during World War II?
47. What is the 49th state added to our Union?
48. How many full terms can a president serve?(Currently?)
49. Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
50. Who is the head of your local government? 51. According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become president. Name one.(I'll just wait for comments)
52. Why are there 100 senators in the U.S. Senate?
53. Who nominates judges of the Supreme Court? 54. How many Supreme Court justices are there?
55. Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
56. What is the head executive of a state government called?
57. What is the head executive of a city government called?
58. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the American colonists?
59. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
60. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
61. What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence?
62. What is our national anthem?
63. Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner?"
64. Where does freedom of speech come from?
65. What is the minimum voting age?
66. Who signs bills into law?
67. What is the highest court in the United States?
68. Who was president during the Civil War?
69. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
70. What special group advises the president?
71. Which president is called the "Father of Our Country"?
72. What is the 50th state of the Union?
73. Who helped the Pilgrims in America?
74. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
75. What were the 13 original states of the United States called?
76. Name three rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
77. Who has the power to declare war?
78. Name one amendment that guarantees or addresses voting rights.
79. Which president freed the slaves?
80. In what year was the Constitution written?
81. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
82. Name one purpose of the United Nations
. 83. Where does Congress meet?
84. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
85. What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
86. Name one benefit of being a citizen of the United States.
87. What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens?
88. What is the United States Capitol?
89. What is the White House?
90. Where is the White House located?
91. What is the president's official home?(any golf course)
92. Name one right guaranteed by the First amendment.
93. Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army and Navy?
94. Which president was the first commander in chief of the U.S. Army and Navy?
95. In what month do we vote for president?
96. In what month is the new president inaugurated?
97. How many times may a senator be re-elected?
98. How many times may a congressman be re-elected?
99. What are the two major political parties in the United States today?
How has the 274 Botox injections affected Nancy Pelosi's brain functions? 100. How many states are there?
1 posted on 02/12/2012 12:04:04 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum
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To: Focault's Pendulum

Zer0 is already a failure. No more testing needed. Even Rush says so.....


2 posted on 02/12/2012 12:06:52 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Focault's Pendulum
"What special group advises the president?"

Two. The Goldman Sack and the CPUSA.

3 posted on 02/12/2012 12:11:46 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2
I missed 100. How many states. My apologies to an Obama biographer
4 posted on 02/12/2012 12:11:52 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (If Obama was any more thin skinned, he'd have a receptacle end: Dennis Miller)
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To: Focault's Pendulum
Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

What color was Washington's white horse?

5 posted on 02/12/2012 12:15:15 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

CAIR too.


6 posted on 02/12/2012 12:16:15 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Focault's Pendulum

14. Who is the pRESIDENT today?
23. There is only one branch of government.
24. Again, it’ just The Won branch.
25. The legislative branch used to exist but today it’d defunt.
26. The king makes all laws.
92. Huh? We have no rights.

Bonus - What year did Hawaii become an Asian state?


7 posted on 02/12/2012 12:20:27 PM PST by bgill (Romney & Obama are both ineligible. A non-NBC GOP prez shuts down all ?s on Obama's admin)
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To: bgill

#82 Condemn and denigrate the US and Israel.


8 posted on 02/12/2012 12:48:35 PM PST by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: bgill

#82 Condemn and denigrate the US and Israel.


9 posted on 02/12/2012 12:48:41 PM PST by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: Focault's Pendulum

We haven’t had a President since noon, January 20, 2009, but you can test the marxist, kenyan squatter in the Oval Office who thinks he is dictator.


10 posted on 02/12/2012 4:14:25 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Focault's Pendulum

“What color is our flag?”

Black, red, and green.


11 posted on 02/12/2012 4:18:50 PM PST by FrdmLvr (culture, language, borders)
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To: Paladin2

Yes.


12 posted on 02/12/2012 4:22:34 PM PST by Ax
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To: Focault's Pendulum

You should be required to pass this test with at least a 70% to be allowed to vote.


13 posted on 02/12/2012 5:55:49 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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