Quiz

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Just found this document on my PC and thought it might make a nice quiz for those of you from the US of A.

An American friend of mine did not do too well with these questions.

(I will post the answers in a couple of days time).

Paul

1.    Who wrote the first draft of the American Declaration of Independence of July 1776?

 

2.    How many American colonies, soon to be states, approved it on the day?

 

3.    Which founding father of the United States has his portrait on the $100 bill?

 

4.    Under the ‘Articles of Confederation’ of 1781, who was the first president of the United States of America?

 

5.    What was remarkable about John Hancock’s signature on the declaration?

 

6.    How many words are there in the US constitution?

 

7.    How was the word “Pennsylvania” miss-spelt in the US Constitution?

 

8.    What is the relationship between the 18^th and 21^st amendment of the constitution of the United States?

 

9.    Which famous American political document sought to establish “a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity – invoking the favour and guidance of Almighty God”?

 

 

[Afy]

1.Thomas Jefferson

2. 5?  ro was it 13?

3. Ben franklin

4. John Hanson... officiated the official Presidency didnt come into effect until 1789 when Washington did become the First Prez

5. Its in bold

6. Who cares?

7. Pennsilvania

8. No idea... doesnt affect the price of bread in France

9. The Bush Ammendment?

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Afy

You got 3 right.....

 

 

1.    Who wrote the first draft of the American Declaration of Independence of July 1776?

Thomas Jefferson

 

2.    How many American colonies, soon to be states, approved it on the day?

Twelve of the 13 colonies reached agreement; New York approved the declaration a few days later

 

3.    Which founding father of the United States has his portrait on the $100 bill?

Benjamin Franklin

 

4.    Under the ‘Articles of Confederation’ of 1781, who was the first president of the United States of America?

John Hanson. Eight men served one-year terms. George Washington was the first president under the 1787 constitution

 

5.    What was remarkable about John Hancock’s signature on the declaration?

He had very large handwriting

 

6.    How many words are there in the US constitution?

4,440

 

7.    How was the word “Pennsylvania” miss-spelt in the US Constitution?

“Pensylvania”

 

8.    What is the relationship between the 18^th and 21^st amendment of the constitution of the United States?

The 21^st, in 1933, overturned the 18^th, of 1919, which had prohibited alcohol

 

9.    Which famous American political document sought to establish “a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity – invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God”?

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America 1861

 

 

[Afy]

So do I get a Green Card or what?