Week Three Jester Quiz

WEEK 3 JESTER QUIZ

1. Name this President (5 pts):

I’m from Virginia and was a member of the Whig party who served as President in 1841.

I was sworn in as President at age 68, making me the oldest person to be elected President until Ronald Reagan was elected 140 years later.

I gave the longest inauguration speech in history during inclement weather while refusing to wear a coat or hat.  Thirty-one days later I died from pneumonia making me both the first President to die in office and the shortest serving U.S. President in history.

I fought in several Indian wars and the War of 1812.  I rose to the rank of Major General

My widow became the first, First Lady to receive a pension – $25,000 (one year of a President’s salary at the time) and free postage.

2. How is consent to ratify a treaty given to the President (1 pt):
3. By majority vote of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
4. By Two-thirds majority vote of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
5. Same as for impeachment – by majority vote of the House of Representatives and Two-Thirds majority vote of the Senate.
6. Two-Thirds majority vote of the of the Senate.
7. Two-Thirds majority vote of the House of Representatives

3. True or False (1 pt): Once a treaty is ratified, the terms of the treaty override all federal law that was passed before to the treaty being ratified and all state law regardless of when those laws were passed.
4. Name the only 2 people who were not Presidents whose portraits are on current U.S. paper currency. (1 pt. for each, 2 pts. possible).
5. Who was the last President to also have obtained the rank of general in the U.S. military? (1 pt.)
6. True or False: The Constitution mandates that the Supreme Court will consist of nine justices. (1 pt.).
7. Who was the President who authorized the use of atomic bombs on Japan in WW II? (1 pt.).
8. Who was the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis? (1 pt.)
9. True or False: Congress can eliminate all federal courts except the Supreme Court. (1 pt.).
10. Name the two Amendments that prohibit depriving a person of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Hint, one amendment applies to the federal government and the other to the states. (1 pt. each 2pts. Possible)