Week 21, Jester Quiz!

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#1. Name this President: I was a Republican from California nicknamed “Tricky Dick” who served as President from 1969 to 1974. I served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where I won a large amount of money playing poker, which I used to help fund my first political campaign in 1946. It was money well spent – I defeated a 5-term Representative to win his seat in the House of Representatives. My foreign policy accomplishments included forging diplomatic ties with China and the USSR and withdrawing U.S. troops from the Vietnam war. My foreign policy accomplishments were dwarfed by my attempt to cover up the burglary of the DNC office in D.C. As the scandal known as “Watergate” unfolded, I was facing certain impeachment by the House and removal by the Senate. Therefore, I resigned to avoid being the first president removed from office…instead I become the first President to resign from office.

Zachary Taylor

Bill Clinton

Richard Nixon

Joe Biden

#2. The Gulf of Tonkin incident lead to greater U.S. involvement in which conflict?

Boxer Rebellion

Korean War

Vietnam War

First Iraq War

#3. True or false: Congress can disband all federal courts except the Supreme Court.

True

False

Source: Constitution, Article III, Sec. 1.

#4. Who was the first sitting president to fly in a helicopter?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Harry S. Truman

John F. Kennedy

Lydon Baines Johnson

#5. How many states ceded from the United States and formed the Conferarte States of America during the Civil War?

#6. Which is NOT prohibited by the Eighth Amendment?

Excessive fines

Cruel and unusual punishments inflicted

Compelled to testify against themselves

Excessive bail

Compelled to testify against yourself is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment.

#7. On which day does the terms of the President and the Vice President end and the newly elected President and Vice President begin?

Noon on January 2, following the election

Noon on January 3, following the election

Noon on January 20 following the election

Noon on the 3rd Tuesday of January following the election

#8. If the Vice President is removed, resigns, or dies before the end of their term, the position of Vice President is filled how?

The President nominates a replacement who is then must be confirmed by a majority of both the HoR and Senate

The President nominates a replacement who is then must be confirmed by a 2/3 majority of both the HoR and Senate

The Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes Vice President

The President Pro Tempore of the Senate becomes the Vice President

#9. True or false: A person must be at least 35 years old to be elected as a Senator?

True

False

Must be at least 30. Source: Constitution, Article I, section 3, clause 3. 35 is the minimum age to be elected president.

#10. Which President is NOT on Mount Rushmore?

George Washington,

Thomas Jefferson,

Benjamin Franklin

Theodore Roosevelt

Benjamin Franklin was never a president. The four Presidents on Mt. Rushmore are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln

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