Posted by Jack
Do you dare to take the quiz to find your unique standing among the people of America?
- Perfect 20/20= A Hero of the Republic!
- Score 19/20 = Patriot – Magun Cum Laud
- Score 18/20 = Patriot Par Excellence
- Score 17/20 = Patriot First Class
- Score 16/20 = Patriot
- Score 15/20 = Citizen
- Score 13/20 = Immigrant
- Score 10/20 = Canadian
- Score 9/20 = Undocumented
- Score 8/20 = Pinko
- Score 5/20 = Card carrying Communist
- Score 4/20 = Jihadist
- Score 3/20 = Democrat legislator in Sacramento
- Score 2/20 = Code Pink member
1. The original Constitution was written as a frame work for the administration of the Federal government and did not contain many inalienable rights. ( T ) ( F )
2. The motto of the United States is “E pluribus unum.” ( T ) ( F )
3. The estimated GDP of the USA in 2013 is about (a) 12.5, (b) 14.2, (c) 16.2, (d) 18.3 or (e) 23.7 trillion dollars?
4. The USA has 2nd largest land mass of any country in the world. ( T ) ( F )
5. The original Constitution was written more to enumerate individual civil liberties than it was for a frame work for the administration of the Federal government. ( T ) ( F )
6. Not all States have their own Constitution, some use the US Constitution. ( T ) ( F )
7. Luxemborg, Denmark, Norway and Sweden all have higher median household incomes than US citizens. ( T ) ( F )
8. The size of the USA comprises of (a) 3.5, (b) 4.1, (c) 6.5, (d) 8.1 million square miles?
9. How many States were part of other States first? (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4, (d) 5, (e) 6
10. Only Norway has a higher median household income than US citizens. ( T ) ( F )
11. Maine was part of Vermont, but became a state in 1820. ( T ) ( F )
12. The Capitol of Oregon is Portland. (T ) ( F )
13. South Dakota was once part of Colorado as a State, not a Territory. ( T ) ( F )
14. The Mormon’s wanted to create a State called (a ) Deseret ( b ) Moroni ( c ) Delphi ( d ) Jubal and it would have included Utah, most of Nevada and Arizona, and parts of southern California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho.
15. What was significant about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?
16. The Capitol of Texas is Dallas. ( T ) ( F )
17. The oldest active duty ship in the US Navy is (a) under 20, (b) about 40, (c ) 80, (d) almost 100, over (e) over 200 years old?
18. Who did we fight in the war of 1812?
19. What did Eli Whitney invent, several right answers, just pick one invention?
20. In what town was the first caterpillar tractor invented?
Bonus question – Which war had the most American fatalies, the short WWI, The Bloody Revolutionary War, the long Civil War or the Korean War?
I know enough to know that Communitarianism was not a founding value where the individual is a product of the state (aka “community”), but that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Quiz answers:
1. The original Constitution was written as a frame work for the administration of the Federal government and did not contain many inalienable rights. ( T )
2. The motto of the United States is “E pluribus unum.” ( F ) It’s, In God We Trust, Ike made it official.
3. The estimated GDP of the USA in 2013 is about (c) 16.2 trillion dollars.
4. The USA has 2nd largest land mass of any country in the world. ( F ) We rank 3rd
5. The original Constitution was written more to enumerate individual civil liberties than it was for a frame work for the administration of the Federal government. ( F )
6. Not all States have their own Constitution, some use the US Constitution. ( F )
7. Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway and Sweden all have higher median household incomes than US citizens. ( F ) Only Luxembourg ranks higher
8. The size of the USA comprises of (a) 3.5 million square miles?
9. How many States were part of other States first? (b) 3,
10. Only Norway has a higher median household income than US citizens. ( F )
11. Maine was part of Vermont, but became a state in 1820. ( F ) Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1820.
12. The Capitol of Oregon is Portland. ( F ) Salem
13. South Dakota was once part of Colorado as a State, not a Territory. ( F ) It does not touch!
14. The Mormon’s wanted to create a State called (a ) Deseret and it would have included Utah, most of Nevada and Arizona, and parts of southern California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho.
15. What was significant about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848? It basically created the western states.
16. The Capitol of Texas is Dallas. ( F ) It’s where Bush lives… Austin!
17. The oldest active duty ship in the US Navy is (e) over 200 years old? Old Iron Sides – the USS Constitution.
18. Who did we fight in the war of 1812? England
19. What did Eli Whitney invent, several right answers, pick one invention? Mostly known for the cotton gin in 1794, but also for interchangable parts.
20. In what town was the first caterpillar tractor invented? Stockton! It was the Holt tractor company and it evolved into Caterpillar.
Bonus question – Which war had the most American fatalies, the short WWI, The Bloody Revolutionary War, the long Civil War or the Korean War? The Civil War was by far the worst for American deaths and casualties. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
Dang, I only got 14 right. Perhaps we can increase the number of States that were part of other States first to four.
I’m undocumented, so now you all have an excuse to deport me.
To be fair, a lot of those were geography questions, which I’m terrible at. Which is ironic, what with me having to cross a dangerous border to get here and all.
Very funny Chris.
I got sixteen, if I count the bonus.
Missed foreign country associated questions mostly…lol. Surprised myself on some of them…it has been years.
Pie, you are my hero.
I am no hero, at best I played a hero on TV in a parallel universe. Is it possible to deport Chris back to The Twilight Zone? I think not. That portal has closed. They don’t want him.
Pie, you are our hero anyway, quiz or not.
19 out of 20.
I guess I need to bone up on my Treaties. The more I tried to answer number 15, the more I kept thinking of a damn horse race in the desert.