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Question #1

Which delegate is one of the Framers credited with naming the new government, the “United States?”

Question #2

Which of these make up the three branches of the U.S. government:

Question #3

What do the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution have in common?

Question #4

If you add George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin together what do you get?

Question #5

The first sentence of the Constitution begins with:

Question #6

Which freedoms in the Constitution mean the most to you?

Question #7

The Constitution was written in 1787, but when did it go into effect?

Question #8

Which branch of government makes the laws?

Question #9

How was the original Constitution written?

Question #10

Which of these people are among the six people who signed both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence?

Question #11

If it takes a day and half for a chicken to lay an egg and a half...wait wrong test! Click next!

Question #12

The Constitution:

Question #13

James Madison was known as the:

Question #14

What can you do to celebrate Constitution Day?

Question #15

Children have the same rights that the Constitution guarantees to adults.

Question #16

Jonathan Dayton was the youngest and Benjamin Franklin was the oldest person to sign the Constitution.  How old were they exactly?

Question #17

How long did the delegates take to write the Constitution?

Question #18

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

Question #19

Who can change the Constitution?

Question #20

Who was the first person to arrive at the Constitutional Convention?

  • George Washington. You know who he is by now.
  • Betsy Ross, the woman believed to have sewn the first American flag.
  • Oliver Ellsworth, a United States Senator from CT
  • Michelle Obama. Is she even old enough?
  • Justice, Explanatory and Legendary
  • Justification, Excellent and Legitimate
  • Judicial, Executor and Legislative
  • Judicial, Executive and Legislative
  • What? Aren't these all the same?
  • They were both signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
  • They are both important documents in the history of the United States. Let’s face it, where would we be without them?
  • They were both signed by: Roger Sherman, George Reed, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, and James Wilson.
  • All of the above.
  • One-hundred and eleven dollars. Don’t spend it all at once.
  • A really strange looking baby.
  • An off-key trio.
  • I don’t even want to think about it.
  • “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union...”
  • “Space, the final frontier, these are the voyages of the starship Enterprise...”
  • “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...”
  • “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation...”
  • Nothing, the freedoms have all expired.
  • The freedom to watch TV all day long
  • What kind of multiple choice question is this?
  • I will have to read the Constitution and decide for myself.
  • 1787
  • 1788
  • 1789
  • 1790
  • Never; we're still waiting
  • Executive
  • Judicial
  • Legislative
  • Innovative
  • Extraterrestrial
  • Using blood, sweat, and tears.
  • It was written out in pasta glued to paper plates.
  • All 4543 words were handwritten with a quill pen and ink.
  • It was carved in stone. That’s why it took so long to write.
  • Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George Bush
  • George Read, James Wilson, and Roger Sherman
  • Some really old presidents
  • An Egyptian Pharaoh and two queens
  • Next!
  • Gives only foreigners rights
  • Limits only teenagers' rights
  • Lists ALL of your rights
  • Protects your rights
  • I'm just going to click next...
  • Father of the Revolution
  • Father of the Bride
  • Father of the Constitution
  • Father of the Declaration of Independence
  • Father of All of America
  • Exercise your freedom of speech by writing a blog post about why freedom of speech matters to you. Thank you First Amendment!
  • Teaching others about the importance of the Constitution.
  • Help make Constitution Day a National Holiday by asking adults to sign a petition. Click on the National Holiday link on this website.
  • All of the above
  • False: some rights, like voting, are only for adults.
  • True: Middle schoolers will be voting for the President. Bring it on!
  • I just need to lie down
  • Is there a store I can buy rights from?
  • None of these can be true
  • Jonathan was 36; Ben was twice his age, 72.
  • Jonathan was 18, old enough to vote, and Ben was 65, old enough for lots of discounts
  • Jonathan was 35, old enough to be President, and Ben was 90, old enough to know better.
  • Jonathan was the ripe old age of 26; Ben was a frisky 81 years old.
  • A few minutes, they just looked it up on Google
  • 4 years
  • 9 months
  • almost 4 months
  • 10 and Counting
  • Freedom Amendments
  • Bill of Rights
  • The 10 Most Important Rights
  • The President
  • Congress and the State Legislatures together
  • The Supreme Court of the United States
  • Anyone over 18 years old
  • Ben Franklin, the Sage of the Constitution
  • Tinker Bell, the Fairy of the Constitution
  • James Madison, the Father of the Constitution
  • Muhammad Ali, the Heavyweight Champion of the Constitution