Department of Military Science

Constitution Bowl - Daily Questions

January 22, 2007

1. What was the main event during the articles of confederation era that led to the Constitutional Convention?
2. Who earned the title, The Father of the Constitution?
3. Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?

January 23, 2007

1. What does it mean to have domestic tranquility as stated in the Preamble to the Constitution?
2. What is meant in the Preamble by the statement "to secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity?
3. Does the Constitution provide for the organizing of the Army and Militia (National Guard)?  If yes which article and section?

January 24, 2007

1. Which amendment, in its first section uses wording similar to that found in the first several sentences of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence?
2. Which amendment describes how the President of the United States is elected?
3. What Amendment give states power over education and licensing of doctors and teachers?

January 25, 2007

1. What amendment made alcohol legal again?
2. What amendment was a result of 18 year olds getting drafted during the Viet Nam War?
3. What amendment took the longest time to be ratified from the time it was passed by congress?

January 26, 2007

1. Which came first, the right for women to vote or the right of black men to vote?
2. When do the terms of the president, senators and representatives end?
3. Which amendment gives us the right to wear short sleeve shirts?  (hint, a joke, a play on words)

January 29, 2007

1. Is it possible for a person born in Canada to ever become the President of the United States?
2. Where does it say that the President shall be the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy?
3. Who wrote the Constitution?  A. Benjamin Franklin  B. Thomas Jefferson   C.  James Madison    D.  None of the above

January 30, 2007

1. What article lists the legislative powers?
2. What clause gives Congress broad powers?
3. Is 1LT Williams, the ROTC training officer, old enough to be President of the United States?

January 31, 2007

1. What amendment allows the people not to be denied certain rights not mentioned in the Constitution?
2. The first ten amendment to the Constitution are know as what?
3. CPT Warden graduated from  high school 200 years after the Constitutional Convention.  What year did he graduate from high school.

February 1, 2007

1. Who was the oldest person to sign the Constitution?
2. How many words make up the Constitution?
3. Where is the original Constitution stored?