| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: The Constitution was hammered out in the summer of 1787 by 55 delegates at the gathering known as the Constitutional this the Constitutional Convention |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: The first 10 amendments are known as this; 12 were proposed, but 2 were rejected the Bill of Rights |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $600: Article 1 says the vice president shall be president of the Senate; the House of Representatives elects this leader itself the Speaker of the House |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: We plead that this amendment says no one "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" the Fifth (Amendment) |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: The Constitution replaced an earlier document called these Articles the Articles of Confederation |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: Article II, section 2 gives the president this military title Commander in Chief |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: This Founding Father signed the Constitution as "Presidt and deputy from Virginia" (George) Washington |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $600: The term of office for the president & vice president shall end at this time on the 20th of January noon |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: Each house of the legislature may expel a member by this fractional vote 2/3 |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: The 13th Amendment abolished slavery; it & the next 2 are the amendments named for this roughly 12-year period Reconstruction |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: Article IV sets forth the procedures for admitting new these to the union states |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: In 1865 the Constitution was changed to abolish this practice slavery |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $600: Article I gives Congress the power to punish this crime of making phony money counterfeiting |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: Article V spells out the procedures for making these changes to the Constitution amendments |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: Article II establishes the powers of this branch of government that's headed by the president the executive branch |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: The oldest signer was this 81-year-old Pennsylvanian Benjamin Franklin |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: This legislative body "shall have the sole power of impeachment" the House of Representatives |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1200: A Bill of Rights motion by George Mason, author of this state's Declaration of Rights, was rejected Virginia |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1600: An amendment becomes law when the legislatures of this fraction of the states ratify it 3/4 |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $2000: Article IV guarantees "to every State in this Union" this "Form of Government" Republican |
| #5111, aired 2006-11-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: During peacetime, one of these may not be quartered in your house without your consent a soldier |
| #5111, aired 2006-11-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: An amendment becomes law when 3/4 of these approve it states |
| #5111, aired 2006-11-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: The last right enumerated in the Sixth Amendment provides the accused with the assistance of this counsel |
| #5111, aired 2006-11-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): Article I, Section 3 states that this person shall preside when a president is tried under articles of impeachment the Chief Justice of the United States |
| #5111, aired 2006-11-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: The Constitution is in Jacob Shallus' handwriting, but this "Gouverneur" composed the final draft Morris |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: Though the Pres. doesn't have to okay amendments, Lincoln approved the 13th amendment, outlawing this slavery |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: This 45-word portion of the Constitution guarantees the right "peaceably to assemble" the 1st Amendment |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $600: Article VI says no test of this kind shall ever be required as a qualification for office... Amen! a religious test |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: Article I, Section 8 says congress can grant letters of marque & reprisal or declare this war |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: The first of these was to be held within 3 years of the first meeting of congress; then every 10 years the census |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: Article 2 says the president occasionally has to report to Congress "Information on the State of" this the Union |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: By Article 2, the president doesn't have to do this in his oath; he's given the option to "affirm" swear |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $600: The last decade to see 3 amendments added the 1960s |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): With the Senate in session, a senator can be arrested only for a felony, breach of peace or this, "so make the most of it" treason |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: Ostensibly meeting to revise these, the delegates to the 1787 convention said we're starting over the Articles of Confederation |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: The first 3 articles deal with forming the 3 branches of government, with this branch last in Article 3 judiciary |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: It's interesting (or is it?) that at 12 letters, it's the longest word in the original document's Preamble Constitution |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $600: When the Constitutional Convention met in May 1787, this man was chosen its presiding officer George Washington |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: Rhode Island never ratified this amendment even after it went into effect on January 16, 1920 Prohibition |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: It ratified the Constitution in 1791, 2 months before it became the 14th state Vermont |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: This smallest state didn't send a delegation to the convention; it didn't want the govt. interfering in its affairs Rhode Island |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: By Dec. 15, 1791 the states had approved the first 10 amendments, known collectively by this name the Bill of Rights |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): Article 1, Section 3 states that this person "shall be president of the Senate" & vote only in case of ties the vice president |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1200: The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787 at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania State House, now known as this hall Independence Hall |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1600: This fourth president, the "Father of the Constitution", kept a record of the delegates' debates & decisions James Madison |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: Per Article II Luke Perry can become president in 2001, since he'll be this age 35 |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: The president has the power to make these agreements, "provided two-thirds of the senators present concur" Treaties |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $600: Article 3 may have soothed the Arnolds by saying this crime doesn't taint the offender's family treason |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: The name of this tax regulated by the 24th Amendment doesn't refer to voting; it's a synonym for head Poll tax |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: The Constitution uses this 3-word Latin term for laws banning an action retroactively Ex post facto |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $100: In 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished "involuntary" this but permits it as a punishment for crimes servitude |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION $200: We wonder if this man, who supplied bolts & spikes for the ship, ever took a midnight ride on her Paul Revere |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: The 10th Amendment says powers not given to the federal gov't belong to the people or to these the states |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $300: As per Article I, the first group elected to this body was divided into those who would serve 2, 4, & 6 year terms the Senate |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION $400: In her 1997 cruise, the ship made 4 knots using just 6 of these, 3 of them basketball court size sails |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: None of these "shall be granted by the" U.S. & no U.S. official shall accept one from another country titles of nobility |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $500: Article 4 makes mandatory this process of returning a suspect to the state where a crime occurred extradition |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION $600: The name of this navy yard, Old Ironsides' permanent home, belongs to a historic area of Boston Charlestown |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION $800: Like fellow Mass. heavyweight Rocky Marciano, the Constitution won over 30 fights & lost this many none |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): He wrote the poem that saved the ship from the scrap heap in the 1830s Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.) |
