Citizenship Test

[Hook Dem]

Citizenship test. Try this out -
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> You do not have to submit your test results though I'm sure you'll let me
> know if you passed -
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> But, If you don't pass you may have to give up your citizenship.
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> 24 out of 30 is considered a passing grade. I understand that 96% of all
> High School Seniors FAILED this test...AND if that's not bad enough, 50+%
of
> all individuals over 50 did too!! so enjoy and keep
smiling................
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> Click on link below.
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> www.toast.net/games/Independence/page1.asp

[ChumpDumper]

I get to stay.

[Marklar MM]

24/30

9,12,23,24,25,29 wrong.

The United States has no official language. :/. Cheesy.

[JoeChalupa]

Your Score is 27
Congratz, you Pass! You should be proud.

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah, I didn't remember the specific amendement numbers.

[FromWayDowntown]

28; guess I get to stay?

[Extra Stout]

28. I'm awesome.

[smeagol]

20

I need to study if I ant to become a citizen (and piss the hell out of MB)

[Oh, Gee!!]

missed 1, 22, 26, 30. I knew the answer to 30; I really got a 27

[hussker]

Your Score is 29
Near Perfect! This was a difficult test, you should be proud!

29/30 for me...Guess I get to stay.

Trick question on terms for the PRESIDENT. He/she can always run again LATER with no limitation, by definition, a person can have more than 2 terms, but, again, technically, that person would be a DIFFERENT president (by number). Grover Cleveland is your example as the 22d and 24th president (though combined 2-termer) even though he was elected BEFORE that amendment was introduced/passed/ratified.

[Guru of Nothing]

29 - last amendment passed in 1992 tripped me up.

[Mr. Ash]

Trick question on terms for the PRESIDENT. He/she can always run again LATER with no limitation, by definition, a person can have more than 2 terms, but, again, technically, that person would be a DIFFERENT president (by number).

Just out of curiousity, where did you hear that?

[hussker]

Just out of curiousity, where did you hear that?

Mr Ash, I stand corrected. No person may EVER hold the presidency MORE than two terms EVER due to the 22nd Amendment. Clinton actually questioned that. My bad. Thanks for the challenge. I welcome it.

[hussker]

Guess I am not as good of a citizen as I though I was!

[danyel]

18...

[SA210]

28/30, could have been 26/30, I guessed right on amendments. Cool test. it's a good thing they don't have questions on poverty. gtown would miss em all.

[spurster]

25/30. I'm not much good on amendment numbers either.

[Mr. Ash]

Thanks for the challenge. I welcome it.
Bah. I only got 26 right - I figured you knew what you were talking about.

[SpursWoman]

Your Score is 28
Near Perfect! This was a difficult test, you should be proud!

:)

[Yonivore]

28/30

#8 & #13. I couldn't remember the amendment for establishing the voting age at 18 but, I think I could quibble with the answer to #13. I said House of Representatives since it is they that accept the state's certified slates and tally the electoral college vote and, in the event of dispute, select the President and Vice President. I couldn't remember if the House had the authority to reject slates so, I flipped a coin and came down wrong...

But, I guess I was overthinking the question.

[2pac]

Mr Ash, I stand corrected. No person may EVER hold the presidency MORE than two terms EVER due to the 22nd Amendment. Clinton actually questioned that. My bad. Thanks for the challenge. I welcome it.

You actually can serve a maximum of 2.5 terms.

If a president is assassinated/removed/steps down from office at least 1 day past the halfway mark in his term, the VP takes over, and if the VP serves less than half the term, he can run for two more terms.

[Yonivore]

You actually can serve a maximum of 2.5 terms.

If a president is assassinated/removed/steps down from office at least 1 day past the halfway mark in his term, the VP takes over, and if the VP serves less than half the term, he can run for two more terms.

The question said how many full terms. So, technically, you could serve 2 terms, 3 years, and 364.99 days if the President were assassinated on the inaugural podium. I'm not clear what happens if he's bites it between the electoral college vote and the inauguration.

[Guru of Nothing]

The question said how many full terms. So, technically, you could serve 2 terms, 3 years, and 364.99 days if the President were assassinated on the inaugural podium. I'm not clear what happens if he's bites it between the electoral college vote and the inauguration.

I don't think so.

Less than 10 years is the max ... unless I'm dumber than you (which is very possible).

[Yonivore]

I don't think so.

Less than 10 years is the max ... unless I'm dumber than you (which is very possible).
I stand corrected...10 years it is.
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Amendment XXII

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission to the states by the Congress.

[Guru of Nothing]

I stand corrected...10 years it is.


I probably heard it on NPR.

[Duff McCartney]

Clinton actually questioned that.

He'd probably still be in office.

[Mr. Peabody]

26/30 -- trouble with the amendments and presidents born in texas

[SA210]

damn, we're all having trouble with the amendments.

[spurs=bling]

i got a 27

i got questions 17,18, & 27 wrong

Your Score is 27
Congratz, you Pass! You should be proud.

[E20]

I got 24.

Thomas Jefferson started the two term tradition by not electing to run for for President after his 2nd term. After that most Presidents only served two terms, I forgot which President I think it was Monroe who served 3 terms. Then they eventually got it into the constitution saying a President can only serve twice.

[Useruser666]

26 I never was an over achiever.

[Useruser666]

I got 24.

Thomas Jefferson started the two term tradition by not electing to run for for President after his 2nd term. After that most Presidents only served two terms, I forgot which President I think it was Monroe who served 3 terms. Then they eventually got it into the constitution saying a President can only serve twice.

FDR served 3.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

28/30.

I missed the total number of amendments and I flaked on the first VP.

[ObiwanGinobili]

22.
guess I'm packing my bags. :lol

[shelshor]

Nailed it!!!!!!!
30 out of 30
Tho I did have to guess on some of the stuff about amendments
Says I ought to run for President---No thanks, I have better things to do with my time and energy

[shelshor]

FDR served 3.
And was elected 4 times

[Useruser666]

And was elected 4 times

Yeah, I almost was unsure, but that's why I stated "served".

[shelshor]

Yeah, I almost was unsure, but that's why I stated "served".
Yeah, if memory serves, he served less than a year of his 4th term

[DarkReign]

24/30

Amendments are not my strong suit.

[SA210]

I heard Bush was 0/30

guess he's not much for tests on the interNets

[Yonivore]

I heard Bush was 0/30

guess he's not much for tests on the interNets
What? You have Al Franken writing your material? You know, of course, Al Franken hasn't been funny since the 90's, right?

[SA210]

You know Bush has been dumb for quite a while, right?

[Yonivore]

You know Bush has been dumb for quite a while, right?
Only in liberal, left-wing, whacko, dreams.

[Slomo]

Your Score is 26
Congratz, you Pass! You should be proud.

:lol

I missed:
total number of amendments
amendment that sets voting age to 18
number of assasinated president (this is one I should have known)
the right to create an income tax amendment

As you can see those are pretty specific and are not taught and rarely discussed outside the US (apart of the # assasinated question) - the ones I got I concider more or less general knowledge (even for foreigners). After reviewing the questions I think you should be able to score between 20 and 26 points just by paying attention during holywood action movies :lol and/or watching the discovery channel :)

[Slomo]

Re- reading my post I realized I failed to make my point. I find it interesting how the foreigners who posted in this thread either passed or came close to it. A similar test for any other country we would all fail miserably. I think it's an indicator of how succesfully US exports it's culture/society abroad and influences other societies.

I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing (at least not all of it) or that it should be fought by passing laws restricting the US influence (unsuccessfully like France and to a certain extent the EU) or even worse fight it with religon and firearms (like some muslim leaders suggest), but you can't deny that it is present and very successful.

[SA210]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/livindeadboi/bush_poland_test.gif

[Ishta]

27 for me..

[travis2]

Perfect 30/30. But I admit I guessed on one or two...

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

27. On my first day of class my senior year of high school my government teacher gave part of the citizenship exam. I was one of the two students out of 30 of us who were qualified to be American citizens. It's a shame we couldn't have deported those who failed, as I really wouldn't have missed any of them.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Ignore me! Accidentally double posted. Stupid computer.