Jeopardy Hosted by Mr. Gipson

Previous Tests Bills Becoming Laws Senate House 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

Row 1, Col 1 Who are Congressman? The only people who can introduce bills, so that they may start the process of becoming a law Row 1, Col 1

Total number of US Senators What is 100? Total number of US Senators 1,2

This State has the most House members. What is California This State has the most House members. 1,3

This branch of government enforces the laws What is the Executive Branch? This branch of government enforces the laws 1,4

What are committees? Congressman organize into groups that specialize and make key first decisions on bills that are introduced to the house and/or senate. What are these groups called? 2,1

Official Leader of the Senate Who is the Vice President? Official Leader of the Senate 2,2

The Official leader of the House Who is the Speaker of the House? The Official leader of the House 2,3

What is the 5th Amendment? Constitutional Amendment that stated that people cannot be forced to incriminate themselves. 2,4

What is a Filibuster? The Senate talking a bill to death and never allowing it to be voted on 3,1

The minimum age for a Senate Member What is 30 years old? The minimum age for a Senate Member 3,2

The minimum age for a house member What is 25 years old? The minimum age for a house member 3,3

What is the 22nd Amendment? The amendment that limits the President to 2 terms & 10 years in office 3,4

What is a Pocket Veto If a bill is presented to the president within the last 10 days of session, and the President doesn’t sign or veto the bill – the bill then fails to become a law. 4,1

What is whip (majority or minority) An unofficial position in the house in charge for ensuring that a person votes consistent with their political party 4,2

What is 7 years? The minimum amount of years a person must be a citizen/resident of a state in order to represent that state in the house. 4,3

What is Judicial Review? The implied power of the Supreme Court that says that the Judicial Branch of government can declare a law constitutional or unconstitutional once that law is brought to them through a court case. 4,4

What is pigeonholing? When a committee in congress prevents a bill from leaving its office, virtually killing the bill by not allowing it to be voted on. 5,1

What is the Senate Pro Tempore If the President, the Vice President, and the Speaker of the House die or become disabled simultaneously, then this person takes over the office of the President 5,2

The amount of people needed to “do business.” What is a quorum (which is 50% in congress)? The amount of people needed to “do business.” 5,3

What is the Connecticut Compromise? During the constitutional convention the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan were combined in the _____________ which outlined the basic structure of our government today 5,4