LEGIS South Dakota Capitol South Dakota State Seal

2011 LEGIS Jeopardy Directions In Jeopardy, remember the answer is in the form of a question. Select a question by clicking on it. After reading the question click on the word “answer” on the bottom of the screen. After seeing the answer click on the Kids Voting South Dakota logo to return to the question board. Keep track of score with your team. Play the final Jeopardy question together betting with the points you have earned. Click here to begin.

LEGIS Jeopardy What is Government? Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators Citizen Rights & Responsibilities Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Governmental Leadership How a Bill Becomes a Law Founding Documents & Primary Sources Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500

$100 Question from What is Government? The Three Branches of Government

$100 Answer from What is Government? What are the Legislative, Executive & Judicial Branches?

$200 Question from What is Government? The Two Houses of the Legislature.

$200 Answer from What is Government? What are the House & the Senate?

$300 Question from What is Government? This branch makes the laws.

$300 Answer from What is Government? What is the Legislative Branch?

$400 Question from What is Government? This branch carries out the laws.

$400 Answer from What is Government? What is the Executive Branch?

$500 Question from What is Government? This branch interprets the laws.

$500 Answer from What is Government? What is the Judicial Branch?

$100 Question from Governmental Leadership The Chief Executive of the State.

$100 Answer from Governmental Leadership Who is the Governor? (or Gov. Dennis Daugaard)

$200 Question from Governmental Leadership The Leader of the House of Representatives.

$200 Answer from Governmental Leadership Who is the Speaker of the House? (or Speaker Rep. Val Rausch)

$300 Question from Governmental Leadership Presides as President of the Senate.

$300 Answer from Governmental Leadership Who is the Lt. Governor? (or Lt. Gov. Matt Michels)

$400 Question from Governmental Leadership The Leader of the Judicial Branch.

$400 Answer from Governmental Leadership Who is the Chief Justice? (or Chief Justice David Gilbertson)

$500 Question from Governmental Leadership Presides over the Senate when the Lt. Gov. is absent.

$500 Answer from Governmental Leadership Who is the President Pro Tempore? (or Pres. Pro Tempore Bob Gray)

$100 Question from How a Bill Becomes a Law. A Law or Regulation Proposed in the Legislature.

$100 Answer from How a Bill Becomes a Law. What is a Bill?

$200 Question from How a Bill Becomes a Law. This person can sign a bill into law.

$200 Answer from How a Bill Becomes a Law. Who is the Governor? (or Gov. Dennis Daugaard)

$300 Question from How a Bill Becomes a Law. A bill must pass through here before going to the floor of the Senate or House.

$300 Answer from How a Bill Becomes a Law. What is a Legislative Committee?

$400 Question from How a Bill Becomes a Law. The Number of Committees in the Legislature.

$400 Answer from How a Bill Becomes a Law. What is 13?

$500 Question from How a Bill Becomes a Law. It’s what happens when the Governor does not sign a bill or return it to the Legislature.

$500 Answer from How a Bill Becomes a Law. What is “It Becomes Law?”

$100 Question from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators They represent you from your legislative district.

$100 Answer from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators Who are Legislators? (or Senators & Representatives)

$200 Question from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators The number of Legislative Districts in South Dakota.

$200 Answer from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators What is 35?

$300 Question from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators The total number of Senators and Representatives in the Legislature.

$300 Answer from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators What is 35 Senators and 70 Representatives?

$400 Question from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators Number of years between Legislative elections.

$400 Answer from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators What is every 2 years?

$500 Question from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators Legislators are responsible to these people.

$500 Answer from Relationships Between Citizens & Legislators Who are the citizens of their district?

$100 Question from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities The age at which a citizen can legally vote.

$100 Answer from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities What is 18?

$200 Question from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities The people responsible for serving on a Jury.

$200 Answer from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities Who are citizens?

$300 Question from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities Learning about candidates running for public office.

$300 Answer from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities What is becoming an informed voter?

$400 Question from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities A person who respects authority and law.

$400 Answer from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities What is a good citizen?

$500 Question from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities The three ways you can become a citizen.

$500 Answer from Citizen Rights & Responsibilities What are being born in the US, having parents that are citizens, and becoming a naturalized citizen?

$100 Question from Founding Documents and Primary Sources The document that stated we were free from foreign rule.

$100 Answer from Founding Documents and Primary Sources What is the Declaration of Independence?

$200 Question from Founding Documents and Primary Sources This document defines how the American Government works.

$200 Answer from Founding Documents and Primary Sources What is the Constitution of the United States?

$300 Question from Founding Documents and Primary Sources This addition to the US Constitution names the 10 basic liberties we are all guaranteed.

$300 Answer from Founding Documents and Primary Sources What is the Bill of Rights?

$400 Question from Founding Documents and Primary Sources This document outlines the structure of our state government.

$400 Answer from Founding Documents and Primary Sources What is the South Dakota State Constitution?

$500 Question from Founding Documents and Primary Sources The amendment to the Bill of Rights which delegates all unnamed powers to the states.

$500 Answer from Founding Documents and Primary Sources What is the 10 th Amendment?

Final Jeopardy The number of Blue Tiles on the floor of the South Dakota State Capitol.

Final Jeopardy Answer What is 66? Click here to end.

Presentation brought to you by: Marletta Eich – 4 th Grade Teacher, Madison South Dakota DeVee Dietz – Director, Kids Voting South Dakota Mark Rambow – Assistant Director, Kids Voting South Dakota Sponsored by: The contents of the K – 12 LEGIS LESSONS were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (Grant No c – LEGIS: Legislative Education for Greater Inquiry and Study). However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. (EDGAR: 34 CFR)