Executive Branch Review Team Trivia

Extra Credit Winning Team: 3 Points Runner-up: 2 Points 3 rd Place: 1 Point

Teams Team 1: Miguel, Mike B., Kurt, Geoff Team 2: Alex, Jesse O., Matt, Kayla Team 3: Natalie S., Bryan, Zach, Mike C. Team 4: Marcus, Tash, Jeff, Catherine Team 5: Dani, Phuong, Charlie, Carly S. Team 6: Carly M, Jesse D., Natalie E. Team 7: Abby, Brendan, Jackie

Teams Team 1: Gabby, John, Ben Team 2: Dan, Cody, Eliza Team 3: Matt, Andrew, Kaitlyn Team 4: Jackson, Brad, Jenn

Round One: General Trivia 1.The highest-ranking officers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force who advise the president on military matters are known as what? 2.What is the presidential salary? 3.What vote is required to override a presidential veto? 4.How many departments do we have within the executive branch? 5.Who appoints heads of regulatory commissions?

Round Two: Vocab 1.Presidential power to reduce a person’s sentence 2.Presidential action forgiving a person convicted of a crime 3.Art of dealing with foreign nations 4.Nation’s plan for dealing with other nations of the world 5.Highest ranking government officials representing the US abroad

Round Three: General Trivia 1.What commission protects Americans when they invest in stocks and bonds? 2.What department would help an individual trying to help the homeless find places to live? 3.What department issues visas and passports? 4.What department oversees foreign policy? 5.What department enforces immigration laws?

Round Four: Vocab 1.Term for the order in which the office of the president gets filled if it becomes vacant 2.Official residence of an ambassador 3.Formal document allowing people from foreign nations to come to the US 4.Written agreements between nations 5.Government official working to develop trade and help commercial interests in foreign nations

Round Five: General Trivia 1.Which department controls FEMA, which deals with natural disasters within the US? 2.What is the name for the leader of the Department of Justice? 3.What regulatory commission will investigate election laws? 4.Who appoints federal judges? 5.What is the name of the president’s home?

Round Six: Vocab 1.Televised speech in which the president will lay out programs he would like to see enacted 2.Presidential power that postpones carrying out a person’s sentence 3.Groups that perform specialized jobs not covered by other parts of the executive branch, such as NASA 4.Agencies, departments, and people that make up the executive branch of government (roughly 3 million people) 5.Special type of independent agency that can bring violators to court

Round Seven: General Trivia 1.The qualifications for becoming president are set forth by ___________. 2.What is the name of the president’s airplane? 3.What is the name of the president’s helicopter? 4.Who is the current vice president? 5.Who is the current Secretary of Defense?

Round Eight: General Trivia 1.Who is the current Secretary of State? 2.Who is the current Secretary of the Treasury? 3.What department would handle relief efforts for a Chinese mudslide? 4.How long is a presidential term? 5.What are the three qualifications for becoming president?

Bonus Round The presidential line of succession Name the first five people to become president in the presidential line of succession.