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Test your knowledge about the powers, responsibilities, and limitations of the US presidency in this exciting Jeopardy game. Explore topics such as oratorical skills, constitutional requirements, religious affiliations, term limits, impeachment, cabinet departments, and more. Challenge yourself and learn about the true/false questions, history, and trivia related to the highest office in the United States.
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$100 Question from H1 Oratorical skill and media savvy are part of this presidential power.
$100 Answer from H1 Persuasion.
$200 Question from H1 According to the Constitution, a president must be at least how old?
$200 Answer from H1 35 years old.
$300 Question from H1 Specifically, all presidents but John Kennedy have been of this religion.
$300 Answer from H1 Protestant (Christian).
$400 Question from H1 Which amendment to the Constitution placed a two-term limit on the presidency?
$400 Answer from H1 Twenty-second Amendment.
$500 Question from H1 The only president to resign from office.
$500 Answer from H1 Who is Richard M. Nixon?
$100 Question from H2 In order to convict and remove an impeached president, it takes………
$100 Answer from H2 …a two-thirds vote in the Senate.
$200 Question from H2 According to the 25th Amendment, while the V.P. is serving as acting president, a recuperated president can reclaim the Oval Office. T / F.
$200 Answer from H2 True.
$300 Question from H2 Identify a power available to presidents for controlling the bureaucracy.
$300 Answer from H2 The president’s power to appoint top-level administrators to the bureaucracy.
$400 Question from H2 In recent years, presidents have paid closer attention to appointing officials who will be more responsive to the president’s policies. True / False.
$400 Answer from H2 True.
$500 Question from H2 In order to impeach a president, it takes……..
$500 Answer from H2 …a majority vote in the House of Representatives.
$100 Question from H3 The White House Chief of Staff is a member of the cabinet. True / False.
$100 Answer from H3 False. Only heads of the departments of the bureaucracy are members of the cabinet.
$200 Question from H3 Name two of the oldest cabinet departments.
$200 Answer from H3 State and Treasury
$300 Question from H3 The Attorney General is the head of which department?
$300 Answer from H3 Justice Department.
$400 Question from H3 Which part of the Executive Office of the President is a link to key foreign policy and military policy advisors?
$400 Answer from H3 The National Security Council, or the National Security Advisor.
$500 Question from H3 Which office prepares the president’s budget?
$500 Answer from H3 Office of Management and Budget.
$100 Question from H4 The three member body which advises the president on economic policy is the………
$100 Answer from H4 Council of Economic Advisors.
$200 Question from H4 Give the number of departments in the cabinet.
$300 Question from H4 The pocket veto can only be Used when Congress is …
$300 Answer from H4 …adjourned, when the session of Congress has just ended within 10 days.
$400 Question from H4 An action by a president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for objecting to it is called a …..
$400 Answer from H4 ….veto.
$500 Question from H4 What are the three policy- making bodies of the Executive Office of the President?
$500 Answer from H4 Office of Management and Budget; National Security Council; & Council of Economic Advisors.
$100 Question from H5 Bill Clinton was impeached. True / False.
$100 Answer from H5 True.
$200 Question from H5 Richard Nixon was impeached. True / False.
$200 Answer from H5 False. He resigned before he was impeached.
$300 Question from H5 Bill Clinton was convicted of perjury by the Senate. True / False.
$300 Answer from H5 False.
$400 Question from H5 Most presidential vetoes are overridden by Congress. True / False.
$400 Answer from H5 False, only 4% are overridden.
$500 Question from H5 The responsibilities of the cabinet are described in the Constitution. True / False.
