CONGRESS IS IN (Quiz)

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1. What is the number of the newly convened Congress?

2. A good deal of press has been poured out on the new speaker of the House. Give the speaker's name, home state and party.

3. In regard to the presidential order of succession, where does the House speaker hold forth?

4. What office holders follow the speaker in the order of succession for the presidency?

5. If the elevation of Cabinet secretaries were necessary for the continuation of government, how would they be placed in command?

6. How many Cabinet departments are there currently? For Bragging Rights, how many can you name?

7. What are the legal requirements for election to the U.S. House of Representatives?

8. What legal requirements precede a run for the U.S. Senate?

9. Where is the oldest public school in continuous existence in what is now the United States? For Bragging Rights, name it.

10. The first public park in the future United States was created in 1634. Name it.



ANSWERS

1. This is the 110th Congress.

2. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the new speaker, is a Democrat from California.

3. The House speaker immediately follows the president and vice president in the order of succession. If the president and vice president are removed from office for any reason, the speaker moves up.

4. The House speaker is succeeded by the Senate's president pro tempore, and then the Cabinet secretaries.

5. The Cabinet secretaries would be appointed according to the order in which their departments had been established.

6. There are 15 Cabinet departments: State; the Treasury; Defense; Justice; Interior; Agriculture; Commerce; Labor; Health and Human Services; Housing and Urban Development; Transportation; Energy; Education; Veterans Affairs; and Homeland Security.

7. To be eligible to run for the House, the candidate must be a U.S. citizen who is at least 25 years old, a citizen for at least seven years and a legal resident of the state in which he is running.

8. A Senate candidate must be at least 30 years old, a citizen for at least nine years and a legal resident of the state in which he is running.

9. Founded on April 23, 1635, it is Boston Latin School.

10. Boston Common was the first public park.

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