Question of the Day: Constitution Day

Saturday (Sept.17) is Constitution Day. So here's a little quiz about this crucial American document.

1. What is the significance of the date?

a. It's the day Thomas Jefferson wrote down the Constitution

b. This is the date in 1787 on which delegates finished and signed the U.S. Constitution.

c. It's the date when the Bill of Rights took effect.

2. The First Amendment covers:

a. Freedom of religion, gun rights and land ownership

b. Freedom of the press, women's right to vote

c. Establishment of religion, the press, freedom of assembly

3. What is the Bill of Rights?

a. The entire Constitution

b. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

c. Everything in the Constitution except the amendments.

4. What is the connection between the 18th and 21st Amendments?

a. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment.

b. They aren't related.

c.  The 21st Amendment expanded on the 18th Amendment.

Answers:

1. b. The federal observance was created in 2004 to recognize the date in 1787 when the Constitution was signed. Publicly funded schools are required to teach students about the Constitution and citizenship.

2. c. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

3. b. The Bill of Rights refers to the first 10 of the 27 amendments to the Constitution.

4. a. The 21st Amendment, ratified on Dec. 5, 1933, repealed the 18th Amendment, which was ratified in 1919 and created Prohibition.