The Daily Teaser — 25-9-2014: The US Constitution

You know, you can TELL I’ve got a documentary on, can’t you … ?

Bless ’em, the BBC can knock out a good one, as and when.

The one I’ve got on in the background … ?

Is part two of Oh, You Pretty Things: an in depth examination of the links between music and fashion.

You HAVE to ask, don’t you … ?

What the HELL were people wearing, back then … ?

The shows were fantastic.

But, boy do the eyeballs hurt … !

~≈†≈~

But let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and scoring four out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, license and video …

Q1) 25th September, 1789, saw the US government pass the first 12 amendments to the Constitution; how many of these make up what’s known as the Bill of Rights?

Q2) The US Constitution opens with the line, “We, The People …”: of where … ?

Q3) ‘Article the First’ of the amendments was never formally ratified and was supposed to guarantee one representative for, at most, how many people: thirty thousand, forty thousand or fifty thousand … ?

Q4) Another of those twelve amendments was the one that forbade congressional pay raises until the start of the next term of office  That eventually became which amendment: the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh … ?

Q5) The First Amendment forbade the USA from adopting what: a state military, state religion or US navy … ?

Q6) The Third Amendment to the Constitution guarantees protection from what … ?

Q7) Which amendment guarantees the right to a trial by jury: the fifth, sixth or seventh … ?

Q8) Many US citizens tell you they have a right bear arms: which Amendment guarantees this … ?

Q9) Which Amendment guarantees freedom of speech in the US … ?

Q10) Finally … Which of the Amendments means a US citizen can’t incriminate himself: the Third, Fourth or Fifth … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 24th September, 1996, saw the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed: at the UN building in New York.   By how many nations: seventy-one, seventy-two or seventy-three?

A1) Seventy-one.

Q2) 24th September, 1957, saw the opening of Camp Nou: Europe’s largest football stadium.   Which Spanish team is it home to?

A2) FC Barcelona.

Q3) 24th September, 1789, saw the US Congress pass the Judiciary Act: that initially organized the US Supreme Court.   It also created which US government post: the President, the Attorney General or the Speaker of the House of Representatives?

A3) The Attorney General.

Q4) 24th September, 1946, saw the founding of Cathay Pacific Airways: by two American businessmen.   In which part of China: Shanghai, Hong Kong or Sichuan?

A4) Hong Kong.

Q5) Finally … 24th September, 1990, saw observations take place: of the the Great White Spot.   The Spot is on which planet?

A5) Saturn.

I’ll leave you with this … 

And this … 

“One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.”

Robert H. Jackson.

Enjoy the day.

*        Well … I’d love to say it’s going well, Debbi.   But I’m STILL out of a job.   Saying that, I think having to do my job search at the local Job-centre’s† a good thing: I’ve managed to bag a few more interviews, that way.   (I’m seeing if I can get a starter job in a call centre.   I know GETTING a call like that’s a pain: but, for me, it would make a change from bars … !)

†        The Job centre’s got a couple of Ubuntu-based public terminal’s we can use.   Which are nice.   But could do with someone from the Job centre’s IT department, coming around once a month, to do all the updates.