The Constitution
The American Bible Challenge
LET'S MAKE A "DE-"
STATE CAPITALS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
100
Ratification of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution in July 1971 set this as the voting age.
What is 18?
100
"And the Lord set a mark upon" this man, "lest any finding him should kill him
Who is Cain?
100
Old Spice is one
What is deodorant?
100
In 1683 William Penn ordered that this Delaware capital be built as a site for a courthouse & jail
What is Dover?
100
In February 1977 Clifford Alexander became the first black secretary of this oldest US branch.
What is the Army?
200
The name of this state hosting the Constitutional Convention is misspelled on the document: one "N" was left out.
What is Pennsylvania?
200
In Genesis this prized item of Joseph's wardrobe gets taken and dipped in blood
What is the coat of many colors?
200
To behead
What is decapitate?
200
This city southwest of Tacoma was named for some nearby mountains
What is Olympia?
200
Harlem had one of these literary & cultural rebirths in the '20s & '30s
What is the Renaissance?
300
The 5th Amendment says you can't be jailed "without" this phrase "of law", a protection of Magna Carta.
What is due process?
300
Revelation says that this alliterative object was opened, there was a half-hour hush in heaven
What is the seventh seal?
300
This TV host is descended from a French planter who left Hispaniola for Louisiana
Who is Ellen DeGeneres?
300
Each September this Buckeye capital holds an Oktoberfest in its restored 19th century German village
What is Columbus?
300
On Feb. 15, 1804 New Jersey became the last northern state to do this
What is outlaw slavery?
400
This future president missed only a "fraction of an hour" here or there as he took copious notes of the discussions
Who is James Madison?
400
Not just trumpets but "a great shout" brought down the walls of this city
What is Jericho?
400
Indifference, or a small unit of soldiers on a mission
What is detachment?
400
Attractions in this capital include the Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum & the First White House of the Confederacy
What is Montgomery?
400
Feb. 1948 riots in Accra sparked a movement that led to this country's becoming one of Africa's first to boot the colonists
What is Ghana?
500
Congress has power to "fix the standard of" these two items, which makes up a classic Jeopardy category.
What are weights and measures?
500
In 1 Kings 3 God tells him, "I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart"
Who is Solomon?
500
A mark of misconduct in your record
What is a demerit?
500
It was selected as a compromise between North Platters & South Platters, who each favored different locale
What is Lincoln, Nebraska?
500
At a Feb. 1957 meeting a civil rights group chose this 3-word name; "Christian" was added later in the year
What is Southern Leadership Conference?
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