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100

This amendment is the overachiever of the bunch, protecting speech, religion, the press, assembly, AND petition all at once.

What is the 1st Amendment?

100

The peak Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited first in 1953.

REESE TV

What is EVEREST? 

100

Tradition says audiences stand up during the “Hallelujah” chorus of this German-British composer’s Messiah.

Who is George Frideric Handel?

100

Arctic, Indian, Southern

What are oceans? 

100

The President rejects a bill from Congress, along with a crunchy, cheesy orange snack.

What is a veto Cheeto? 

200

No waiting years in a dungeon. This amendment guarantees a speedy, public trial by jury and the right to a lawyer.

What is the 6th Amendment?

200

The amendments that guarantee freedom of speech, a speedy trial, and more.

BIG FRILLS HOT

What is the BILL OF RIGHTS? 

200

This composer was almost completely deaf when he wrote his Symphony No. 9, which ends with the famous “Ode to Joy.”

Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?

200

Nile, Amazon, Mississippi

What are rivers? 

200

A farm where the executive, legislative, and judicial parts of government are raised.

What is a branch ranch? 

300

This amendment lets you “bear arms,” which, sadly, does not mean you can wear a grizzly as a sleeve.

What is the 2nd Amendment?

300

This bird can catch a pigeon at 200 mph! 

LEERING FOR PECAN

What is a PEREGRINE FALCON? 

300

This English composer’s suite The Planets includes the jolly “Jupiter,” but it skips Earth entirely.

Who is Gustav Holst?

300

Grand, Bryce, Zion

What are canyons? 

300

A tiny squeaker that loves cheese hiding among the 435 members of the chamber where terms last just 2 years.

What is a House mouse?

400

Police can’t just rummage through your stuff. This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires warrants based on probable cause.

What is the 4th Amendment?

400

The branch created by Article I of the Constitution.

AGILE LIVEST

What is the LEGISLATIVE branch? 

400

This Polish pianist wrote almost entirely for solo piano, and his heart was buried in Warsaw, separate from his body.

Who is Frédéric Chopin?

400

Mexico, Persian, Aden

What are gulfs? 

400

What the Supreme Court finds when it declares a piece of legislation unconstitutional.

What is a law flaw? 

500

“I plead the ___!” This amendment protects you from self-incrimination and guarantees due process.

What is the 5th Amendment?

500

A skinny land bridge, like the one the Panama Canal was cut through.

HIT SUMS

What is an ISTHMUS? 

500

He lived into the 1940s but is remembered as one of the last great Romantics, with hands so huge he could reportedly stretch across 13 piano keys.

Who is Sergei Rachmaninoff?

500

Florida, Italy, Korea

What are peninsulas? 

500

A chocolatey treat whipped up by one of the 9 Supreme Court justices, who serve for life.

What is a judge fudge?