These US Constitution trivia questions and answers run in four rounds: Philadelphia in 1787, ratification and the seven articles, the Bill of Rights and the right to vote, and the other amendments.
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Bill of Rights trivia questions for games and classes
The Bill of Rights and the right to vote asks which amendment covers searches, a second trial for the same offense, jury trials, bail and the poll tax. Philadelphia, 1787 has the delegates, the plans and the committees that wrote the text.
Amendments trivia questions, and the sheet to print
The other amendments asks what later amendments changed: who elects senators, the lame duck Congress, the two-term limit and pay raises. Each tap on a choice brings the answer, a one-line reason and a link to the article. For a class, the question sheet and the answer key print apart.
Questions and answers
What are three easy US Constitution trivia questions to start with?
In which building did the Constitutional Convention assemble? In which year did the Constitution become operational? To how many terms does the Twenty-second Amendment limit a president? The answers are Independence Hall, 1789 and two.
Are there 14th Amendment trivia questions?
One: the year it was adopted, 1868. The pack names Amendments 13 to 15 as the Reconstruction Amendments and asks the Fifteenth; a full round on the Fourteenth would need a page of its own.
Where were the answers checked?
All answers were compared on October 3, 2026 with the English Wikipedia article Constitution of the United States, which is linked under each question. The page is unofficial, restates a public document and is not legal advice; check the text of the Constitution itself.
A quorum of how many states allowed deliberations to begin on May 25?Answer: Seven. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Among national constitutions in force in the world, what is said of the Constitution of the United States?Answer: It is the oldest written and codified one. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
By which other name was the Virginia Plan known?Answer: The Large State Plan. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
The Due Process Clause was partly based on common law and on which document of 1215?Answer: Magna Carta. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
From how many approved articles was the final draft distilled?Answer: 23. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
How many delegates, one from each state represented, sat on the committee that worked out the compromise on representation in July 1787?Answer: Eleven. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
In which building did the Constitutional Convention assemble?Answer: Independence Hall. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Of the 74 delegates appointed by the states, how many attended?Answer: 55. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
On the appointed day, May 14, 1787, only two delegations were present. Which?Answer: Virginia and Pennsylvania. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
On which two dates did the framing begin and end in 1787?Answer: May 25 and September 17. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
What was the committee called that was elected on July 24 to draft a detailed constitution?Answer: The Committee of Detail. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which committee, appointed on September 8, distilled the final draft?Answer: The Committee of Style and Arrangement. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which kind of Congress did the New Jersey Plan keep?Answer: One house in which every state had one vote. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Whose treatise of the 2nd century BC on the checks and balances of the Roman Republic influenced Montesquieu?Answer: Polybius. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
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According to Article VI, what do the Constitution and federal laws have over state laws?Answer: Supremacy. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
By which vote did Delaware, the first state to ratify, approve the Constitution?Answer: 30 to 0. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
The Constitution has been amended 27 times since it became operational. In which year was that?Answer: 1789. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
The first chief justice, a co-author of The Federalist Papers, held the post for how long?Answer: Six years. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
For how many years did John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, serve on the Court?Answer: 34. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
For which offenses is a president removed on impeachment and conviction?Answer: Treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
How many states make up the three-fourths needed today?Answer: 38. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
In which city, the temporary capital, was the Congress of the Confederation sitting when it received the Constitution?Answer: New York City. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
On which date was ratification of the Articles of Confederation completed?Answer: March 1, 1781. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Only one amendment was ratified by conventions in the states and not by legislatures. Which?Answer: The Twenty-first. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Under Article V, an amendment proposed in Congress must be adopted by what share of both houses?Answer: Two-thirds. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
What were the opponents of the Constitution called?Answer: Anti-Federalists. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Where in the Constitution is the procedure for its own ratification?Answer: Article VII. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which doctrine do the first three articles embody?Answer: The separation of powers. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which state became the ninth to ratify, on June 21, 1788?Answer: New Hampshire. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which three men published the commentaries now known as The Federalist Papers?Answer: Hamilton, Madison and Jay. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Who became the third chief justice in 1796?Answer: Oliver Ellsworth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
With which act did Congress first use its power to create lower courts?Answer: The Judiciary Act of 1789. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
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A ruling of 1966 on the Fifth and Sixth Amendments requires what has become known as which warning?Answer: The Miranda warning. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
To whom does the Sixth Amendment give several protections and rights?Answer: A person accused of a crime. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
The Twenty-sixth Amendment protects the vote of citizens from which age?Answer: Eighteen. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
The Twenty-third Amendment gave electors in presidential elections to which place?Answer: The District of Columbia. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment declares that individuals have other fundamental rights besides those the Constitution states?Answer: The Ninth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment extends the right to a jury trial to federal civil cases?Answer: The Seventh. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment of 1870 prohibits the use of race or color in deciding which citizens may vote?Answer: The Fifteenth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment prohibits a poll tax for voting?Answer: The Twenty-fourth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment protects individuals from double jeopardy?Answer: The Fifth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures?Answer: The Fourth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment protects people from excessive bail and fines and from cruel and unusual punishment?Answer: The Eighth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment was included to further define the balance of power between the federal government and the states?Answer: The Tenth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment was ratified in the shortest time, 100 days?Answer: The Twenty-sixth. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
The other amendments 13
About how many amendments do members of Congress propose during each two-year term?Answer: Around 150. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
By which name are Amendments 13 to 15 known?Answer: The Reconstruction Amendments. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
The Eleventh Amendment bars federal courts from hearing a case in which a state is sued by whom?Answer: A person from another state or country. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
In which year was the Child Labor Amendment proposed?Answer: 1924. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
In which year was the Fourteenth Amendment, on citizenship, adopted?Answer: 1868. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
The Seventeenth Amendment, on the election of senators, superseded two clauses of which article of the Constitution?Answer: Article I. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
To how many terms does the Twenty-second Amendment limit an elected president?Answer: Two. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
To what does the Twenty-fifth Amendment relate?Answer: Succession to the office of president. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
What does the Twenty-seventh Amendment stop members of Congress from doing?Answer: Giving themselves a pay raise during the current session. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
What is a Congress called that meets between an election and the start of the new term?Answer: A lame duck Congress. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which amendment, proposed in 1810 and still pending, would strip citizenship from a citizen who accepted a foreign title of nobility?Answer: The Titles of Nobility Amendment. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Which decision of 1793 did the Eleventh Amendment overturn?Answer: Chisholm v. Georgia. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
Who, an avid stamp collector in the White House, prompted the Post Office to issue a stamp in 1937 for the 150th anniversary of the signing?Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt. Source: Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States