David: Hey guys. We're back. Are we? Yeah, we missed last week.
Remember, we're back. Fun Fact Friday. We're a podcast we
discuss convex sometimes. And we release on Fridays. Yep.
Leila: You finally accepted it. I'm so happy 280
David: million episodes. So yeah. If you have any topic
ideas for us, if we if we mess something up, or if you just
want to send us a hey, we enjoyed the show, or we're in
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Leila: hated it. Sorry.
David: Yeah, we were off last week right now. Yeah, we want
hate mail and hate comments. We go on, go on whatever podcast
app you use that has comments, or go find a new like, what's
the fruit company? The one that's named after fruit,
orange, orange, orange computers. They have a product,
right? They have a podcast app. Go to the orange podcast app and
leave us a a really, really good comment along with a bad review.
Like click a one star but then like, super good comment, like
you love it. But then it's a one star. So people will think oh,
my gosh, what's going on? They don't think they know how star
system works. I don't think that we think or vice versa. Five
stars with a terrible comment. Yeah. We genuinely don't want
the comments and likes and all that has nothing to do with the
algorithm on how Apple podcasts works. I was listening to whole
thing about it the other day. But no, yeah. So this episode,
we're going to talk about why we're out last week. We're gonna
talk about a couple of interesting things that happened
to us this week. And then we're not doing what we normally do.
Leila: Yeah, we got a different format format
David: for this episode. And just to keep your listening,
we're not going to tell you what it is yet. Yeah. So last week, I
was elbow deep into I'm putting a screened in porch on the back
of our house. And I'm doing it all myself. And I was cut up and
my muscles hurt. And I was frustrated. And I was sweaty.
And I just couldn't get to it and get get to make the podcast.
And Leila had a bunch of she had tests. Yeah, recently, right. So
we were just like, You know what? Both of us are super
stressed out from stuff we're doing. I also did some recording
for the Marvel move app.
Leila: And things like that. So again, above a 90 minute state
test.
David: She did really well. She got it was rough. Man. She got a
perfect score on one of them. Yeah,
Leila: I'm good at math man. Apparently, not on this
David: show. Okay, you're like there's a comma. What does that
mean? I have
Leila: no idea. I genuinely I told her this. I have no idea
how I got 100 on that. I told my math teacher that too. But I was
like, I'm terrible at this. And you know that? How did I do
this? And she was like, oh,
David: multiple choice, I guess.
Leila: You gotta know, because I did all the math. And I got all
math, right. Oh, so you have to actually show the math. I think
it's just the stress thing for me. If I have enough stress, I
can do it. Right. Right.
David: That's how I am if I'm not, if I'm not stressed. I'm
not doing it. Yeah, me too. I heard something really, really
cool. The other day, it was something like if you have an
obligation to do something that you don't want to do, it's
called stress. But or no, if you have to work hard at something
that you don't want to do. It's called stress. But if you have
to work harder, something you do want to do. It's called a hobby.
Yeah. Or a passion. No, it's called a passion. I should have
wrote it down. But you know, so, yeah, and then this weekend, or
actually, earlier in the week, I was in the backyard, and I was
just clearing out some stuff like we had an old grill I've
been meaning to get rid of and I was like, time to take a trip to
the dump. And we were digging around back
Leila: there. Guess what we have? Big old snake Yeah.
inserted in the house and you're not gonna know where I was like.
David: It's about about what five foot long now give or take?
little rat snake so we don't just he's living living his best
life in the backyard. Vida Loca let them do his thing out there.
We're not getting rid of them. Yeah. We like the ones that get
rid of rodents. We named him Batman.
Leila: Because he's nice and black and white. And his
eyeballs have a little bat symbol in them.
David: Yeah, it's like it's almost looks like a little bat
symbols. Eyeballs are weird. And he has a companion. They're
talking about which version of Batman we were today. Which
version of Batman Are you the Lego Batman doll? Oh, yeah.
Forget about Lego Batman. I guess I'm the I'm the old man
Batman from Batman Beyond, which are probably not even my
familiar with was a short lived TV series, but it was really
good. Where Bruce Wayne got really old and was like
apprenticing a new Batman. And it was actually a really good
series. Anyway, Anyway, so yeah, that's that's that's what we've
been. We've been up to. Now for the new format
Leila: barnburner. Now,
David: we're not going to be an every week thing. We're just No,
I wanted to do this and Leila to it was excited about it. Leila
is going to take a test to test US Citizenship and Immigration
Services, civics questions for the naturalization test. We're
gonna see how she can do on civics. And I know you probably
haven't covered a few of these things in classes you've done.
There's
Leila: a game called iCivics. Oh, yeah. And when we're done
with our work, we'll play it on the computer. Sometimes. You
basically have to run a government. Oh, you're a you're
a politician. And you have to make it.
David: There's one called Tropico where you're a dictator
in like, a third world island nation. So I haven't played it.
I've got it, but I never got around the planet. I love city
building games and all that. So we're gonna start off.
Leila: There's a guy in my class that plays it like 20 470. Yeah,
yeah. It's called iCivics.
David: Is it like a website game? Yeah. I will try and
remember to put that into isn't it? Yeah. Okay. So icivics.com
or. Org. I will try. Remember to put that in the show notes. I'll
leave the tab open. So um, let's see. Let's see. Okay. American
government questions. Are you ready?
Leila: Yes. All right. We're
David: gonna go through these fast. Okay. Oh, I do need to. I
do need to do something and pause. Okay. Okay. Scoring.
spreadsheet is pulled up. So here we go. Question one. Do not
look at my screen. Okay. What is the supreme law of the land? Not
off to a good start.
Leila: It's the one it's that one.
David: There's, there's amendments to it. The
Constitution gives you a point five on that one. I think you
know, No, zero. You got 100 points. Sorry. Yeah. Okay, so
what does the Constitution do?
Leila: It protects your rights, protects
David: your basic rights as an American, it also sets up the
government and defines how the government should be run. will
give you that one. The idea of self government in the first
three words of the Constitution. What are these words? Oof. The
first three words three
Leila: words the Constitution. That's what they meant. That's
right. The
David: constitution is the is the constitution
Leila: free? No.
David: We the People. Yeah. We the people in the USA. Give it
to her. No, no. No. All right. I love that about you. Alright, so
what is an amendment? It's
Leila: a thing that you can like, do. i Okay, it's a thing
that protects a right or set something in place, like a law.
Almost. Okay. It's like a better law. But it's
David: a it's a change or an addition to the Constitution.
Yeah, because the Constitution sets everything up. And then
they made amendments like, and now. So if we decide as a
country that we want to add a new amendment to the
Constitution, there's a process for that. So, yeah, yeah. So
we're, we'll give me a point. fontanella Okay. Well, that was
no one's bad. Alright,
Leila: keep going. All
David: right, sorry. Sorry. What did we call the first 10
amendments to the Constitution? The Bill of Rights that is
correct. The Bill of Rights. What is one right of what one
right or freedom from the First Amendment? Actually, I want more
than Yeah, I won't give you all alright. What are the what are
the rights lined out there? First Amendment there's five.
Okay. Put
Leila: religion. Speech. Petition. Press.
David: This is the crap. No. Okay. You do not have a right
under the
Leila: guess all leave. No, yeah.
David: We're trying to move things. I'm giving you a point.
Good. I'm giving you a point because you actually only had to
do one but yes, it's that's the five points in the first First
Amendment of the Constitution. How many amendments does the
Constitution have?
Leila: Like 2627 Yeah.
David: I didn't know that one. That was one of the ones I
didn't know for sure. I know there's about I knew it was 20 I
knew it was over 25 and under 30. I 20s. What did the
Declaration of Independence do?
Leila: It it Dec flair and Then it's from the British.
David: That's kind of self explanatory. It was. Alright,
what are two rights? In the Declaration of Independence?
Leila: Declaration of Independence? What's the
Declaration of Independence?
David: The Declaration of Independence? Oh, okay. I read
it one time that Americans have the right to
Leila: happiness. That's one the pursuit of happiness. life and
liberty, life liberty in the pursuit of happiness. There you
go.
David: You got it. Awesome. All right. We we start getting in
the weeds
Leila: history nerd, but I'm not really that much of a big
history nerd. So.
David: Okay, so what is the freedom of religion?
Leila: Freedom to practice any religion you would like? To?
Yeah. Or, or
David: to not practice any religion at all? Yeah. So there
you go. So we got a point for that one. What is the look?
Sorry? What is the economic system in the United States?
Capitalism? Yep. capitalist market. Capitalist Economy.
That's what it says in the official guide here. What is the
rule of law?
Leila: No, no.
David: It's either you can say either everybody must follow the
law. Leaders must obey the law. Government must obey the law,
and no one is above the law. Rule of Law means All right, now
we are moving to Section B system of government. Oh, okay.
So, name one branch or part of the legislative. Okay. Wow. Wow.
Okay, making sure I'm on the
Leila: right line in the spreadsheet later judicial and
executive? That's correct. Those
David: are the branches. It also would have accepted the courts,
it would have accepted precedent, because that's part
of the government. Yeah. And that's just how it was worded.
So what stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful?
Leila: The other the other branches? There
David: you go. You didn't say it, how they said it, but that's
what it means. It's like they say, checks and balances. Yeah,
or separation of powers? Because
Leila: the branches were made to make sure that no, there was no
dictatorship or there was no one person that could control or
evenly or even one group or one group. Right. So affiliate
Supreme Court can't. Mom places, you know, right,
David: that all has to be destroyed. That has to run
through multiple, multiple branches in order for anything
to really get done. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Leila: The president? Yep. Yeah.
David: Okay, so what? This isn't one of them, but I want to know
if you know the answer, so I'm gonna
Leila: give you a present. I'm looking at a corner right now
was mighty fine corner. Yeah. I've never looked at this part
of the shed before.
David: Studio. So um, the three branches? Yeah. What is the
judicial do judicial?
Leila: All right, let the judge know they protect? No, crap.
Actually. No, it
David: might be further on. Okay. Don't worry about it. They
think it's further away. Give you time to think okay. Okay.
There we go. Who makes federal laws me.
Leila: Wish. Okay. The, what are you asking? Like, what's branch?
David: What? No. Well, yes, actually, um,
Leila: federal laws, federal laws. Legislative. Yes. Yeah.
David: The legislature makes laws. You could have also said
Congress or Senate and House of Representatives. Those are the
answers. What are the two parts of the US Congress? House
Leila: of Representatives and the Senate? Just? I forgot the
US Senate. So, spoiler.
David: Alright. How many senators are there? Like? 12?
Leila: No. Okay. The Senate House of Representatives like
100. Right. It's not like that. 120?
David: No, 150? No. 100 200? Senate 200.
Leila: We're gonna notice but I'm saying the House of
Representatives has that many know, the Senator 20
David: has way more. We'll get to that. That is a different
question. Isn't
Leila: it? I don't know. Seven.
David: As 100 100 every every state gets two senators. Yeah.
Leila: What? Yeah. When Republican one Democrat?
David: No, no, they're both elected. They can both be one of
each. Or they can be both of one. It's just, they always have
to have to zero if something goes wrong with one. They have
one in place at all times. And you know, vote for the states.
All right, so we elect US senators for how many years?
Leila: Oh, good question. So three, six. Dang it. I know it
was either three or six. I don't know where I got three from all
David: right. And I know you're gonna not get this one. Okay,
you might actually this one. Who is one of your US state senators
from Now Oh crap, because the political ads that you've seen,
okay.
Leila: I don't remember.
David: It doesn't concern me that used to get so mad when the
political concerned me.
Leila: So I don't care. Will Ferrell Will Ferrell?
David: No, right now I think Tom Tillis and Ted Budd or Senate.
You hated them. I did you did you your selection just because
the oh
Leila: my god, people in my class, it's like, Can Donald
Trump texting me?
David: I don't want to over you. That's somebody sign number.
Apparently. That's funny. I feel the same way though. Okay. The
House of Representatives has how many voting members? Oh, this is
what you're trying to figure out earlier? Yeah.
Leila: Like 150 435?
Why? So each state 35 As a member, I can't
David: go into that, because it's another question like this.
It's very comprehensive. I've already read all of them. Can
you name one of our us represent?
Leila: Mark Jacobs?
David: No, I don't know
Leila: the current people.
David: How long are US representatives elected for the
six years?
Three years to
give me point? No.
Leila: Or even counting? Yeah, okay, good.
David: I'm Caitlin counterpoints. I gotta kind of
spreadsheet up. Question 24. Who does a US senator represent?
The, the state? That is correct. The people of the staff. They
don't represent the state itself, because that's just a
hunk of land. So yeah, one point 25. Why do some states have more
representatives than other states? Because they can?
Leila: Because? Because, again,
David: what's the real answer? Don't have? Does every state
have the same number of people in it?
Leila: Oh, there's one for like, every so often.
David: You know, I mean, it's, I'm gonna, I'll give you half a
point. You don't deserve it. I don't deserve it. Don't give it
to me. It's based on population. Yeah. So every so often, and
actually, I think, recently, California lost a Senator who
are not a Senator or Representative because they are
population went down. It moved over to another stage and they
just got fired. Right. It's like, Hey, man, that is a whole
process. Yeah. Okay, so how many how many? We elect a president
for how many years? 680? My gosh, four. There you go. You
don't get it? Come on. It's every four years, just like four
more years. Or more. Wait. Oh, really? Is that why you? Didn't
know either? You're saying four more years?
Leila: I did. Couldn't think of it right now. All right. We'll
David: give it to you. I think I think
Leila: not. Visa.
David: Okay. And what month we vote for president?
Leila: November? Yeah. Yeah.
David: What is the name of the president? States currently?
Leila: Joseph. President. Joseph, President, the United
States 1970 1970 Joe Biden,
David: Joe Biden. All right, what is the vice president's
name? Kamala Harris? Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris, did you
hear about that? Oh, no. Drew Barrymore was like we we just
need a Kamala Harris right now. Oh,
Leila: Tamala Karis. Yo.
David: If the president can no longer serve who becomes
president me? Probably. Yes, vice presidents correct. Let's
see if that is. Okay. Here we go. Now we're getting in the
weeds. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer
serve who becomes president? Me the Speaker of the House is that
there is an entire line. There's an entire line of secession For
if, you know a bunch of people can't do the job, for whatever
reason. And it goes down, like real far into the government.
And actually, the Postmaster General is on that list. So go
go from mailman to the Postmaster General is he's the
top mailman of the country. Oh
Leila: my gosh. That'd be amazing. I don't want to be the
top postman.
David: Oh, get to work.
Great title right. Postmaster
General. I'm not just the postmaster. I'm also I'm also a
general it's an old Seinfeld episode. Okay, so yeah, Speaker
the house if the president and vice president can do it, who is
the commander in chief of the military?
Leila: I have no idea. The president. What? Who
David: signed the bills to become laws? President, the
President, who vetoes bills. The president, the president. I
asked these questions. I asked these questions to your mom last
night, and she was like, it's the president the vetoes bills,
but why would the answer be the president for three in a row?
That's just wrong? So she was like, I don't know if it's
actually the president, because why would they do that? Last
Leila: week? For my homework? I answered, every single question
is B, and half of them, right? Yeah. And half of them are
right, which means I got half of them wrong.
David: 50 Just admit to me that you got to 50 and
Leila: she lets us do correction says 77.
David: She wants you to learn it. She wants you to learn it.
So what is the President's Cabinet do?
Leila: Maximum pamper Joe Sam where
David: he puts his groceries? Is that I just saw a bug. Oh, no.
We'll keep an eye out for it. Oh, it's a stink bug. We can't
do anything about it. Oh, our school is absolutely infested
with those Yeah, stink bugs are bad guy just told me. Okay, so
where were we? 3035? What was it? 35. What is what is
Leila: what's the cabinet? What is the cabinet? It's like his
his men.
David: Yeah. That's, yeah, it's
Leila: just dudes. That's really all I can explain about
David: it. Yeah, they just advise them. They're just as
guys. All right. Now, here we go. Who are two? What are two
cabinet level positions?
Leila: The top and the bottom? Oh, my gosh. Be very
David: top one and keep your keep your waffle maker in the
bottom? Yeah, we got a waffle maker. Very excited about we
want it in a raffle. Okay. So you don't know two cabinet level
positions?
Leila: I don't think so. Okay.
David: So if I know, they may not they're not regularly
referred to as that, though. It's like the secretary of
Leila: Oh, Secretary of State and the Secretary of whatever.
David: You gotta give me at least one more than Secretary of
State. There's a whole list crap.
Leila: Secretary of the house. My house Secretary
David: of what? What's the guy who's over the military?
Leila: The General Secretary General, Secretary, Sargent
secretaries,
David: President, all of them are Secretary of the State. You
got Secretary of State or no?
Leila: Secretary, the second state secretary of misery. Oh,
my
David: gosh. Agriculture, commerce, Defense Education. I
Leila: would have never gotten a Secretary of Defense I might
have got that's what
David: I was trying to lead you into. But we'll give you half a
point because it was too Oh, no. Didn't get that. No, but you got
you got one of them. And it was a two two part answer. Okay. So
I'll give you a point five. Okay, what does the judicial
branch do?
Leila: Judges? You were asking that?
David: Right. Right. You just saying the word. What is it?
Judge? Do?
Leila: They enforce the law? No. No. They they make sure people
know the law. enforced? No.
David: Come Do they do. They review laws? Yeah, explain laws,
resolve disputes, and decide if laws go against the
Constitution? Yeah. Yeah. I think you knew that one. I just
couldn't say it. Right.
Leila: I know the basic idea of what every branch does, right.
David: What is the highest court in the United States? Supreme
Court? Correct. How many justices are on the Supreme
Court? Seven?
Leila: Nine?
David: Final answer.
Leila: 897999.
David: All right, who is the Chief Justice of the United
States? Because they gotta have a boss. Again. I'm looking at
President. No. John Roberts. I didn't know that one. Chief
Justice John Roberts. All right. That's his name. Good for him.
Yep. Good job, buddy. Next question. All right. under our
Constitution, some powers belong to federal government. What is
one power of the federal government? Is the federal
government like Washington DC? Like what non state government
like the ones that are oh, that deal with the whole nation the
Leila: ones that can make the laws No.
David: Laws? What does the what you got to think of something
that applies to all states equally? Like something that the
government would have to do amendments as a country
Leila: amendments?
David: Not really I could explain that to you, but it's a
very long and complicated process. Okay. Take a sip.
Leila: They're in charge of a crap.
David: Okay, so think about I'm gonna try and lead you in This
one if if another country were to get mad at us, yeah. What
Georgia handle it? Or would the national government, the federal
right? The federal government, what is one, they're
Leila: in charge of disputes and like war and
David: stuff, they can declare war. That's one of their power.
They can also print money
Leila: was playing Minecraft the other day and the pig winds were
fighting the Haugland. And just like war, war,
David: war never changes. They can create an army that can make
treaties with other countries. Yeah. So the stuff that applies
to the whole country? Yeah. All right. Now under our
Constitution, some powers belong to the States. What is one power
of the States law?
Leila: Now? Yeah, yeah.
David: does actually get appointed? Is there a national
driver's license? No. So that would be a power that belongs to
the states. I'm not gonna give you that. They provide schooling
and education provide protection, like police safety,
like fire department, they can give driver driver's licenses,
and they can like do land use and zoning laws and stuff inside
their own state zoning. Yeah, yeah. Oh, my gosh. What was the
first thing that popped in my head? All right. Who is the
governor of our state? Roy Cooper. Hey, good job.
Leila: Nice.
David: What's the capital of North Carolina?
Leila: Raul. Les.
David: Go? What are the two major political parties in the
United States Democrats
Leila: and Republicans?
David: What is the political party of the president right
now?
Leila: Right. Demo quiet.
David: Republican. Yeah, okay. Democrats, correct. Yeah. All
right. Can you name the Speaker of the House of Representatives
right now? He's the third in line to be president.
Leila: Oh,
David: nope. Mike Johnson.
Leila: I've never heard that name of my life. No, no, no.
Yeah.
David: And pausing for a second. I had to cough really loud. And
I had to get a beverage drink. Now we're moving on to rights
and responsibilities. My favorite? Are they Nope. All
right. There are four amendments of the Constitution about who
cannot who can and cannot vote was about to be like, No, not.
Leila: Okay. Describe one of them. Women can vote.
David: Okay, that landowners,
Leila: women?
David: I don't know. So the women can vote thing is kind of
like a everybody can vote. Yeah. It's not a it didn't
specifically say like women. You know, this. This one's just for
women. As far as I remember, I could look it up, I guess.
Leila: People who were previously slaves. was one.
David: A male citizen of any race. Yeah. What's the age? Is
that amendment? No, you go. Yes. Yeah. Citizens 18. and older can
vote. You don't have to pay to vote. Yeah, you don't have to
pay a poll tax. That doesn't sound really good in the Slurpee
bubbling noises. Okay, you knew that you knew, though. So like,
what is one responsibility? That is only for a United States
citizen? For a US citizen? What do you mean, what's the
responsibility that we have as citizens?
Leila: I don't know. We got to be at a live? I don't know. I
don't know what you're asking. So
David: as a citizen, we are asked to do a couple of things.
D can you think of one of them that we would have to do? Or
sponsibility? That's only for citizens? Follow the rules. No,
no. There are no rules. How do we pick her? Are officials vote?
Yes. Oh, only citizens can vote. And that's true. serve on a
jury.
Leila: Oh, I forgot those existed. I don't get to do it.
Yeah,
David: you'll get there. Oh, stinkbug slot around. Adventure.
Don't even name
one. Name. Oh, sorry. What are two rights of everyone living in
the United States?
Leila: Freedom of religion. Freedom speech. Yep.
David: That's, that's to
Leila: say, know, there's more but still.
David: Okay. So what is name one right? Only for United States
citizens.
Leila: So like no one else? Freedom of speech.
David: Freedom of speech? No, because non citizens come here.
They have freedom of speech.
Leila: So suddenly citizens voting. Yep.
David: Voting in federal elections and running for
federal office. Yeah. Okay, so What do we show loyalty to when
we say the Pledge of Allegiance, our country, I would have also
accepted the flag because it's a pledge allegiance to the flag
and are of the United States of America and to the republic for
which it stands. So I pledge allegiance to the flag, and that
I never thought of it like that. You just say it because they
tell you to right. Yep.
Leila: Yeah. Because they don't explain it to us. That's why I
always thought of it as to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it stands, like to the
United States, United States. And like, the different the
other stuff, we got other stuff. We got one other stuff. The
other stuff.
David: You know, we're a republic, right? Yes. Republic,
are we Yeah. Where we're not a democracy where Republic? What?
We're a democratic republic? What? Let me assume we are yet
Do
Leila: you know why Alexander Hamilton?
David: Do you know? Do you know why? We're no. Because if we
were not a Democratic Republic, and just a straight democracy,
then it'd be 50% plus one person could decide to kill everybody
else. And it would be illegal.
Leila: Yep.
David: So you can't have that? You can't have any of that.
Yeah, everybody has rights. We're a republic. Okay, so let's
see what what did her What is one promise you make when you
become a citizen of the United States
Leila: that you will uphold the Constitution, defend the
Constitution and laws
David: of the United States? There's also accepted, give up
loyalty to other countries obey the laws United States. So
Leila: how that came to my mind. How did I just do that?
David: I don't know. Magic. What? You glanced at my screen?
No,
Leila: I did not. I swear it did not.
David: Let's see certain from
Leila: I'm not that smart.
David: Well, maybe you've watched a video and you've heard
somebody say, uphold and defend the Constitution might have just
been well, I've heard people you've heard people say, swear
oaths. Before, so that's true. All right, number 50. Geez.
5054. All right. How old the citizens have to be to vote for
President 13. Okay. What are two ways Americans participate in
their democracy? Voting and hit of two.
Leila: I'm thinking about it. voting and voting. All the
David: other stuff is just like join a political party. Yeah.
Join us civic group, a community group. It's yeah, you can
participate in as much or as little as you want to. Okay,
number 56. When is when is the last day you can sit in send in
your federal income tax forms? Oh, now we're getting into the
part. They really care about tax day, which is what date every
year? Mm. I don't expect to hear That's April 15. Yeah, that's
something you don't have to ever think about. When must all men
register for the Selective Service?
Leila: Six, 810? Eight? Yeah.
David: Yep. When, when dudes turn 18 They have to send them
their Selective Service Card so they can get drafted so they can
get drafted if they have to. Right if it ever comes up again.
Also, one of the cool things is, is it well, I say cool, but I
hate it. But I didn't hate it at the time. But I've thought about
it since then. After you send in your Selective Service Card. A
couple of companies send you free stuff. Like what like a
cookie. One of the national razor companies sent me dude
though, sent me back a razors, like really nice. Yeah. Stuff
like that. Just Oh, thanks for signing up for the draft well,
because we were legally required to Yeah, but you know, it saved
me like $12. So what is one reason? Oh, this is going back
to the colonial period and independence. Oh, okay. Yeah.
Yeah. Okay. What is one reason the colonists came to America
Leila: to get away from Britain
David: Why would they want to get away from because the king
Leila: was terrible person. Or they didn't like the king and
the way that he ruled.
David: So political liberty, yeah. Okay. That's one of the
accepted answers. Freedom, political liberty, religious
freedom, economic opportunity, practice their religion and to
escape persecution.
Leila: Yeah, I knew all those. They're all like tucked in a
little nook and cranny in my mind. Yeah. It's
David: it's tough to like, articulate some of the stuff.
Yeah. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? Do
Leila: you need Americans?
David: Okay. Let's see what group of people were taken to
America and sold as slaves
Leila: I don't know. People
David: of Africa. Yeah.
Leila: Don't almost sit Africans but you
David: know, that's the sorry. Yeah. I'll give it to you
honestly. Have that in your brain. Um, Why did the colonists
fight the British?
Leila: Because they didn't like the way they wrote.
David: Can you be more specific? Okay, what about the tea?
Leila: There were taxing the tea. So they didn't like the
taxes. There you go.
David: Yeah. And if you knew how small of a tax it was, oh, how
big our taxes are now.
Leila: So I talked about my British teacher before, right?
Yeah. My brother's teacher dressed up as the British tea
party. For Halloween. It was so fun. It was hilarious. And I
loved it.
David: So Boston Tea Party, and now a British tea party is just
a regular tea. Okay, let's see. Where are we? 62. Who wrote the
Declaration of Independence?
Leila: Wrap? I know this. I have to know this. You have to know
this to pass last year? Um, me? No. No, Thomas Jefferson.
David: There you go. Yes. And it was in there. And it was in
there. It was one of the dudes. Yeah, you're right. So let's
see. What When? When was the Declaration of Independence
adopted in 1770. Say more specific New York City. When?
Leila: 1736 July 1.
David: Oh my gosh. Leila. celebrated every year
Leila: July 4.
David: We celebrate independence day every year. That's the day
that we do. clared independence hotdogs
Leila: thoroughly twice our weight. Oh my gosh. Oh my god.
blow stuff up.
David: Named three names. Three of the 13 original states. North
Carolina.
Leila: South Carolina. Virginia. Yeah. New York. Massachusetts. I
don't know. Yep. Yes. Those
David: were all correct. What happened at the Constitutional
Convention? Oh,
Unknown: oh.
David: But I met for a musical.
Leila: The Constitutional committee a bunch of dudes
hanging out, hanging out and talking about the government.
David: And what what did they accomplish?
Leila: Laws? Maybe. And they
David: they probably wrote those down, right? Yeah. What do they
call that list of laws?
Leila: The declaration? No, nope. The Bill of Rights.
David: The Bill of Rights is in the Constitution. There you go.
Because Ah, oh.
Leila: I'm so smart. You guys, guys. Let's
David: have a constitutional convention. All right. What
should we what should we call all this stuff that we just
wrote down? Oh, To Kill a Mockingbird. All right. So I
Leila: knew what the Constitutional Convention was. I
knew what they did there. I just never note I just never
connected the dots that they wrote the Constitution.
David: Okay, so speaking of the Constitution, when was it
written?
Leila: 1736 No,
David: crap. They had declared independent nine. Now isn't 1787
Leila: You would have gotten there eventually.
David: Just stair stepping up one year at a time I would have.
Alright, so let's see. 67 The Federalist Papers supported the
passage of the US Constitution name one of its writers. The
what the Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US
Constitution. Oh. I know you're one of them. Alexander Hamilton.
There you go. What was one thing Benjamin Franklin was famous
for? Oh,
Leila: I've just looked him up. Didn't I? You
David: were just going looking at the last show. Franklin. Yep.
Key? Well, technically, yes. What is
Leila: he he signed the Declaration of Independence.
Right? Maybe? Okay, that's just no, just
David: what do you mean anything related to the government, I
guess?
Leila: The government, he signed the Declaration of Independence.
And
David: he was a US diplomat. He was the oldest member of the
Constitutional Convention. The first postmaster general of the
United States.
Leila: Oh my gosh, he's awesome. Okay, so
David: I just started, he started the first free
libraries. Oh, that's neat. And this is one of the things that I
liked the most was that he was the writer of Poor Richard's
Almanac, which was an anonymous, he wrote under a pseudonym for
Richard. So nobody knew it was him writing it. But that kind of
also established the whole like, anybody is press. Yeah, even you
can be anonymous and still be press. Cool. So It's it's really
cool. Who is the father of our country? Me? Leila let's see.
Oh, there you go. Wait, you can't do math with a letter in
there. What'd I miss typed? My gosh. Who was the first
president? George Washington? Two in a row. I didn't write
what territory to the United States by from France in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase. What territory did the Louisiana
Territory to the United States buy from France?
Leila: The United States buying from France? Yeah.
David: You are right on what it was called. When they did it.
Leila: What do you mean what
David: did they buy the Louisiana
Leila: like the strip of land from Louisiana up? And
David: it was called the Louisiana Purchase. Yes. It was
called Louisiana. No,
Leila: it was called the Louisiana Purchase. No, no, no,
no. The
David: act of buying it was called the Louisiana Purchase.
They purchased the they purchased a purchase Louisiana.
To me. Yes, they
Leila: purchased a piece of land was called the Louisiana
Purchase. It
David: was called the Louisiana Territory.
Leila: Oh my gosh, I thought that was like a fancy word. For
like land. No, the Louisiana land is Komiza purchase. This
tells you what I'm learning in school, by the way, apparently,
David: or they're teaching it correctly. And you're just not
listening.
Leila: Just for interpreting it wrong.
David: All right. Name one war fought in the United States in
the 1800s. Oh,
Leila: it can hundreds. The Civil War. That's one of them.
Revolutionary War? No.
David: That was in the 7017. Yeah. Do you know any other
ones?
Leila: So great. One, though. The
David: War of 1812. The Mexican American War in the Spanish
American War in Spanish marijuana. Okay, so let's see,
where can win by one. Name the US war between the North and the
South.
Leila: Civil War. Tomorrow,
David: name one person that led? Nope. Name one problem that led
to the Civil War.
Leila: They didn't like Abraham Lincoln and the South Carolina
split off. And then a bunch of other people. States split off
into their own little place. Because they didn't like
Lincoln.
David: Okay. Why did slavery? Okay, that is one of them. Yes.
Also economic reasons. Yeah. And states rights. Yeah. Because the
federal government they, the Confederacy felt that the
federal government was stepping on the state's rights. And it
shouldn't be the federal government of America. It should
be united states of america and states. Right. Should we just
got done with the
Leila: Civil War? Okay,
David: so the next couple questions should be easy for you
then hopefully. What was one important thing thing that
Abraham Lincoln did? He
Leila: freed the slaves with the 13th amendment. And the 14th.
The
David: immense He also died? The Emancipation pants. That's what
yeah, that's his proclamation. Also. They say he saved or
preserved the union. Yeah. And he died. led to the United
States during civil war. Also, he posed for the penny you did.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? I just freed
Leila: the slaves? You just told me? Dang. Oh, dang.
David: What did? What did Susan B. Anthony do?
Leila: Often probably something important. fought for women's
rights. School.
David: All right. Name one war fought in the 1900s.
Leila: Great. The Great War. Yes.
David: World War One that Yes. World War Two. Yep. You only had
to name one. So there was two of them. Yeah. World War One wasn't
called World War One until World War Two started I call it great.
Great. Well, it is called the great yeah, that's what it was.
Yeah. Vietnam, Korea and the Persian Gulf. Let's see. 79. Who
was president during World War One?
Leila: OWL. Owl. sharp pains up my backside. No, no. Okay, who
is the president? World
David: War One World
Leila: War one president? Truman, no, no. Woodrow
David: Wilson. Woodrow Wilson. Remember because World War
Woodrow Wilson. WW, WW. All right. Okay. Who was the
president during the Great Depression and World War Two?
Leila: Truman.
David: No. Have you been watching The Truman Show?
Leila: I just got the Great Depression too.
David: So it was Roosevelt Dang it. Okay, who did the United
States fight in World War Two or two?
Leila: Uh huh. Japan and Germany and. Yep. Poland,
David: Italy.
Leila: Dang it Italy. Get out of here.
David: I'll give you that one because you knew the two. Yeah.
Two of the three main ones. Okay, before he was President
Eisenhower was a general. What war? worries he had general
during? Nope, not Korea. No.
Leila: Vietnam. Nope. World War Two.
David: Like you just gave me a list of five. I just gotta
remember. Let's see, during the Cold War, what was the main
concern of the United States?
Leila: We're gonna get? No. Maybe that was part communism.
There you go. Yes. The communism was gonna take over. Yep. The
commies.
David: Communism, what movement tried to end racial
discrimination?
Leila: The crap? What movement? What movement? Movement? Oh,
when? In
David: the 1900s.
Leila: That's not too broad. That's like 100 years, it
David: tried to end racial discrimination. So everybody can
have these kinds of rights.
Leila: equal equals the civil rights movement. Civil
David: rights. Yeah, you knew it. What did Martin Luther King
Jr. Do?
Leila: He was the civil rights movement leader. Yep. fought for
civil rights. Right. That was one that my British teacher had
to know. Yep.
David: That is a there's actually a star next to that
one. And it says if you're 65 years or older, and have been a
legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 years or
more, you may study just the questions that have an asterix.
I haven't been paying attention. I'll have to scroll back through
and see which ones you only have to know if that those those
conditions are met. What major event happened on September
11 2001, in the United States.
Leila: So there was this two towers, right, right. And a
plane flew into one of the towers. And then flame flew into
the other tower. Okay. Okay. And then there was this thing called
the Pentagon. Right. And the Pentagon got hit by one of the
planes, right. Okay. And then there was another plane, but
that one wasn't hijacked. It got well, it was, but it got under
control. And it crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
David: Okay, but who did it? The official answer, not the real
answer.
Leila: Osama bin Laden and his little terrorists.
David: Yep. It's it says terrorists attacked the United
States. Yeah, that's that's the official answer on this test.
name. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
Jerky. There you go. Can you name more?
Leila: The Oh, dang it. Yes, I can. The Nope.
David: Yeah, you can Navajo Sue. Yeah, there was the Choctaw
clearblue Oh, Coco. Yep. Crow, Indians Teton, Hopi Hopi, and
you were in your euphoria, you know, always Yeah. Like as soon
as you hear you're like, oh, no, I couldn't do it. Assignment.
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
Weezy. Anna purchase No. Name one of the two longest rivers in
the United States wherever you go. What is the ocean on the
West Coast? Oh, left.
Leila: Okay. You so it's east west? West? Atlantic? What?
Okay, say it again.
David: What is the ocean on the west coast of the west coast?
Leila: It's EU. So it goes from east to west. So the east. Wait
a minute.
David: Okay. Wait, am I backwards? Okay, listen, listen.
Okay. West. Okay. No, it's
Leila: not. It's not you. It's we. It's we Yes. So the way
Pacific? Yes. You
David: so, yes. If you put them E and A go together, and W and P
go together because of the position of the alphabet. And
West is. I know the west of East. I know. We all right. So
what ocean is on the east coast of the United States?
Leila: I was like, okay, in my mind, I thought it was you but I
also was like California isn't on the East Coast. We're on the
East Coast. Yeah, so like,
David: alright. Name one US territory.
Leila: Louisiana Purchase.
David: They're not states but their territories. Oh,
Leila: the Republic of Republic know
David: what's a? It's it's a Spanish? No. The Philippines.
We're
Leila: not now. The public, you give up
David: the public. You give up? Yes. Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico,
US Virgin Islands. Yeah. American Samoa, Northern Mariana
Islands, and Guam.
Leila: None of those Republicans. No,
David: they don't. Because we're not a republic. Alright, name
one state that borders Canada, as if Canada were real.
Leila: Michigan. Hey,
David: go. All right. Let's see named one. Name one state that
borders Mexico. Oh, Texas. Okay. What is the capital of the
United States? Washington, DC. Do you know what DC stands for
on this isn't part of it. District of Columbia. Where
that? Where is the Statue of Liberty?
Leila: New York. It was actually in New Jersey. But it's in New
York. Right?
David: It's on Liberty Island. New York Harbor. Yeah. Also
acceptable or New Jersey near New York City and on the Hudson
River. So there you go. So number 96. We're in the
homestretch here. We're talking about symbols. What does the
flag sorry? Why does the flag have 13? Stripes is
Leila: the flag because of the 13 original colonies? Yes. 13
original colonies.
David: Why does the flag have 50 stores? Because
Leila: there is 50 states?
David: What is the name of the national anthem? The Star
Spangled Banner blammo. Alright, two more. Okay. When do we
celebrate independence day July 4. All right. Name to national
holidays.
Leila: Halloween. Christmas.
David: No, Christmas is one. Is it? Thanksgiving? Yes. New
Year's Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day President's Day,
Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day,
Veterans Day Thanksgiving and Christmas. Those are federal
holidays. Halloween is not a federal holiday. Get a day off
on those. All right, so that was 100 questions. 102. gonna scroll
up here and highlight this entire column. We're gonna look
down the bottom right? You got 82?
Leila: That's a B.
David: That's a B? I don't know. I don't know how much you would
have had to answer in order to pass I'm sure that probably
would have passed. And they don't actually ask you all 100.
They pick a random assortment of them. So let's see study. Let's
see which ones had stars. Okay. So if you're over 65 and have
been legal resident, legal permanent resident for 20 years
or more, you only have to study the following questions. So do I
have to study these? No, you're automatically SS? Oh, yeah, I
Leila: was born. Yeah.
David: When do we celebrate independence day? Why does the
flag have 50? Stars? Where's the Statue of Liberty? Oh, that's
easy peasy. What is the capital of the United States? Let's see.
What what did Martin Luther King Jr. Do? See? Name one war fought
in the United States in the 1900s. What was one important
thing Abraham Lincoln did? Who was who was the first president?
Oh, oh, no, I lost my image. And start from the top. Looking for
more starred ones here. What is one right or freedom from the
First Amendment? I think everybody should know. All five.
What's the economic system? What's the economic system? Name
one branch of government?
Leila: Two parts of the US Congress.
David: Name your state senator.
Leila: What's the name of the president?
David: Yep. And what month do we vote for president?
Leila: Let's see what judicial branch do.
David: What does the judicial branch do?
Leila: What are the two major political parties?
David: What's the capital of your state?
Leila: What's the responsibility that is only for United States
citizens? And
David: think, oh, hold you have to be to vote. When is that? Of
course they're gonna ask you when tax forms are due. That's
when you make sure you pay us. Let's see. Yeah, I think that's
it. Yeah. So those are the only ones you actually have to know
if you're over 65 and have already been here. 20 years
legally. So cool. I think you did really good. Thank you.
Leila: Am I a US citizen?
David: You already were. So yeah, I will include a link to
this PDF. It's from uscis.gov It's the January 2019 Revision
Guide. And, you know, may or not be the current questions that
they asked. But I'm sure it's all probably very similar. Neat
stuff. But I thought it'd be fun to do that just just a quiz Lilo
and see where she was at on the Civic stuff. I think that's
important. This stuff is important to know stinkbug
towards us, and probably going to name this episode citizenship
test questions or something like that. So when people search for
that, if they're looking around, they might find it. Yeah. Be
helpful to somebody maybe who's trying to do trying to become a
US citizen.
Leila: Yeah. Ask to get a little giggle out of it, and get a
giggle. So we're,
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Leila: Okay, my vision just went blurry for a second. I'm
actually scared. You get nervous. No, it made me Yes, I
am. Like really afraid of some bugs. Stinking think spiders.
Scare me that much. They stinks so bad when dragonflies
dragonflies are so creepy. Oh my gosh. I don't have all those
wings.
David: I don't know. They got for way too many wings. All
Leila: right, so I'm really pumped. So yeah,
David: let us know if there's any other quizzes or something
you'd like us to take legal is trying to find one that would be
good to give me
Leila: one for you. We'll do it another week. Yeah, because it
already a long episode. Good. Great.
David: Yeah, let us know if you like this. Like us to do this
every once in a while. I think it was fun. And it required like
zero preparation, which is awesome. Yeah. Love it. All
right, everybody. We'll see y'all next time and bye.
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