Civics 101 Trivia for April 23, 2022

Tune in each different Saturday on NHPR to listen to our most up-to-date trivia spherical and that week’s qualifying query. We’ll draw a random listener from the pool of right solutions to play Civics 101 Trivia with hosts Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy.

Final week’s qualifying query was this: The Structure of 1787 just isn’t the primary our nation noticed. For years earlier than that our newly unbiased nation operated underneath the Articles of Confederation and every state within the Union had a structure of its personal. What state had the very first, enacting its structure 6 months earlier than the Declaration of Independence?

The reply was New Hampshire, and this week’s winner was Alan Fishow from Manchester, New Hampshire. Pay attention above to see how he did on this week’s spherical on the First Modification.

The qualifying query for subsequent time is that this: The US has one of many shorter constitutions on the planet. What nation has the longest, clocking in at 145,000 phrases, 30 instances longer than our personal?

For those who suppose the reply, submit it right here.

One listener with the right reply can be randomly chosen to play on-air and win some spiffy Civics 101 swag. Good luck!