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September 9, 2011
Questions & Answers Pertaining to the Constitution
by Sol Bloom
1. Q. Who were the oldest and youngest members of the Constitutional Convention?
2. Q. Who was called the "Sage of the Constitutional Convention"?
3. Q. Who was called the "Father of the Constitution"?
4. Q. Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?
5. Q. How long did it take to frame the Constitution?
6. Q. Did George Washington sign the Declaration of Independence?
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7. Q. The vote of how many States was necessary to ratify the Constitution?
8. Q. Where, in the Constitution, is there mention of education?
9. Q. Must a member of the House of Representatives be a resident of the district which he
represents?
10. Q. How many amendments to the Constitution have been repealed?
11. Q. How is an amendment repealed?
12. Q. Who was called the "Expounder of the Constitution"?
Note: The preceding was excerpted from The Story of the Constitution by Sol Bloom, Washington, DC : National Archives and Record
Administration, 1986, c1937. Information no longer current has been omitted.
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