I am definitely not politically savvy. In fact, it is embarrassing how I stumble all over myself everytime I try to have a political conversation. Last week in my Just Words Post I refered to the fifth ammendment as the same thing as the right to freedom of speech. Three days later, while stuck in the car I realized the silly blunder I had made. I told my husband of my mistake and lucky him he earned brownie points for not making me feel stupid. This is not the first time he has earned brownie points by ignoring my political idiocy. Maybe someday we will discuss brownie points on this post. My husband seems to think they have a very short shelf life. I'm here to prove that is not always the case. He still retains brownie points for his response to my blunder before we got married.
I was working on the BYU newspaper when a fellow journalist in training invited me to go with him to a press luncheon with Tipper. (Tom and I were currently separated by a state and had agreed to see other people for a short time.)"Sure." I responded. "Who is Tipper?" Well, Tipper Gore was obviously the United States Vice President's wife at the time as the completely shocked boy told me and then responded, "Never Mind." I said something like. "Well that is why you are working the political beat and I am working the religious beat." Still, I am a journalist and I should have known the name of the V.P's wife and how often does a college student get a chance to ask a question of the V.P's wife. Sweet Tom, responded to this blunder with "Who cares about Tipper Gore anway?" Oh yeah! He is still getting brownie points for that one.
Well, in response to my fifth ammendment blunder I realized how confused a lot of people are about our government. Tell the truth. Who noticed I had actually made this mistake? In response to this I would like to give a little Are you smarter than Rachelle Hughes? quiz. See how many you know without cheating or googling or looking at the bottom of the post for the answers.
1. What is the fifth ammendment?
2. Which ammendment talks about free speech?
3. How many ammendments are in the Bill of Rights?
4. What are the three branches of our government?
5. What do the stars on our flag mean?
6. Bonus question:What is the United States Vice President's wife's name? Wait I have to go google the answer to this one.
Answers:
1. The fifth ammendment is the right to remain silent or to not incriminate yourself.
2. The First Ammendment deals with Freedom of Speech.
3. There are 10 ammendments in the Bill of Rights
4. The three branches of our government are Executive, Judiciary and Legislative.
5. The 50 states
6. Lynne V. Cheney
1 comment:
Love the quiz! I must confess that I had to stop and think about who the VP is, let alone his wife (and I certainly didn't know her name). I did get 4/6 though, but would shame my government teacher because I am sure at some point I knew that there were 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights. To say I am not very politically savvy either, would be an understatement!
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