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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question:
Setting are two clicks for question.
Answer:
There are two clicks before answer.
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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The Chief legal officer is
Answer:
Attorney General Chris Koster (D)
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question:
The State budget spends the most money in what area?
Answer:
Human services
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What Court hears appeals from the other courts?
Answer:
Supreme Court
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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How many counties are in the State?
Answer:
114
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Public issues that people sign petitions to put on a ballot to change a law?
Answer:
referendums
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question:
What is the Minimum age to vote?
Answer:
18 Years Old
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Voters that can’t come to the polls to vote because they will be away for some
reason may vote on what?
Answer:
Absentee Ballot
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Who can call the General Assembly into a session?
Answer:
The Governor or the Assembly may extend their session.
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Who is the Governor?
Answer:
Jay Nixon
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Where is the current Capital of MO?
Answer:
Jefferson City
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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A School District is classified as what kind of district in MO?
Answer:
Special District
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What year did MO become a State?
Answer:
August 10, 1821
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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The State has how many Judicial Districts?
Answer:
45
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What are the Qualifications for Governor?
Answer:
30 years old, citizen of US for 15 years, Resident of MO 10 years
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What is the Governor’s Salary?
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$133,821
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question:
Who is next in line to be Governor if the current man/woman can’t work?
Answer:
Lt. Governor Peter Kinder
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Who is the official in charge of managing state funds?
Answer:
State Treasurer Clint Zweifel
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question:
What Branch of Government interprets and administers the
laws?
Answer:
Judicial Branch
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What Branch of Government makes the Laws?
Answer:
Legislative Branch
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question:
What part of the General Assembly has 163 members?
Answer:
House of Representatives
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question: What part of the General Assembly has 4
year terms?
Answer:Senate 34 Members
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What part of the General Assembly has the power to start impeachment proceedings?
Answer:
House of Representatives
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question: What part of the General Assembly has to
vote a veto override of 2/3 vote?
Answer:Both Senate and House
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
Question: What part of the General Assembly has 2
year terms?
Answer:House of Representatives
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Who has the power to appoint many state officials that are not elected?
Answer:
The Governor
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Who has the power to approve the appointments of officials that the Governor makes that are not elected?
Answer:
The Senate
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Who has the power to keep State records and is the keeper of the State Seal?
Answer:
Secretary of State Robin Carnahan
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Who has the power and final authority to approve a change to the Constitution?
Answer:
Voters by a Majority
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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In Impeachment cases who is the jury to hear the case?
Answer:
Senate
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What is the main trial court to hear cases in Missouri?
Answer:
Circuit Court
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What is the name for the power of Cities to make and pass their own local ordinances?
Answer:
Home Rule
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What part of the General Assembly has 34 members?
Answer:
Senate
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What is the type of municipal government in which a trained manager acts as administrator?
Answer:
Council Manager
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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When are General Partisan (Both Parties) elections are held in Missouri?
Answer:
November of even numbered years
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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Who is the Chief Officer of the Executive Branch?
Answer:
Governor Jay Nixon
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What is the name for the body in Missouri that makes laws like the Congress does on the Federal level?
Answer:
General Assembly
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MO Constitution Bowl Questions
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What is the Term of office for the Governor?
Answer:
4 years