Yes, that helps a lot - thanks!
It also helps now that I realize that I have been to 11 of them! 
Thanks to everyone for all the help and good wishes! 
I got 6 (or 7 if 6 years for senators is correct) and I don’t even live in the US. I need to watch some Norwgegian football and forget things.
Good luck, Lola. I was naturalized a few months after I graduated from college and, despite the fact that my education was entirely American and I got good grades, I was still nervous about mine. It was easy, I promise, although I’m a little bit nervous about posting what the questions were on-line.
I’ll be thinking of you,
CJ
You’ll be fine, Lola! One of my co-workers became a citizen Thursday! I’m so happy for him!
- President Pro Tem of the Senate
- William Rehnquist
- Patrick Henry
- 7
- Cabinent?
- 6 years
- 430 ish?
- House of Representatives and the Senate
- don’t know
- don’t know
No googling, I swear. I guess its not good enough to raise any eyebrows anyway. The true question is what percentage of Americans could answer the easy ones like 3, 6, or 8.
Now I realize how close i was with the house. Not too bad, but its 435. Oh well. I only know from 530 ish electoral votes.
Isn’t the president pro tem in line somewhere? I thought he was relatively close. I thought it was 7 justices, but now that I think about it, I guess 9 is better.
I know all by 7 and 10, but could ballpark both.
If you have trouble memorizing a list of items, try memorizing this instead. It’s a short story containing all of the original 13 states and is (suprisingly) easy to learn:
http://www.brainland.com/indiv_news.cfm?ID=404
“A lady from DELAWARE bought a ticket on the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. She packed her NEW JERSEY sweater, and went to visit her friend GEORGIA, in CONNECTICTUT. The next morning they heard MASS in a church on MARY’S LAND. Then they took the SOUTH CAR LINE home, and dined on NEW HAM, which had been roasted in VIRGINIA, by their NEW YORK cook. After dinner, they took the NORTH CAR LINE, and RODE to the ISLAND.”
How come she gets help with her homework?
Not fair.
(Good luck Lola, but remember to come back sometimes wontcha?)
Just curious: why are you applying for US citizenship? And also, would you apply for US citizenship if it meant giving up your OZ citizenship?
Good luck on the test!
Actually, in the eyes of the U.S. government, when you become a U.S. citizen, you do give up citizenship in any and all other countries. Of course, those “other countries” reserve the right to differ.
CJ
All but #10 are easy. #10 is a bit hard because I have trouble remembering the numbers of the amendments that I don’t commonly cite, and some of these are not commonly cited these days. They are the 15th Amendment (race or prior servitude), the 19th Amendment (women), the 23rd Amendment (District of Columbia), 24th Amendment (poll tax), and the 26th Amendment (18-20 year olds). The embryonic lawyer in me wants to argue that the 9th, 10th, 12th, 14th, and 17th Amendments also relate to voting rights, but I doubt that’s what the test authors are going for.
Of course, one of my undergrad minors was political science and I went to law school.
I am applying for US citizenship because with dual citizenship I can spend as much time as I want in Australia without fear of losing my US permanent residency status. (I consider both nations home, so that would be sad.)
If you only have a green card, and the INS suspects you of having another home abroad, or if you spend more than a certain amount of time out of the U.S. (usually a year), you may lose your green card.
Also, since I have lived here a long time, and am a tax payer, I would like the right to vote. (So, don’t blame me for any prior elections) 
If Australia hadn’t passed the dual citizenship act last year, I wouldn’t apply for US citizenship because it would mean losing my Aussie citizenship - I would have just remained a Resident Alien of the US.
And thanks for the well wishes!
Oh now I am scared! It will be my turn in a couple of years… Yikes, it scares the crap out of me as I don’t know half of those for my own country!! Politics are not my forte…
I want to become a citizen for the exact same reasons you pointed! Good luck, keep us updated!
The first nine questions were very easy, but then I’m a 5 time undefeated Jeopardy! champion.
The amendments relating voting were a little tougher, or at least getting the exact number of each amendment. I was within one of each of those.
Good luck, Lola.
- soup_de_jour said *
Bwa hahahaha.
Without Googling (and without looking at the answers previous posted):
1. Who becomes President if both the President and Vice President die?
Dennis Hastert, who’s the Speaker of the House.
2. Who is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Rehnquist. I’m not 100% sure I spelled his name right.
3. Who said “Give me liberty or give me death”?
Patrick Henry, although I don’t remember if this was at some point considered historically suspect, so it’s entirely possible that no one actually said it.
4. How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
Nine.
5. What special group advises the President?
Lots of groups, most notably, the Cabinet.
6. For how long do we elect each Senator?
Six years.
7. How many voting members are there in the House of Representatives?
I believe 435.
8. What is the Legislative branch of our Government?
The Senate and the House. It’s the branch that makes laws.
9. Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key wrote the words. Some random guy wrote the music before that as a drinking song.
10. Name the Amendments that guarantee or address voting rights?
Four, I believe (African-American vote, poll tax stuff, women vote, 18-21 vote). Five if you count the direct election of senators. I’m not very good on numbers, though, so I wanna say:
14, 19, 26, 22(the one I’m least certain of), 17. Though I’m probably wrong.
Eh, I was one off on 14 and 2 off on 22–otherwise, I was right. Go me!
Knew 1-9 off top of head! (PolSci Major!) amendement #'s too hard!
Angel don’t forget XXIII District of Columbia residents vote for President. Although they are otherwise disenfranchised.
Got the first nine, then said #14,19 and 26 for the tenth.
Good luck on the test!