How much do you know about America's history and government? Here's a chance to put your knowledge to the test.

1. How many stripes are there on the U.S. flag?

2. What do the stripes on the flag represent?

3. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?

4. Who was the second president of the United States?

5. The helicopter used to transport the U.S. president is known by what name?

6. The United States has had how many presidents?

7. What document begins with the phrase "We the People…"

8. What five men were appointed to a committee to write the Declaration of Independence?

9. What Tony-winning 1969 Broadway musical recounted the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

10. The Liberty Bell was ordered in 1751 to commemorate what?

11. What April Fool's Day joke involving the Liberty Bell took place in 1996?

12. Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing what?

13. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was a poem set to music using what tune?

14. Though Americans typically sing only the first stanza, there are actually how many stanzas to "The Star-Spangled Banner"?

15. The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution were ratified together and are known as what?

16. Name the five freedoms identified in the First Amendment.

17. How many U.S. senators, representatives and Supreme Court justices are there?

18. According to the Constitution, a person must meet three requirements to be eligible to become president. What are they?

19. In what year was the Constitution written?

20. A senator may serve how many six-year terms?

21. Who is the chief justice of the United States?

22. Of the presidential libraries, only one has a retired Air Force One on display. Which president's library has this aircraft, and where is the library?

23. A pair of executive orders signed by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves are known as what?

24. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"?

25. Who becomes U.S. president if the president and vice president die?

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ANSWERS

1. 13.

2. The original 13 states.

3. Thomas Jefferson.

4. John Adams.

5. Marine One.

6. 43.

7. The Constitution.

8. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.

9. "1776."

10. The 50th anniversary of William Penn's Charter of Privileges, Pennsylvania's original constitution.

11. Taco Bell took out full-page ads in newspapers such as the New York Times claiming to have bought the bell.

12. The bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore by British ships during the War of 1812.

13. A British drinking tune called "The Anacreontic Song."

14. Four.

15. The Bill of Rights.

16. Religion, speech, press, petition and assembly.

17. 100 senators, 435 representatives and nine Supreme Court justices.

18. Natural-born citizen of the United States; at least 35 years old; and must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.

19. 1787.

20. There is no limit.

21. John G. Roberts Jr.

22. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum; Simi Valley, Calif.

23. The Emancipation Proclamation.

24. Patrick Henry.

25. Speaker of the House of Representatives.