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Brian Lehrer: Brian Lehrer on WNYC. Just to reset the basics again this drive, we are doing a 10-question quiz each day around this time, sometime during the eleven o'clock hour. Get two in a row right, and you'll win a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap or today, the new WNYC mini tote. You can take your pick. You can call right now at 212-433-WNYC to give it a shot. For our first three quizzes yesterday, today, and tomorrow, we're drawing our questions from the United States government citizenship test. Questions from the actual published list of questions that people are given to study from before they take the naturalization test.

Some will be really easy for many of you, some perhaps surprisingly hard, but most of these are pretty basic. I think we'll give away some hats and mini totes today, but you never know. If you think you can pass the citizenship test, native born or not, take your best shot as people finish up here at 212-433-WNYC, 433-9692. Two in a row, right, wins you one of those things. Elizabeth in Brooklyn is up first. Elizabeth, you're on WNYC. Hi. Ready to play?

Elizabeth: Hi. Yes. I guess I am.

Brian Lehrer: All right. Here's a question from that study guide that I don't actually think is that easy, but what is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens? I'm going to say one of them might feel like more of a right. They only list two here, but one responsibility or a right that is only for United States citizens.

Elizabeth: I would assume voting.

Brian Lehrer: Voting is right. You've got it. Voting, that's the right, of course, and serving on a jury was the responsibility. That's good.

Elizabeth: Right.

Brian Lehrer: One more and you will win your choice of a hat or a tote bag. Question number two. Name one right only for US Citizens in addition to voting in federal elections. I'll just say that a little differently as a clue. One right only for US Citizens in addition to voting in a federal election.

Elizabeth: You said serving on a jury, but that's a duty. Holding a US passport.

Brian Lehrer: You can vote in a federal election, and there's something else you can do in a federal election.

Elizabeth: You can run for office.

Brian Lehrer: [laughs] That's it. There you go. Elizabeth, would you like a WNYC mini tote or Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap?

Elizabeth: Well, I already have a baseball cap from last year or so, so I guess I'll go for the tote. Thank you.

Brian Lehrer: A two-time winner. Hang on, Elizabeth. We'll take your address again off the air. Bashiru, you're on WNYC. Bashiru in Manhattan. Hi there. Ready to play?

Bashiru: Yes, Brian, I'm ready.

Brian Lehrer: Okay. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States as expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution? Two of the rights--

Bashiru: Free speech is one.

Brian Lehrer: Freedom of speech, you said. Yes, that's one.

Bashiru: Yes.

Brian Lehrer: One more. Need to get two.

Bashiru: This other one.

Brian Lehrer: Another one. You can pray that you get this right.

Bashiru: Freedom of religion.

Brian Lehrer: Yes, there you go with a little bit of a clue. Two rights in the First Amendment. All right. Question four. For the cap or the mini tote, when must all men register for the Selective Service? This is still a thing, even though we don't have a draft currently in this country. When must all men, they don't have it for women, register for the Selective Service?

Bashiru: In the state of emergency.

Brian Lehrer: Say that again.

Bashiru: State of emergency.

Brian Lehrer: Oh, in a state of emergency. No. I'll give you one little clue. It's an age. It's, you reach a certain age, you have to register.

Bashiru: Register to what?

Brian Lehrer: For the Selective Service. That in case there needs to be a military draft.

Bashiru: It's jury duty.

Brian Lehrer: Sorry, Bashiru. Sorry about that. Not quite. All men must register for the Selective Service at age 18. They are eligible to be drafted between 18 and 26. Bashiru was on the right track with one thing. If it was a state of emergency, meaning a military state of emergency, we know President Trump is declaring all kinds of other states of emergency that they would actually try to call people up. All right. Wilmer in Union City, you're on WNYC, ready to play?

Wilmer: Ready, Brian.

Brian Lehrer: All right. I think we finally got a really easy one here. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

Wilmer: April 15th.

Brian Lehrer: That's correct. For the hat or the tote bag, question number six. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? There's a list of them. I've got six here from this study guide. Any one promise that you make when you become a United States citizen. Can you name one?

Wilmer: Be loyal to the United States and the Constitution.

Brian Lehrer: Yes. In fact, that's two of them. Give up loyalty to other countries, it says here. Defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States. Obey the laws of the United States. Serve in the US Military if needed. Serve or do other important work for the nation if needed. Exactly the way you put it at the end, be loyal to the United States. Wilmer, that's great. Would you like a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap or a WNYC mini tote?

Wilmer: The baseball Cup. Thank you.

Brian Lehrer: All right. Hang on. We're going to take your address off the air as we move on to-- Oh, well, we don't get calls from Moab, Utah every day. Fairly in Moab, Utah, you're on WNYC. Hi, Fairly.

Fairly: Hi. I have actually taken this test because I'm a naturalized citizen.

Brian Lehrer: Where'd you come from?

Fairly: We'll see how it goes. England.

Brian Lehrer: I've been in Moab, and it's absolutely a physically beautiful place. I hope you like.

Fairly: I actually live in New Jersey, so.

Brian Lehrer: Oh, but today you're in Moab.

Fairly: Today, I'm in Moab. Y

Brian Lehrer: These next two, as they come up, are really-- I shouldn't say for somebody who wasn't born here, but I have a feeling they'll be really easy for you. Question number seven. Who wrote or is given credit for being the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?

Fairly: Is that Thomas Jefferson?

Brian Lehrer: It was. Question number eight, for the hat or the tote, when was the Declaration of Independence adopted? You need to name the exact date of the exact year.

Fairly: 1787.

Brian Lehrer: Sorry.

Fairly: That's the Constitution. The Declaration of Independence.

Brian Lehrer: Go ahead. I'll give you a second shot since you're correcting yourself here. No.

Fairly: 1775.

Brian Lehrer: Sorry, Fairly. It's July 4th, 1776.

Fairly: Oh, my God. I was overthinking it.

Brian Lehrer: Yes, kind of. Sorry. Thanks for trying. The day, of course, that we celebrate Independence Day. Next year is going to be the 250th anniversary of the United States, based on that day as the starting point. July 4th, 1776. All right. Let's try Dylan in Brooklyn for our last two questions in this 10-question quiz. Questions drawn from the Citizenship Naturalization Test Study guide. Dylan, you ready to play?

Dylan: I'm ready. Thanks for having me.

Brian Lehrer: Okay. There were 13 original states. Name any three.

Dylan: New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.

Brian Lehrer: All right. Simple enough. Also, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Finally, question number 10, and for the hat or the tote. I'll give you a clue. The answer to this question has been previously stated by a previous caller. When was the Constitution written? What year?

Dylan: Sorry to her. It was 1787.

Brian Lehrer: It was 1787. Now, would you have known that if Fairly in Moab hadn't said it?

Dylan: A friend of mine recently took this test and made some flashcards. I'm pretty well-versed in these questions and answers.

Brian Lehrer: Did you have a session with your friend? Were you like sitting there on the couch and saying, "Okay, when was it--" The friend was trying to answer, to study?

Dylan: Pretty much. We turned it into a drinking game, but that was the gist of it.

Brian Lehrer: Did you have to take a shot when they got one right or they got one wrong?

Dylan: They took a shot when they got one wrong, and the rest of us took a shot when they got it right.

Brian Lehrer: I love it. That's, folks, how you maybe don't want to study for the citizenship test, but it depends who you are. Dylan, Hang on. Do you want a WNYC mini tote or Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap?

Dylan: I would love to rep The Brian Lehrer Show on a hat.

Brian Lehrer: Thank you so much for wearing it around Brooklyn. We'll take your address off the air. That's our 10-question quiz for today. We'll do another one based on 10 more citizenship test questions on tomorrow's show.

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