Benjamin Franklin
The American Revolution
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father & Diplomat (1706-1790)
10 Questions
Timed: 15 seconds per question
History
Boston Tea Party
Colonists Protest British Tax (1773)
The American Revolution
Tsar Nicholas II
Last Russian Emperor (r. 1894-1917)
The Russian Revolution & Soviet Union
Woodrow Wilson
28th U.S. President, Led WWI-Era US (1913-1921)
World War I
Vladimir Lenin
Founder of the Soviet State (1870-1924)
The Russian Revolution & Soviet Union
Marie Antoinette
Last Queen of France Before Revolution (1755-1793)
The French Revolution
Johannes Gutenberg
Invented the Printing Press (c. 1440)
The Renaissance & Age of Exploration
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed Slaves in Confederate States (1863)
The US Civil War
Augustus
First Roman Emperor (r. 27 BCE-14 CE)
Ancient Rome
Mahatma Gandhi
Led Indian Independence Movement (1869-1948)
Decolonization: India & Africa
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott Catalyst (1955)
The US Civil Rights Movement
Benjamin Franklin trivia questions
- Which city made Franklin a successful printer and newspaper editor?
- What was the title of Franklin's famous yearly almanac?
- Which invention by Franklin helps protect buildings during storms?
- Franklin's electricity experiments are linked to flying what in a storm?
- Which country did Franklin win support from during the Revolutionary War?
- Franklin helped found which Philadelphia school that became a university?
- What major U.S. document did Franklin help draft and sign in 1776?
- Franklin was the first person to hold what U.S. postal job?
- Which warm Atlantic ocean current did Franklin chart and name?
- Franklin was the only Founding Father to sign the Constitution, the Declaration, and what treaty?