Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. In which colonial British American province was Benjamin Franklin born in 1706?
Although Benjamin Franklin is more commonly associated with Pennsylvania, he was born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1706.
- Multiple Choice
2. What pen name did Benjamin Franklin use to publish his writing in the New-England Courant when he was just sixteen?
Ben Franklin's brother James, publisher of The New-England Courant, would not publish his younger brother's letters. So Franklin submitted them under the name "Silence Dogood."
The paper printed fourteen "Silence Dogood" letters before discovering Franklin's ruse.
- Multiple Choice
3. Benjamin Franklin founded Philadelphia's first volunteer fire department, the _________ Fire Company, in 1736.
FUN FACT
The Union Fire Company helmet worn by Benjamin Franklin in the 1850 painting "Benjamin Franklin, the Fireman" wasn't invented until thirty years after his death.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these prestigious colleges did NOT award Benjamin Franklin an honorary degree?
Benjamin Franklin's official schooling ended when he was just ten years old, but he was later given honorary doctorate degrees from three prestigious universities: Harvard, Yale, and Oxford.
Despite living in France for many years, Franklin was NOT awarded an honorary degree from the Sorbonne.
- Multiple Choice
5. What mouse is credited with "creating" many of Benjamin Franklin's greatest inventions in the 1953 Disney short "Ben and Me"?
The 1953 Disney short film "Ben and Me" revises history and suggests that many of Benjamin Franklin's greatest inventions were actually created by a mouse named Amos.
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