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Benjamin Franklin is most commonly associated with what American city that he lived and wrote in during much of his life?
Albany
Plymouth
Philadelphia
Boston
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Which of the following enduring inventions was created by Ben Franklin?
The bellows
The bathrobe
Bifocals
The lightbulb
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Benjamin Franklin got his start in the newspaper industry while apprenticing under his brother. What was this brother's name?
Ronald
Alexander
Thomas
James
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In his youth, Ben Franklin was approached by Governor Sir William Keith who hired him to visit Europe in order to buy printing equipment. Keith then ghosted Franklin and left him stranded for months in what city?
London
Paris
Brighton
Barcelona
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True or False: Benjamin Franklin was the first Vice President of the United States.
True
False
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Though he wasn't the first vice president, Benjamin Franklin WAS the first person to fill what post in the American federal government?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Postmaster general
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
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One of Benjamin Franklin's most famous pieces of rhetoric during the Revolutionary Period was which of the following?
"We must hang together or we shall hang separately."
"Give me liberty or give me death."
"I'd sooner die free than live a slave."
"Let freedom ring."
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Franklin increased his notoriety in Colonial America by writing what almanac series that contained life advice and weather predictions?
The Almanac of American Wonders
Yankee Bill's Almanac
Poor Richard's Almanac
The Almanac of a Concerned Citizen
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Poor Richard's Almanac earned its name because Benjamin Franklin wrote the series originally under what pen name?
Benjamin F. Richards
Richard Calthorpe
Richard Saunders
I. L. Richards
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Benjamin Franklin helped prove that lightning was electrical when he flew what item on a kite that was struck by lightning?
A bracelet
A kitchen knife
A key
A pir of glasses
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Benjamin Franklin first started making a name for himself when he took over what newspaper and widely increased its circulation by becoming a regular columnist in its pages?
The Pennsylvania Gazette
Poor Richard's Tabloid
The Philadelphia Star
The High Street Post
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Benjamin Franklin helped diffuse what uprising that was started when a group of colonial settlers butchered a Native American village and then marched on Philadelphia?
The Paxton Boys' Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion
The Keye and Card Rebellion
The Shoo Uprising
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While Benjamin Franklin was in London on a diplomatic mission in 1773, he leaked letters written by the governor and lieutenant governor of what colony that asked the crown to crack down on Bostonians' liberties?
Connecticut Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Virginia Colony
Georgia Colony
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One of the more unusual accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin was his discovery of the Gulf Stream. What is the Gulf Stream?
An aerial phenomenon
An ocean current
A river in the southern United States
A type of cloud formation
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Benjamin Franklin also established what type of public service for early America?
Customs office
Notory office
Department of motor vehicles
Fire department
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Did Benjamin Franklin sign the Declaration of Independence?
Yes
No
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Benjamin Franklin was America's first ambassador to what country whose support for the Revolution he secured?
Italy
Germany
Spain
France
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True or False: Ben Franklin invented an early form of swim flippers when he was a boy.
True
False
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Benjamin Franklin's more inflammatory calls for rebellion were published in what newspaper that he helped found to spread Revolutionary ideas?
The Pennsylvania Chronicle
The North Star
The Drumbeat
The Stream of Liberty
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What was the official name of Benjamin Franklin's "Leather Apron Club" that he founded with fellow intellectuals in Philadelphia to secretly debate political matters?
The Panopticon
The Ogdan
The Junto
The Seven Branches
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What was the name of Benjamin Franklin's illegitimate son who ended up becoming a major figure in the Loyalist faction of Colonial America?
William Franklin
Thomas Franklin
Howard Franklin
Joshua Franklin
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Fill in the blank to complete this famous Ben Franklin quote. "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man (BLANK)."
Ready for any surprise.
Healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Prepared to win first prize.
Able to see through lies.
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Benjamin Franklin founded and was the first president of the Academy and College of Philadelphia. What name does this institution go by in the modern day?
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
The University of Pennsylvania
Dartmouth
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Benjamin Franklin negotiated and signed what treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Paris
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A partial consequence of Benjamin Franklin's stay in France was the passage of what 1787 law where the French monarchy agreed to grant some civil rights to non-Catholics within their borders?
The Diet of Worms
The Edict of Versailles
The Edict of Nantes
The Diet of Cannes
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Benjamin Franklin managed to force the repeal of what major tax during the American Revolution because he rallied the people to protest it en masse?
The Seal Act
The Tea Act
The Townshend Act
The Stamp Act
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Did Benjamin Franklin attend the Constitutional Convention?
Yes
No
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There is an urban legend that what landmark of Philadelphia cracked during Ben Franklin's funeral?
The Statue of Columbia
The Roux-Marris
The Philadelphia Courthouse
The Liberty Bell
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Benjamin Franklin's portrait is immortalized on what unit of American currency?
The nickel
The 100-dollar bill
The 10-dollar bill
The 1-dollar coin
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