Benjamin Franklin History Trivia Quiz

Benjamin Franklin: Inventor, Statesman, and Founding Father
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Benjamin Franklin: Inventor, Statesman, and Founding Father
Ten questions explore Franklin's experiments, printing career, civic work, diplomacy, inventions, and role in the founding era.
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Benjamin Franklin trivia explores the unusually broad career of one of early America's most versatile public figures. The questions cover experiments, publishing, practical inventions, diplomacy, postal service, Philadelphia life, and major events of the Revolutionary era.
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What This Quiz Covers

The quiz covers a famous storm experiment, colonial printing and publishing, practical vision technology, overseas diplomacy, early postal service, a musical invention, and peace negotiations after the Revolution.

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  1. Which country did Franklin serve in as a key American diplomat during the Revolutionary War?
  2. Which colonial postal position did Franklin hold before the Revolution?
  3. Which instrument did Franklin invent after becoming fascinated by musical glasses?
  4. Which city became Franklin's longtime home and the center of much of his printing and civic work?
  5. Which famous founding document did Franklin help draft and sign in 1776?
  6. Which publication did Franklin issue annually under the name Richard Saunders?
  7. Which newspaper did Franklin purchase and turn into one of colonial America's most successful publications?
  8. Which object did Franklin famously use in an experiment connected with electricity and storms?
  9. Which 1783 agreement did Franklin help negotiate to formally end the American Revolutionary War?
  10. Which device did Franklin design to help people see clearly at both near and far distances?
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