In 1752, Benjamin Franklin conducted his famous kite flying experiments. This led him to develop something that protects buildings and ships from lightning damage.
What is the lightning rod?
100
Franklin went to this European country to represent the colonies
What is England?
100
Ben Franklin was born in what city of MA?
What is Boston?
100
Franklin began writing under this name while working for his brother
What is Silence Dogood
100
Franklin helped clean up, light, and pave this city
What is Philadelphia?
200
Franklin, getting tired of switching between two types of glasses, devised a way to have both types of lenses fit into the frame.
What are bifocals?
200
Franklin helped create alliances with this European country to help Americans in the Revolutionary War
What is France?
200
Franklin was one of how many children?
What is one of 8?
200
The same year Franklin married Deborah Read he created this newspaper. This became the most popular paper in the colonies.
What is the Pennsylvania Gazette?
200
Franklin founded Americas first university which is now know was
What is the University of Pennsylvania?
300
In colonial America most people warmed their homes by building a fire in a fireplace even though it was kind of dangerous and used a lot of wood. Ben figured that there had to be a better way.
What is the Franklin Stove?
300
Ben Franklin helped draft this document
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
Franklin had 3 of these in his lifetime. One of the 3 died.
What are children?
300
At what age did Franklin begin to print?
What is age 15?
300
List two companies Franklin created
What is the Philadelphia's Union Fire Company & the Library Company?
400
As postmaster, Ben had to figure out routes for delivering the mail. He went out riding in his carriage to measure the routes and needed a way to keep track of the distance. He attached this to his carriage.
What is an odometer?
400
Name a state Ben Franklin was a colonial representative for
What is PA, GA, NJ, MA
400
Franklin married this women
Who is Deborah Read?
400
The famous political cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette of a snake was titled as
What is join or die?
400
Franklin died at age 84 in 1790. How many people were said to attend his funeral?
20,000
500
Franklin believed that people should should use daylight productively
What is Daylight Savings?
500
Ben Franklin was the oldest member at the Constitutional Convention being how many years old?
What is 81?
500
Franklins brother James ran this paper
What is The New England Courant
500
Franklin said this famous quote in Poor Richards Almanac
"A penny saved is a penny earned"
500
A group Franklin created for working men seeking self and civil improvements.