Masonic Presidents
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100
This president was assassinated in Buffalo, NY at the 1901 Pan American Exposition.
Who was William McKinley?
100
Phoenician ruler who assisted in the construction of King Solomon’s Temple.
Who was Hiram King of Tyre?
100

This tool teaches us how to divide up our time.

What is the 24-inch Gauge?

100

This 2006 historical fiction film starring Tom Hanks makes passing reference to Freemasonry.

What is “The DaVinci Code?”

100

A person who has never been initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry

What is a profane?

200
This noble peace prize winner’s domestic policy was called the Square Deal.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
200
The Holy of Holies was said to house this object.
What is the Ark of the Covenant?
200

This tool is symbolic of the Enlightenment principle of equality.

What is the Level?

200
This 2004 movie starring Nicholas Cage links the founding fathers, freemasonry, and Templar gold.
What is “National Treasure?”
200

This precursor to the crane is also the name for a mason who is also the son of a mason.

What is a lewis?

300
He proclaimed that the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization.
Who was James Monroe?
300

80,000 of these were involved in the construction of the temple.

What are Fellowcrafts?

300

This tool governs how masons should part.

What is the Square?

300
This 1974 adaptation of a Rudyard Kipling story starred Sean Connery as a mercenary soldier mistaken for a god by Kafiristan tribesmen after seeing his Masonic medallion.
What is “The Man Who Would Be King?”
300

an uninitiated person trying to pass himself off as a mason


What is a cowan?

400
Through negotiations with Great Britain and war with Mexico he acquired the Western portion of the continental United States.
Who was James Knox Polk?
400
The hill upon which King Solomon’s Temple was built.
What is Mount Moriah (Temple Mount)?
400
Speculatively, it is used to divest our hearts and consciences of vices and superfluities.
What is the Common Gavel?
400

In this 2001 mystery thriller, Johnny Depp investigates a masonic conspiracy behind Jack the Ripper.

What is “From Hell”?

400

an uninitiated person who illicitly attempts to discover masonic secrets

What is an eavesdropper?

500
Consistently ranked by historians as one of the worst US presidents, his administration was forever tarnished by the Teapot Dome Oil Scandal.
Who was Warren G. Harding?
500

The Babylonian king who laid waste to King Solomon’s Temple.

Who was Nebuchadnezzar II (“the Great”)?

500
This working tool is mentioned four times in Chapter 7 of the Book of Amos.
What is a plumb line (plumb)?
500
In this 1969 John Wayne western, the character Matty, on viewing her recently deceased father tells the farm hand, "When you get home, you put him in a better coffin and you bury him in a mason’s apron."
What is “True Grit?”
500

a lodge or rite operating without a charter from a legitimate masonic body

What is clandestine?

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