Early
Inventions and Discoveries
Jobs
Interesting Facts
Vocabulary
100
This is the year Ben Franklin was born.
What is 1706?
100
What was Ben Franklin's first invention that aided him in swimming?
What are swim paddles?
100
Philadelphia, PA was the city where Ben Franklin worked and received pay for doing this job.
What is a printer?
100
Quit eating meat.
What is vegetarianism?
100
To run errands and learn about a trade without pay.
What is apprentice?
200
17 is the number of siblings in whose family.
What are the number of siblings in Franklin's family?
200
This invention by Ben Franklin helped for seeing distances and close up.
What are bifocals?
200
Ben Franklin started the first one of these, a place for books that could be circulated.
What is a library?
200
Ben begain to write funny articles for a Boston Newspaper and signed it with this name.
What is Silence Dogood?
200
Ben discovered this with a kite and a key.
What is electricity?
300
The place where Franklin was born, include street name, city and state.
What is Milk Street, Boston, Massachussets?
300
A metal rod that sticks to the top of a building and goes to the ground.
What is the lightning rod?
300
Ben Franklin was one of the signers of this document.
What is US Constitution or Declaration of Independence
300
Who was with Ben when he experiemented with lightning?
Who is William Franklin, his son?
300
A book of facts.
What is almanac?
400
What did Ben Franklin's father want him to become?
What is preacher/minister.
400
Iron box that fits inside a fireplace used as a heat source.
What is Franklin stove?
400
Ben Franklin worked to get faster mail delivery.
What is postmaster?
400
Ben Franklin's father's job.
What is candle and soap maker?
400
Document written with Ben's help to frame the US government,
What is constitution?
500
Ben apprenticed for James, his older brother as this.
What is a printer?
500
Instrument that was invented by Ben Franklin.
What is the armonica?
500
A resource that told about facts and information along with quotes written by B. Franklin.
What is Poor Richard's Almanac?
500
The person who married Ben in 1730.
Who is Debbie Read?
500
The act of being known by many people for an accomplishment.
What is famous?
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