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January 17, 1706
What is Benjamin Franklin's Birthday?
100

Thomas was born in what state?

What is Ohio?

100
Franklin's first practical use of this discovery was to protect buildings from fierce storms
What is a lightning rod?
100
This opened up the world to electricity
What is a Key?
100

How old was Thomas when he began working?

12

100

This is the date Edison was born.

What is February 11, 1847?

100
Ben Franklin signed this treaty which ended the American Revolution in 1783
What is The Treaty of Paris?
100

You can use me when it is dark!

What is a lightbulb?

100
Ben Franklin signed this important document in 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100

How old was Ben when he began working?

10

300
Ben Franklin's father's job
What is a candlemaker?
300

Thomas has how many brothers and sisters?

What is 6?

300

Edison created a machine to speak into this invention.

What is a phonograph?

300
Ben Franklin is one of the most known and loved and referred to as this
What is a Founding Father?
300
The dollar bill that Benjamin Franklin is featured on
What is a one-hundred dollar bill?
400
Ben Franklin was apprenticed to work here when he was 12 years old
What is his brothers printing shop?
400

Who became a telegraph operator?

Who is Thomas Edison?

400
Eyeglasses with an upper and lower half, the upper for distance, and the lower for reading
What is bifocals?
400

What was Thomas Edison's first job?

selling newspapers on a local railroad?

400

The number of brother and sisters that Ben Franklin had

What is 14?

500

When Benjamin was in school how did he do?

well in writing, but struggled in math.

if you say reading you only get half points

500

He didn't invent the light bulb, instead what did he do with it? ( two things)

Msde it safer, and less more practical, less expensive.

500

What is and who was a Renaissance man?

a man with many talents, Ben Franklin was because he was a diplomat, a publisher, candle maker, inventor, author founder father and politician.

500

Throughout Ben Franklin's life he had many different jobs

What is a printer, writer, postmaster, inventor, scientist, volunteer firefighter

500

Where did Thomas go to school, and why?

He struggled with school.  His mother was a teacher, so he was home schooled.