Early Life
Benjamin Franklin was born in this city in 1706?
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
Franklin invented these glasses that combine two prescriptions.
What are bifocals?
Franklin's famous experiment involved flying this during a thunderstorm.
What is a kite?
Franklin helped write this important document separating the colonies from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Franklin published this famous book filled with sayings and advice.
What is Poor Richard's Almanack?
Franklin is only one of two non-presidents on US Currency on this bill.
What is the $100 bill?
Ben Franklin was one of this many children in his family.
What is 17?
This heating device made fireplaces safer and more efficient.
What is the Franklin stove?
Franklin used this metal object attached to his kite to help demonstrate electricity.
What is a key?
Franklin served as ambassador for the colonies to this country during the Revolutionary War.
What is France?
What pen name did Franklin use as a teenager?
What is Silence Dogood?
Franklin helped establish the first public lending institution of this kind in America.
At age 12, Franklin worked as an apprentice in this trade.
What is printing
Franklin invented this musical instrument made from spinning glass bowls.
What is the glass armonica?
Franklin invented this device that protects buildings from lightning strikes.
What is a lightning rod?
In 1783, Franklin helped negotiate this treating ending the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Franklin's newspaper was called this.
What is the Philadelphia Gazette?
Franklin helped organize this service to protect homes from fires.
What is a volunteer fire department?
Franklin ran away to this city where he became successful.
What is Philadelphia?
Franklin proved lightning is this form of energy.
What is electricity?
Franklin introduced the scientific terms "positive" and "negative" to describe this.
What are electrical charges?
Franklin was the oldest signer of this document that begins "We the People..."
What is the US Constitution.
Franklin worked as this type of business owner.
What is a printer?
True or False: Benjamin Franklin was President of the United States.
What is False?
Franklin left school after only attending for about this many years.
What is two years?
Franklin never patented his inventions because he believed people should do this with them.
What is use them freely(share them)?
Besides electricity, Franklin studied these natural phenomena.
What is weather and ocean currents?
Franklin served at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 at this age.
What is 81 years old?
What is "healthy, wealthy and wise"?
Other than Silence Dogood, Franklin wrote under this famous pen name.
Who is Richard Saunders?