Masonic Presidents
King Solomon's Temple
Working Tools
Masonry in the Movies
Dates in Masonic History
100

This noble peace prize winner’s domestic policy was called the Square Deal.

Who was Theodore Roosevelt?

100
The Holy of Holies was said to house this object.
What is the Ark of the Covenant?
100

This tool is symbolic of the Enlightenment principle of equality.

What is the Level?

100
This 2004 movie starring Nicholas Cage links the founding fathers, freemasonry, and Templar gold.
What is “National Treasure?”
100

1000 BC

When was the construction of KST completed? (In what year was Hiram Abiff murdered?)

200
This president was assassinated in Buffalo, NY at the 1901 Pan American Exposition.
Who was William McKinley?
200
Phoenician ruler who assisted in the construction of King Solomon’s Temple.
Who was Hiram King of Tyre?
200
Speculatively, it is used to spread the cement of brotherly love and affection.
What is the Trowel?
200
This 2006 movie starring Tom Hanks makes passing reference to Freemasonry.
What is “The DaVinci Code?”
200

1717

When was the Grand Lodge of England formed? (When was the Grand Lodge of London & Westminster formed?)

300
He proclaimed that the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization.
Who was James Monroe?
300
80,000
What was the number of FC’s employed in building King Solomon’s Temple?
300
This tool of the operative stonemasons delivered the final blow to Hiram Abiff. [Daily Double]
What is the Setting Maul?
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
1390
When was the Regius Manuscript written?
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
Dr. Dealgood, the announcer introducing the fight between Max and Blaster wears a square and compasses image on his shirt front, in this 1985 sequel starring Mel Gibson.
What is “Mad Max Beyond Thunder Dome?”
400

1813

When was the unification of the Ancient and Moderns? (When was the United Grand Lodge of England formed?)

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
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

1781

When did the Provincial Grand Lodge of New York receive its charter? (Atholl Charter)