Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz

1. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, not in his adopted city of Philadelphia, but where?

Boston

New York

Concord

London

New Haven

2. Always an avid writer, Franklin first published under what pseudonym?

Mary Quiet

Whitman Whimsy

Silence Dogood

Martha Careful

Poor Richard

3. With only two years of formal schooling, Franklin was always one for self-improvement. To help other self-starters he founded the first successful what in America?

Swimming Club

Hunting Club

Joiners Club

Printers Club

Lending Library

4. Franklin started Philadelphia's second newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, but found huge popularity prior to that with what collection?

The Principles of Electricity

Poor Richard's Almanack

Silence Dogood's Blarney Stone

Common Sense

On Kites

5. The 1740s saw Franklin move from printing and into science. He developed what implement in the early 1750s that electrified the world's scientific community?

Lightning Rod

Divining Rod

Electricity

Dowser

Key

6. A man of letters, it seems fitting that Franklin was appointed to what post in 1753?

Spymaster General

Chief Reader

Deputy Postmaster General

Royal Librarian

Royal Reader

7. Franklin spent 9 years in what country, securing a necessary alliance?

Britain

Poland

Mexico

France

Canada

8. Franklin is the only founding father to have done what?

Lived in France

Lived in Britain

Signed all four key founding documents

Never been married

To ride a horse

9. What did Franklin consider to be his last great civic cause?

Temperance

Judicial reform

Secession

Abolition

Voting rights

10. It is hard to overstate Franklin's influence and contribution to America, earning him what nickname?

First American

Beloved Ben

Friendly Franklin

Patriotic Frank

Electric Ben