Benjamin Franklin's face is on the $100 bill, he's one of the most famous Founding Fathers, and he signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Which job did he never actually hold? Postmaster General Ambassador to France President of the United States Delegate to the Constitutional Convention None The Pledge of Allegiance is about as patriotic as a piece of writing gets. The man who wrote it in 1892 was, by trade, what? A Civil War general A Baptist minister A schoolteacher in Philadelphia A newspaper editor None John Adams and Thomas Jefferson — political rivals turned old friends — both died on July 4, 1826. What was special about that particular Fourth of July? It was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence It was the day the Constitution was ratified It was the first Fourth ever declared a national holiday It was the day the Liberty Bell was rung for the last time None At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, there were 55 delegates. When it came time to sign the finished Constitution, how many actually put their names on it? All 55 39 50 13, one for each state None John Tyler became the 10th president in 1841. Here's a fact that sounds impossible: as of recent years, how closely is Tyler — born in 1790 — still connected to the living? His personal diary is still being decoded A living grandson carried his bloodline into the 2020s His original log cabin is still standing and occupied His handwriting is on a bill Congress still uses None The 27th Amendment — which says Congress can't give itself a pay raise that takes effect before the next election — holds a strange record. What is it? It's the shortest amendment, at just nine words It took 202 years to get ratified, partly thanks to a college student's C-grade paper It was ratified in secret during the Civil War It's the only amendment ever repealed and then re-added None Time's up
