1. London
   Boston
2. Philadelphia

Franklin was born in Boston in 1706.

1. yes
2. no

People often assume that Franklin was one of the early presidents. Understandable, because he did just about everything else, but he was never president.

1. butcher
   baker
2. candle maker

Josiah Franklin was a soap and candle maker.

1. 3
   11
2. 16

Franklin was the 15th of his father's 17 kids (with two wives).

1. 2
   5
2. 7

Franklin was sent to school when he was 8 and pulled out when he was 10.

1. arithmetic
   spelling
2. science

A brilliant mathematician in later years, Franklin actually failed math twice.

1. soldier
   sailor
2. spy

Young Ben had dreams of being a sailor like one of his brothers, but his father wouldn't hear of it.

1. printing
   blacksmithing
2. carpentry

He went to work as a typesetter at his brother's newspaper, the New England Courant.

1. Charity Loveness
   Silence Dogood
2. Cassandra Jones

A teenage Franklin took on the persona of a widow named Silence Dogood and wrote 14 letters to the paper, which turned out to be wildly popular.

1. New York
   Philadelphia
2. Williamsburg

James wasn't too happy when he found out who Silence Dogood was, so Ben took off and escaped to Philadelphia.

1. Philadelphia Inquirer
   Pennsylvania Gazette
2. Colonial Courant

Franklin didn't found the Gazette, but he and a partner bought it in 1729 and made it the most successful paper in the colonies.

1. "drunk"
   "vomit"
2. "toilet"

"The Drinkers Dictionary" listed synonyms for "drunk" -- like "crack'd," "glaiz'd" and "pidgeon ey'd."

1. yes
   no
2. It's uncertain.

Franklin owned two slaves, George and King, who worked in his house. But he eventually freed them and became an abolitionist.

1. battery
   telephone
2. electricity

Franklin came up with many electricity-related terms, but telephone wasn't one of them.

1. Z
   K
2. X

Franklin considered C, J, W, Y, Q and X to be redundant letters.

1. 9
   16
2. 27

Franklin lived in London and Paris for a total of 27 years, crossing the Atlantic 20 times.

1. the Gulf Stream
   El Nino
2. the trade winds

Franklin studied the currents on his many trips across the ocean. He noticed the warm current flowing like "a river in the ocean" and realized that ships traveling to Europe could go much faster if they followed it.

1. turkey
   robin
2. hawk

In a letter to his daughter, Franklin wrote, "I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character…. the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird."

1. attorney general
   postmaster general
2. surgeon general

Franklin was made the first postmaster general of the United States.

1. Junto
   Paraiso
2. Leptero

Junto was a group of men from all different occupations that met on Friday nights.

1. Sally Richmond
   Prudence Jones
2. Polly Baker

"The Speech of Polly Baker" was an indictment of the judicial system, which persecuted unwed mothers but not men.

1. Richard Saunders
   Chastity Swift
2. Jonathan Moore

The character of Richard Saunders was the namesake of "Poor Richard's Almanack," which Franklin published for 25 years.

1. "He that lies down with dogs will rise up with fleas."
   "Love your neighbor, but don't pull down the hedge."
2. "United we stand, divided we fall."

"United we stand" does apply to the situation, but that's actually Aesop, not Franklin.

1. euphonium
   chordophone
2. glass armonica

The glass armonica is long out of vogue, but Franklin was very proud of it.

1. brocade vest
   fur hat
2. heeled shoes

The French were ga-ga for the elderly Franklin's fur hats.

1. Treaty of Paris
   Treaty of Versailles
2. Treaty of Vincennes

Franklin, John Adams, John Jay and Henry Laurens represented the United States in the Treaty of Paris negotiations.

1. Pennsylvania
   New York
2. New Jersey

Franklin himself had an illegitimate son, William, who was the last colonial governor of New Jersey.

1. 36
   42
2. 48

By 42, Franklin had made enough money to retire, and he literally printed all of the money for Pennsylvania and Delaware. Of course, he did more in "retirement" than 99.9 percent of other people.

1. Pennsylvania State University
   Franklin & Marshall College
2. University of Pennsylvania

Franklin helped start the University of Pennsylvania and Franklin & Marshall, but not Penn State.

1. Track & field
   Tennis
2. Swimming

Franklin was quite the swimmer, covering miles of the Thames River when he lived in London and also inventing his own swim fins.