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Famous American Patriots Trivia Quiz

These questions are about famous American Patriots that risked their lives for our country's freedom.

A multiple-choice quiz by blue_eagle281. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
blue_eagle281

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
96,119

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who stated "Give me liberty,or give me death"?

Answer: ( Two words, ot just surname )

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which is not one of the men that rode through the night to warn their countrymen that the British were coming? Hint

William Dawes

Dr. Samuel Prescott

Samuel Adams

Paul Revere

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Question 3 of 10

3. ____________ and the "Green Mountain Boys" captured Fort Ticonderoga. Hint

Ethan Allen

General Horatio Gates

William Blackstone

George Rogers Clark

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who suggested the Constitutional Convention should begin every morning with prayer, asking God for guidance and wisdom? Hint

James Madison

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who said, "I have not yet begun to fight"? Hint

Joseph Brant

John Paul Jones

John Barry

General Nathanael Greene

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is known as the "Swamp Fox"? Hint

Francis Marion

Joseph Brant

General Thomas Sumter

George Rogers Clark

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Question 7 of 10

7. The War of American Independence was finally won at Valley Forge.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. When George Washington took the oath of office, he supposedly added what words?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who became the first Secretary of the Treasury? Hint

Henry Knox

Alexander Hamilton

Edmund Randolph

Samuel Osgood

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Question 10 of 10

10. Thomas Jefferson was George Washington's vice-president.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who stated "Give me liberty,or give me death"?

Answer: Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry defended the House of Burgesses, and on March 28, 1775 he spoke to the Virginia House of Burgesses voicing the conflict that was about to be engaged with Great Britain. Patric Henry ended his speech with the famous words, "Give me Liberty, or give me death!"

2. Which is not one of the men that rode through the night to warn their countrymen that the British were coming?

Answer: Samuel Adams

William Dawes was the only one to complete the mission. Paul Revere was arrested, and Dr. Samuel Prescott fell off his horse.

3. ____________ and the "Green Mountain Boys" captured Fort Ticonderoga.

Answer: Ethan Allen

Fort Ticonderoga, located on Lake Champlain, guarded the main road between Canada and New York.

4. Who suggested the Constitutional Convention should begin every morning with prayer, asking God for guidance and wisdom?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Since Franklin was 81 during the Constitutional Convention and was too feeble to deliver his speeches, he had them read out by a member of the Pennsylvania delegation.

5. Who said, "I have not yet begun to fight"?

Answer: John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones was a native of Scotland and a captain in the Continental Navy. He was the commander of the Bonhomme Richard that defeated the British ship HMS Serapis in the North Sea.

6. Who is known as the "Swamp Fox"?

Answer: Francis Marion

Francis Marion, native to South Carolina, and his men harrassed British soldiers by attacking them in the night and hiding in the Carolina swamps.

7. The War of American Independence was finally won at Valley Forge.

Answer: False

The War ended at Yorktown, a small peninsula in Virginia. General Cornwallis and his men surrender there to General George Washinton.

8. When George Washington took the oath of office, he supposedly added what words?

Answer: so help me God

"So help me God". These words are not a part of the oath and the claim that George Washington appended them to the oath of office was first made in 1854 by the author Washington Irving, who was something of a myth-maker.

9. Who became the first Secretary of the Treasury?

Answer: Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton proposed the creation of the national bank.

10. Thomas Jefferson was George Washington's vice-president.

Answer: False

John Adams was the Vice-President and then the second President of the United States.

Source: Author blue_eagle281

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