Famous Freemasons Trivia Quiz

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Many U.S. Presidents have been Masons, including Buchanan, Garfield, Harding, Jackson, Johnson, McKinley, Monroe, Roosevelt (Franklin D. and Theodore), Taft and Truman.

Answer: Jimmy Stewart

Other Mason actors include: Eddie Arnold, Gene Autry, Michael Caine, W.C. Fields, Clark Gable, Will Rogers and Peter Sellers.

Answer: Charles Dickens

Other famous Mason writers: Edward Gibbon 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', Sir Walter Scott, Carlo Collodi 'Pinocchio', Samuel Clements (aka 'Mark Twain), Jonathan Swift 'Gulliver's Travels' and Lewis Wallace 'Ben Hur'

Answer: Nelson Mandela

Other famous Masonic statesmen include: Marquis de Lafayette (French soldier who took part in the American Revolution) and John Wannamaker.

Answer: Gen. Patton

There are too many Masons of note from every war in America's history to note here.

Answer: John W. Heisman - football

Many famous athletes and other people have been Masons.

Answer: King James II

Other British kings who are known to have been Freemasons include Edward VII and George IV.

Answer: Neil Armstrong

Also: John Glenn, James B. Irwin, Edgar D. Mitchell, Gordon Cooper,

Answer: Richard Sears - department stores

Many industries and inventions have Masons to thank, including Samuel Colt, inventor of the first revolver, John Fitch, an American inventor who many believe invented the steam engine before Robert Fulton, King C. Gillette, who invented the safety razor and founded Gillette Safety Razor Co.

Answer: Antonius Stradivarius - famous violin craftsman

Though Stradivarius was not a Mason, many famous musicians were: Wolfgang 'Amadeus' Mozart, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Franz Joseph Haydn and George M. Cohan, famous for such songs as 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'.