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Trivia For February 17, 2026
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It's themed Tuesday! Today's questions will all be about...
Founding Fathers of the U.S.A.
Question 1:
Which Founding Father's name has become a colloquialism for a person's signature, due to way he signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
Hancock was president of the Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was signed. He was the first to sign, and did so in a large, bold script. According to legend, Hancock's large signature was so that the king could read it without his spectacles, but the story is likely apocryphal.
Question 2:
Which Founding Father coined the term "battery" to describe a device that stored energy?
In addition to being a revolutionary, Franklin was a scientist, responsible for many discoveries and inventions. In one of his experiements, he linked a number of Leyden jars together as capacitors and described them as a "battery," in the military sense of weapons functioning together.
Question 3:
DNA analysis in the late 20th century proved that this Founding Father had children with Sally Hemings, a woman who was enslaved to him.
Hemings was the half-sister of Jefferson's late wife. Their intimate relations began while Jefferson was the U.S. ambassador to France and Hemings was in her mid-teens. They had seven children together, four of whom survived into adulthood.
Question 4:
Name the Founding Father who became the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Jay was originally offered the position of Secretary of State, but declined. The Court's business through its first three years primarily involved the establishment of rules and procedure. It heard only four cases during Jay's chief justiceship.
Question 5:
This Founding Father served as chief of artillery for George Washington's Continental Army. He would later become the nation's first Secretary of War.
As Secretary of War, Knox was primarily concerned with Indian affairs during his term in office. He is probably best remembered today as the namesake of Fort Knox in Kentucky.
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