George Washington

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1. Through his paternal grandmother, Washington was related to what English monarch? William II Edward III Henry V James I

2. What day did Washington celebrate as his birthday? February 22nd February 11th February 23rd April 5th

3. Who was responsible for the legends of the cherry tree and Washington's inability to tell a lie? Edward Vernon Mason Weems George Eskridge Frederick Philipse

4. During the French and Indian War, what fort did Washington supervise the construction of? Necessity Allegheny Duquesne Dinwiddie

5. What county did Washington represent in the Virginia House of Burgesses? Culpepper Westmoreland New Kent Frederick

6. Whose speech to the Continental Congress in 1775 was in so much praise of Washington that he had to leave the room? Benjamin Franklin Edmund Randolph Caeser Rodney John Adams

7. In an effort called the Conway Cabal, members of the Continental Congress sought to have Washington replaced as commander of the Continental Army with who? Henry Knox Nathaniel Greene Horatio Gates Benedict Arnold

8. Who was the British officer who attempted to surrender to the Conte de Rochambeau at Yorktown rather than Washington? Benjamin Lincoln Charles O'Hara Lord Cornwallis Oliver Walcott

9. In what city did Washington give his famous farewell address to the troops in 1783? Philadelphia Princeton, NJ Newburgh, NY New York City

10. Only 10 of the 13 original colonies voted in the 1789 presidential election that made Washington the first US president. Which of the four states listed below was not one of those three states? New York New Hampshire Rhode Island North Carolina

11. President Washington signed a bill in 1792 establishing a US mint where? Charleston Boston Philadelphia New York City

12. Which of the following four states did not join the union during the Washington administration? Vermont Maine Kentucky Tennessee

13. Who did Washington name to replace John Jay as chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1795? John Marshall Oliver Ellsworth Samuel Chase John Rutledge

14. In what newspaper was Washington's farewell address to the nation in 1796 first published? Gazette of the United States Boston Herald New York Gazette American Daily Advertiser

15. To whom did Washington speak his last words in 1799? Thomas Davis Martha Washington Tobias Lear James Clark