Q 01/05

On July 4, Congress did what to the Declaration?

A) Approved its text

B) Chose its drafters

C) Read it publicly

D) Had it engrossed

Answer · why

A) Approved its text

Approved its text: the vote for independence itself had come on July 2, the day John Adams expected to be celebrated as the great anniversary festival...

Q 02/05

In which building was the Declaration adopted?

A) Carpenters' Hall

B) Old South Meeting House

C) Pennsylvania State House

D) Maryland State House

Answer · why

C) Pennsylvania State House

The Pennsylvania State House was only on loan: the colony's legislature lent Congress its Assembly Room, and the building became known as Independence...

Q 03/05

In which 2004 adventure film is the Declaration stolen for a map hidden on its back?

A) National Treasure

B) The Da Vinci Code

C) Sahara

D) Ocean's Twelve

Answer · why

A) National Treasure

National Treasure invented the map: when conservators examined the real back in 2001, they found only a filing label reading 'Original Declaration of ...

Q 04/05

Which two of the Declaration's drafters both died on July 4, 1826?

A) Adams and Jefferson

B) Franklin and Sherman

C) Jefferson and Franklin

D) Adams and Livingston

Answer · why

A) Adams and Jefferson

Adams and Jefferson died hours apart, exactly fifty years after their text was adopted; in his eulogy Daniel Webster called the timing proof of Provid...

Q 05/05

Which Committee of Five member represented New York?

A) Roger Sherman

B) John Adams

C) Benjamin Franklin

D) Robert R. Livingston

Answer · why

D) Robert R. Livingston

Robert R. Livingston helped oversee the draft but never signed the Declaration: he had left Congress for duties at home before the parchment was signe...