Q 01/05

Lafayette lies buried in Paris under soil he brought home from which American battlefield?

A) Saratoga

B) Bunker Hill

C) Trenton

D) Kings Mountain

Answer · why

B) Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill gave him the earth in 1825, when he laid the cornerstone of its monument. His son sprinkled it over the coffin nine years later.

Q 02/05

The teenage Lafayette won over a wary Congress in 1777 by offering to serve on what terms?

A) As a private

B) Under an alias

C) Without pay

D) For one year only

Answer · why

C) Without pay

Without pay was the offer that set him apart from the crowd of French officers seeking rank and salary. Congress made him a major general at 19.

Q 03/05

Lafayette was shot in the leg in his first taste of combat, at which 1777 Pennsylvania battle?

A) Brandywine

B) Germantown

C) Paoli

D) Whitemarsh

Answer · why

A) Brandywine

Brandywine left him wounded yet still rallying an orderly retreat. In 1825 the US Navy renamed a new frigate after the battle to carry him home to Fra...

Q 04/05

Which rapper won a Tony for originating the role of Lafayette in the Broadway musical Hamilton?

A) Anthony Ramos

B) Leslie Odom Jr.

C) Okieriete Onaodowan

D) Daveed Diggs

Answer · why

D) Daveed Diggs

Daveed Diggs took the 2016 Tony for Featured Actor, playing the Frenchman in Act One and a rival Founding Father in Act Two.

Q 05/05

Which souvenir of the French Revolution did Lafayette send to George Washington in 1790?

A) The Bastille's key

B) A stone from Versailles

C) A tricolor banner

D) The king's royal seal

Answer · why

A) The Bastille's key

The Bastille's key is still on display in the first president's home, a trophy from the fortress whose fall on July 14 opened the Revolution.