Q 01/05

While helping his wife's family run Hanover Tavern, young Patrick Henry entertained guests by playing which instrument?

A) Fiddle

B) Banjo

C) Mandolin

D) Guitar

Answer · why

A) Fiddle

Fiddle playing was part of Henry's job as host at the tavern, where he moved after his farmhouse burned down. He read law there in his spare hours and...

Q 02/05

When Patrick Henry made his name in a 1763 lawsuit over tobacco-paid salaries, which relative of his was the judge?

A) His uncle

B) His father

C) His brother

D) His cousin

Answer · why

B) His father

His father, Colonel John Henry, presided as the young attorney branded any king who struck down good laws a tyrant. The judge let his son talk on even...

Q 03/05

Patrick Henry reportedly said he 'smelt a rat' to explain why he refused to attend which 1787 gathering?

A) Annapolis Convention

B) Hartford Convention

C) Constitutional Convention

D) Congress of the Confederation

Answer · why

C) Constitutional Convention

The Constitutional Convention had a seat waiting for Henry, but he stayed home, fearing a powerful central government. He then fought the finished doc...

Q 04/05

Which Richmond house of worship, the oldest in the city, hosted Patrick Henry's 'liberty or death' speech in March 1775?

A) St. Paul's Church

B) Monumental Church

C) Bruton Parish Church

D) St. John's Church

Answer · why

D) St. John's Church

St. John's Church hosted the Second Virginia Convention because Richmond lay farther from the royal governor's reach than the capital. The wooden buil...

Q 05/05

Patrick Henry's warning that the colonists not be 'betrayed with a kiss' alludes to which figure in the Gospels?

A) Pontius Pilate

B) Judas Iscariot

C) Simon Peter

D) Mary Magdalene

Answer · why

B) Judas Iscariot

Judas Iscariot identified Jesus to his captors with a kiss, and Henry casts the British ministry in that role. Its smiling reception of the colonists'...