Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: Founding Fathers http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/27889 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Amanda http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/27889/comment-page-1#comment-153923 Amanda Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:21:23 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=27889#comment-153923 Yep, some of them I only knew because of the musical, 1776. Great quiz! Yep, some of them I only knew because of the musical, 1776. Great quiz!

]]> By: Bob http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/27889/comment-page-1#comment-153149 Bob Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:58:20 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=27889#comment-153149 100% I was a little uncertain about some of them (e.g. Josiah Bartlett), but I used to do a mock Constitutional Convention with my students who had to adopt the personae of various Founding Fathers, and that pretty much saved me. 100%

I was a little uncertain about some of them (e.g. Josiah Bartlett), but I used to do a mock Constitutional Convention with my students who had to adopt the personae of various Founding Fathers, and that pretty much saved me.

]]> By: Zach http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/27889/comment-page-1#comment-153120 Zach Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:03:15 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=27889#comment-153120 As a New Jersey resident, the only one I was sure of was Richard Stockton. Which begs the question, do the other obscure founding fathers in this quiz have sub-par state colleges in the hick areas named after them? As a New Jersey resident, the only one I was sure of was Richard Stockton.

Which begs the question, do the other obscure founding fathers in this quiz have sub-par state colleges in the hick areas named after them?

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