Question 1

In what year was Benjamin Banneker born?

Accepted Answer

1731

Answer

1789

Answer

1767

Answer

1803

Question 2

What was the first thing he did to help farmers?

Accepted Answer

The locust cycle

Answer

Improved roads in D.C.

Answer

Planted their seeds

Answer

Made an almanac

Question 3

Who taught Benjamin how to read?

Accepted Answer

His grandmother

Answer

His aunt

Answer

His mother

Answer

His brother

Question 4

Who invited Benjamin Banneker to come to D.C. to survey the land?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Ellicott

Answer

George Washington

Answer

George Ellicott

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 5

What were the names of Benjamin Banneker?

Accepted Answer

Mary and Robert Banneker

Answer

Suzanne and Adam Ellicott

Answer

Sofia and Jon Bannaker

Answer

Mary and Fredrick Bannaker

Question 6

Why was it unusual that Benjamin Banneker went to school?

Accepted Answer

Since he was black in a white school

Answer

He was too old

Answer

He wasn't very smart

Answer

He was too young

Question 7

What important book did he invent that is still being used by farmers and others today?

Accepted Answer

An almanac

Answer

A manual on locusts

Answer

A brief history of Maryland

Answer

A biography of George Washington

Question 8

Did Benjamin change Thomas Jefferson's mind about slavery ?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

We don't know

Answer

No, he had bought more

Answer

Yes, he freed all slaves

Question 9

In what year did Benjamin Banneker die?

Accepted Answer

1806

Answer

1809

Answer

1906

Answer

1803

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