Culper Spies
Quiz by Kristine Houghtalen
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- Q1Where were most of the members of the Culper Spy Ring bornSetauket, NY30s
- Q2Why did Anna Strong supposedly use her clothes line as a code?To alert the spies as to where Caleb Brewster and his whale boat was.30s
- Q3Who rode to New York City to pick up information to be passed on.Austin Roe30s
- Q4What was Robert Townsends job?merchant and writer30s
- Q5What was Abraham Woodhull's spy name?Samuel Culper30s
- Q6Who was the whale boat captain who brought messages across the Sound?Caleb Brewster30s
- Q7Who did Washington trust to organize the spy ring.Benjamin Tallmadge30s
- Q8Where did Austin Roe move to after the war?Patchogue30s
- Q9Why was the Culper Spy ring important to the Revolutionary War?They warned Washington that the British were planning on attaching the French.30s
- Q10What is one way the spies kept their messages secret?sympathetic stain (invisible ink)30s