[an error occurred while processing this directive] Trivia: John Adams

11:02 AM CST on Monday, October 30, 2006

By TODD DAVIS / Staff Writer

On this date in 1735, John Adams was born in Braintree, Mass. How much do you know about the founding father?

1. What role did Adams play in the Boston Massacre of 1770?
He was one of the mob that was fired upon by British soldiers.
He was inside the building the soldiers were sent to protect.
He wrote the newspaper story that gave the incident its place in history.
He was a lawyer for the soldiers in their trial.

2. Adams signed the Declaration of Independence, but not the Constitution 11 years later. Why?
He was an ambassador overseas.
He was retired from public service.
He was in bed sick.
He walked out on the process halfway through it.

3. Adams wrote the following to his wife: "My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived." What office was he stuck with?
President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
Postmaster General
Secretary of State

4. Adams was the second President of the United States and served one term. What was his party affiliation?
Democrat
Republican
Federalist
Whig

5. Adams died on the same day in 1826 as which founding father?
George Washington
Alexander hamilton
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson

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