Benjamin Franklin Trivia Questions

In 1784, Franklin wrote about his invention of 'double spectacles' providing both near and far vision, widely recognized as early bifocals.

Franklin proposed the lightning rod in 1750, two years before his 1752 kite experiment. The invention preceded the experiment, not followed it.

He was never elected to a national office. While he served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and as an ambassador, he never won an election for President, Senator, or Representative.

He never wrote a novel; his major literary works were Poor Richard's Almanack and his autobiography.

Franklin's 1784 essay suggested waking earlier to save candles, not changing clocks. The modern daylight saving time concept, involving clock shifts, was proposed later by Hudson and Willett.

Franklin was appointed as the first U.S. minister to France (equivalent to ambassador) in 1778, five years before the American Revolution ended in 1783.

He owned slaves for decades, but later became an abolitionist and freed his own slaves.

He was Postmaster General under the Continental Congress, not the Constitution; that role came later.