Ben Franklin

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
In 1724 he traveled from America to London for the first time to purchase printing equipment Ben Franklin $200 J HISTORY 2025-01-16 #9249
In 1784 this American wrote in praise of bifocals, "serving for distant objects as well as near ones" Ben Franklin $800 DJ 18th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY 2023-11-22 #8978
(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to the post office at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, PA.) The post office at 316 Market St. is the only one in the U.S. that doesn't fly the American flag, because it hadn't been created yet when this man was Postmaster-General Ben Franklin $400 J INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 2013-11-19 #6712
In 1784 this American wrote in praise of bifocals, "serving for distant objects as well as near ones" Ben Franklin $800 DJ 18th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY 2012-12-13 #6499
He's the hobbyist scientist seenhereexperimenting in 1752 Ben Franklin $200 J HISTORY VIA STICK FIGURES 2009-11-09 #5786
In 1748 he electrocuted a turkey & roasted it over a fire started by electricity Ben Franklin $1,600 DJ THE 18th CENTURY WORLD 2006-06-30 #5035
In June of 1752, this man famously flew a kite in a thunderstorm as part of an electricity experiment Ben Franklin $800 DJ AN "F" IN HISTORY 2003-04-30 #4308
This Pennsylvanian's son William served as royal governor of New Jersey & remained loyal to the crown Ben Franklin $1,600 DJ 18th CENTURY AMERICANS 2002-11-06 #4183
He founded Philly's first police force Ben Franklin $400 J AN "F" IN HISTORY 2002-09-23 #4151
He sat, apparently not too happily, for this portrait in Paris Ben Franklin $100 J HISTORIC AMERICAN FACES 1999-11-19 #3500
The state of Franklin, which had its own governor but was never admitted to the Union, was named for him Ben Franklin $100 J HISTORIC AMERICANS 1996-11-15 #2810
In 1729 he bought the Pennsylvania Gazette Ben Franklin $100 J THE 1720s 1996-01-02 #2612
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