Braingle: '1776 the Movie' Trivia Quiz

The following are questions that are relevant to the movie "1776". If you saw the musical version, it will help you a lot.

Quiz ID:	#13822
Fun:	(2.13)
Difficulty:	(1.81)
Category:	Movies > Drama
Created By:	avaughn828

#1 In the beginning of the movie, John Adams is sitting in the bell tower and is asked by McNair to come down from the bell tower to do what?

Vote on independence
Receive a letter from his wife
Greet his wife, who has travelled to see him
Vote to approve a request from General Washington

#2 There are two delegations that are missing at the very beginning of the movie. Which two are they?

Pennsylvania and New York
South Carolina and Rhode Island
New Jersey and Georgia
Massachusetts and Maryland

#3 In the movie, only two delegates from Massachusetts are shown to be in Congress. There were originally four appointed. Who are the other two delegates that are missing?

Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams
John Witherspoon and Samuel Adams
John Hancock and John Adams

#4 Benjamin Franklin suggests to John Adams to let someone else propose independence to the Congress. Who does he propose?

Thomas Jefferson
Reverend John Witherspoon
Richard Henry Lee
John Dickinson

#5 When the New Jersey delegation finally arrives, they are just in time to vote on what?

Virginia's proposal for independence
Another request from General Washington
Whether Stephen Hopkins may consume more rum
If McNair should be allowed to vote

#6 Thomas Jefferson was chosen by John Adams to write the Declaration of Independence in the movie.

True
False

#7 While Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin are waiting for the Declaration to be read, they debate about what the symbol of America should be. What does Thomas Jefferson suggest?

Your Answer: (Show Hint)

#8 What is the hot button issue that almost stops the South from voting for independence?

Slavery
Right to a fair trial
Taxation

#9 Dr. Lyman Hall from Georgia was unsure about how to vote for independence, but then a quote from Edmund Burke (a member of British Parliament) reminds him that he should vote his own mind. He changes his vote from "nay" to "yea".

True
False

#10 John Hancock is the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence.

True
False

1776 the Movie

#1 In the beginning of the movie, John Adams is sitting in the bell tower and is asked by McNair to come down from the bell tower to do what?

#2 There are two delegations that are missing at the very beginning of the movie. Which two are they?

#3 In the movie, only two delegates from Massachusetts are shown to be in Congress. There were originally four appointed. Who are the other two delegates that are missing?

#4 Benjamin Franklin suggests to John Adams to let someone else propose independence to the Congress. Who does he propose?

#5 When the New Jersey delegation finally arrives, they are just in time to vote on what?

#6 Thomas Jefferson was chosen by John Adams to write the Declaration of Independence in the movie.

#7 While Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin are waiting for the Declaration to be read, they debate about what the symbol of America should be. What does Thomas Jefferson suggest?

#8 What is the hot button issue that almost stops the South from voting for independence?

#9 Dr. Lyman Hall from Georgia was unsure about how to vote for independence, but then a quote from Edmund Burke (a member of British Parliament) reminds him that he should vote his own mind. He changes his vote from "nay" to "yea".

#10 John Hancock is the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence.

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