Statistics for Life of Benjamin Franklin

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1723	At age 17, he moves to this city	Philadelphia	90%
1790	He submits a petition to the U.S. Congress to abolish this	Slavery	88%
1778	He negotiates a treaty of alliance between the U.S. and this country	France	87%
1750	Using a kite, he performs an experiment meant to capture electricity from this	Lightning	84%
...	Franklin's father was a chandler, a person who makes these	Candles	79%
1787	At age 81, he is the oldest person to sign this document	U.S. Constitution	75%
1706	Ben Franklin was born in this city	Boston	74%
1731	He joins this organization of free thinkers	Freemasons	70%
1775	He becomes the first person to hold this office with the U.S. government, supervising mail delivery	{Postmaster} General	70%
1784	He invents this type of eyewear	Bifocals	69%
1775	He is elected to serve as a delegate at this meeting of the thirteen colonies	{Continental} Congress	68%
1750	He first suffers from this disease, common among the well-fed	Gout	67%
1750s - 1770s	Franklin spends most of this time in this city	London	60%
1749	Franklin founds this University	University of Pennsylvania	54%
1732	He publishes the first edition of this yearly almanac	Poor Richard’s Almanack	42%
1718	He starts his apprenticeship in this profession	Printing	41%