The July 4th Trivia Quiz
Ten questions. No participation trophies.
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Warm up first with What Happened on July 4, 1776?, read the Declaration of Independence, annotated, or explore America 250.
What this quiz covers
Three dates do most of the work in 4th of July trivia questions and answers: July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress actually voted for independence; July 4, when it adopted the final text of the Declaration of Independence; and August 2, when most of the 56 delegates signed it. John Adams was so certain July 2 would be the national holiday that he predicted fireworks — "illuminations" — for the wrong day.
The questions above also cover the eeriest coincidence in American history — John Adams and Thomas Jefferson dying hours apart on July 4, 1826, the Declaration's fiftieth anniversary — and the Dunlap broadsides, the first printed copies of the Declaration, run off a Philadelphia press on the night of July 4–5 with only John Hancock's name on them. If a question caught you out, the explanations tell you why, and the links below go deeper.