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Who was George Washington
This Masonic First President was initiated on November 4, 1752 in Fredericksburgh Lodge No. 4.
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What is the 24-inch gauge
This working tool serves to assist Masons in time management.
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Who was Paul Revere
This mason is famous for his “ride” on April 18, 1775.
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What is the Green Dragon Tavern
The Boston Tea party was planned by several masons at this Boston Tavern
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What is the holy of holies
The translation of Sanctum Sanctorum.
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Who was Theodore Roosevelt
Regarding foreign policy, this Masonic President famously stated “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
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What is the plumb
This working tool admonishes freemasons to walk uprightly in our several stations before God and man.
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Who is Shaquille O’Neil
This former professional basketball player and short-term Celitic was initiated at Widow's Son Lodge No. 28 in Boston in 2011.
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What was the Illuminati
Finding freemasonry to be too expensive and not open to his ideas, Adam Weishaupt founded this infamous secret society.
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Who was John Hancock
This mason was known for his large, flamboyant signature.
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Who was Andrew Jackson
This Masonic President, famously nicknamed “Old Hickory” was a member of St. Tammany Lodge No. 1.
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What is the trowel
This working tool reminds freemasons to spread the cement of brotherly love and affection.
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Who was Richard Pryor
This famous comedian who starred in See No Evil, Hear No Evil was made a mason at Henry Brown Lodge #22 in Peoria, IL
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Who was William Morgan
This man, who intended to publish a book revealing masonic secrets, mysteriously disappeared following a detention in 1826.
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What are the four Cardinal Virtues
Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice.
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Who was Andrew Johnson
This impeached Masonic President assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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What is the square
This working tool is an emblem of virtue and teaches freemasons to act virtuously.
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Who was Ernest Borgnine
This Airwolf co-star and 33-degree Scottish Rite Mason was a member of Hollywood Lodge No. 355
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What was Propaganda Due
This Italian Lodge lost its Masonic Charter in 1976 and has been implicated in numerous criminal schemes.
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What are the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite
These classes comprise the orders in architecture.
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Who was Gerald Ford
The United States’ last Masonic President
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What is the common gavel
This working tool teaches freemasons to divest their hearts and consciences of all the vices and superfluities of life.
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Who was the Marquis de Lafayette
This famous French general and aristocrat presented a Masonic apron to George Washington in 1784.
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What was the Fellow Craft Social Club
In 2004, William James was accidentally shot at his initiation into this unofficial masonic club in Patchogue, NY.
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What What is Henry VIII
A considerable portion of the text describing the hour-glass emblem in the Master Mason degree was borrowed from this Shakespearian play.
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