Trivia Questions About George Washington

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Who sent Washington in October 1753 as a special envoy to tell the French to leave land the British claimed?

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These trivia questions about George Washington follow his life in four rounds: Virginia and the frontier, commander in chief, the convention and the presidency, and Mount Vernon and how he is remembered.

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George Washington trivia questions and answers in four rounds

Virginia and the frontier has Fort Necessity and the House of Burgesses. Commander in chief runs from the Siege of Boston to the Newburgh Conspiracy. Convention and presidency asks the Jay Treaty and the neutrality proclamation. Mount Vernon and memory ends with the monument and the bridge.

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What are some easy trivia questions about George Washington?

Whom did he marry in 1759? Which role did he hold at the Constitutional Convention? By which name is he commonly known? The answers are Martha Dandridge Custis, president of the convention, and the Father of His Country.

Is the cherry tree story in the pack?

No. The pack asks only what the article states as fact, so the cherry tree and the wooden teeth are not questions.

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Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article George Washington or, for one, the article on his legacy, linked under the question. Valley Forge, the Delaware crossing and the city of the first inauguration are left to other history packs.

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Virginia and the frontier 12

  • After the First Virginia Convention, Washington was chosen as a delegate to which body? Answer: The First Continental Congress. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • At which farm near Fredericksburg did the Washington family settle in 1738? Answer: Ferry Farm. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • At which fort did Washington surrender to the French on July 3, 1754? Answer: Fort Necessity. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • At which place in Westmoreland County, Virginia, was George Washington born? Answer: Popes Creek. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • To which Virginia assembly was Washington elected before the Revolution? Answer: The House of Burgesses. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Washington said that the Seneca leader Tanacharison gave him which name? Answer: Conotocaurius. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • What was the first name of Washington's father? Answer: Augustine. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which act of 1765 did Washington think oppressive, celebrating its repeal the next year? Answer: The Stamp Act. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which fort had the French begun to build at the Forks of the Ohio in 1754? Answer: Fort Duquesne. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which regiment did Washington command during the French and Indian War? Answer: The Virginia Regiment. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Who sent Washington in October 1753 as a special envoy to tell the French to leave land the British claimed? Answer: Dinwiddie. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Whom did Washington marry on January 6, 1759? Answer: Martha Dandridge Custis. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington

Commander in chief 10

  • By designing an espionage system against the British, Washington became America's first what? Answer: Spymaster. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • From which city was Washington's army forced to retreat in November 1776? Answer: New York City. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • The Newburgh Conspiracy, which Washington calmed in March 1783, was a planned mutiny by officers unhappy about what? Answer: A lack of pay. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Out of eight and a half years of war, how many days did Washington spend at Mount Vernon? Answer: Ten. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • What was the agreement called that the French entered into with the Americans in early 1778? Answer: The Treaty of Alliance. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which British general led the troops that occupied Boston in April 1775? Answer: Thomas Gage. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which general joined Washington in Pennsylvania with 2,000 more troops after the crossing of the Delaware? Answer: John Sullivan. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which meeting in Philadelphia did Washington leave Mount Vernon to join on May 4, 1775? Answer: The Second Continental Congress. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which siege gave Washington and his army an early victory in March 1776? Answer: The Siege of Boston. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which two battles did Washington lose later in 1777? Answer: Brandywine and Germantown. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington

Convention and presidency 13

  • Congress created executive departments in 1789: State, War and which other? Answer: The Treasury. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • In which building was Washington sworn in for his second term on March 4, 1793? Answer: Congress Hall in Philadelphia. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • In which city did nationalists meet on September 11, 1786, to ask Congress to revise the Articles of Confederation? Answer: Annapolis. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Of which college was Washington appointed chancellor in 1788? Answer: The College of William & Mary. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • On which date was Washington first inaugurated? Answer: April 30, 1789. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Washington stayed impartial in the rivalry in his cabinet between Thomas Jefferson and whom? Answer: Alexander Hamilton. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Washington's retirement after his second term set which precedent? Answer: The two-term tradition. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • What did Washington's proclamation of April 22, 1793, declare? Answer: American neutrality. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • What yearly salary did Congress provide for Washington as president? Answer: $25,000. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which form of address for the office did Washington establish? Answer: Mr. President. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which role did Washington hold at the Constitutional Convention of 1787? Answer: President of the convention. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which treaty with Britain did Washington support during the French Revolution? Answer: The Jay Treaty. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Whom did Washington instruct in May 1792 to prepare a 'valedictory address'? Answer: James Madison. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington

Mount Vernon and memory 12

  • By which name is Washington often called for his central part in founding the United States? Answer: The Father of His Country. Source: Wikipedia: Legacy of George Washington
  • The George Washington Bridge, opened in 1931, joins New York City to which state? Answer: New Jersey. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • How far did Washington travel in 34 days in 1784 to check on his land in the Ohio Country? Answer: 680 miles. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • How tall is the Washington Monument, the marble obelisk dedicated in 1885? Answer: 555 feet. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • In which year did Congress proclaim Washington's Birthday a federal holiday? Answer: 1879. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • In which year was the new capital named in Washington's honor? Answer: 1791. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • On which date did George Washington die? Answer: December 14, 1799. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • To what size did Washington double his Mount Vernon estate? Answer: 6,500 acres. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • When did Washington retire to Mount Vernon after his presidency? Answer: March 1797. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which post did Washington take up again on July 13, 1798, and hold until his death? Answer: Commanding general. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Which waterway runs past Mount Vernon? Answer: The Potomac. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
  • Who eulogized Washington as 'first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen'? Answer: Henry Lee III. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
How this list was compiled

Written for this site; nothing was copied from another list. Questions and wrong choices are our own. Each explanation restates, in our own sentences, a fact from the English Wikipedia article named and linked beside the question (https://en.wikipedia.org, text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license): George Washington and, for one question, Legacy of George Washington. Each article was read on October 3, 2026, and the passage that states each fact was found in it before the question was kept. The pack asks dates, places, offices, battles by name and documents. Left out on purpose: casualty figures, his illnesses, rankings of presidents and legends the article does not state. Levels are our estimate: easy is fair for any table, medium suits people who know the subject, hard will stump most tables. Each question also carries the date its article was read. Licence: own work